Originally posted by trtjazz:
A sampler for me on board is useless. The vast majority of on board sampler owners say they have to have them but rarely if ever use them.
The advantage of the 9000 Pro's sampler is the ability to load the sample w/midi file from the HD. Backup vocal parts and effects are very easy with this.
Sockets for gooseneck lamps....so what.The Tyros's keys all light up for the spectacular display.
On a pitch-black stage between songs, those lights let your read all the labels and control indicators, plus your music, set lists and other things. The 9000 Pro glows very brightly on stage - the whole keyboard, not just a few buttons. I wish this feature was on a lot more of my keys.
The music stand is too high on the Tyros, give me a break. One should have their music memorized anyway.
I learn songs at too great a rate for this. I learned nine songs yesterday for example, and have to play six nights a week currently so my memorizing is done on stage. I also sit in with other bands where music is not optional. The 9000 Pro's music stand is a necessity. Without it I'd be carrying a music stand and light and taking up more stage room with it.
There are a total of 4 outputs on the Tyros that are all independantly assignable for the different parts.
The 9000 Pro has six if you are going to look at them that way - all assignable.
The expansion boards can be nice...with the exception of the VL in my opinion which has 1 note polyphony that I found absolutely restrictive. On top of which there are tons of on board sounds that can be tweeked to no end with the sound software. Once again reality is that we all probably use perhaps a dozen sounds over and over again on any board.
Because I sequence a lot, I use not only more than a dozen sounds but I use a lot of polyphony at any given time. The ability to get more than 128 notes of polyphony was the first thing that drew me to the 9000 Pro since it replaced two stage keyboards for me.
The xlr mic input is nice but not a mandatory thing to produce spectacular vocals. On top of which if one wants real good clean vocals they should run them outside of the board anyway.
The other thing that drew me to the 9000 Pro was the fact that I could use it on stage without an additional mixer. I get good clean vocals with my 9000 Pro and no mixer.
So....I still maintain as with my earlier post, they are both excellent boards and what it all boils down to are the sounds and styles that excite each of us. The rest of this tripe is all just stuff.
jam on,
Terry
While I respect both boards and your opinion, it is the ability to discuss their advantages here that allows us to learn, grow, and choose what works best for each of our unique applications. That's hardly "tripe".
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