O8 wrote "the yamaha has a good sampler on it I'm told (can go up to 65 MB!) you could create a film score out of that - couldn't you?"

Have you heard anything about the utility of the sampling capabilities on the 9000? It would be fine for special fx, if that is what you want. But I am not sure that it is that useful for supplementing the built-in sounds since there are no programmed samples available for the 9k commercially (that I know of). You can buy .wav files and loop them yourself or sample audio CD or other sources, but you might find yourself spending more time on sound design than on making music. Has anyone made good use of the sampling capability on the PSR9000?