I don't want to put a damper on all the recent excitement over the PSR2000, but I honestly have to say that I'm extremely disappointed with its' auto accompaniment bass line patterns. I couldn't find even one PSR2000 style (and PSR9000/9000pro styles included) which incorporates a decent inspired walking bass line. The PSR styles don't appear to include bass tones other than root-3rd-5th and 6th. In fact, a lot (most?) of the styles only include the root and 5th. Boring and monotenous to say the least. This weakness shows up most in jazz & blues styles where real bass players typically walk the bass and also include passing tones to get from one chord to another. The PSR jazz & swing style bass lines sound so amateur and totally out of character to what is expected of a professional combo bass player. I really can't figure out how Yamaha could have overlooked something so basic. The Technics KN keyboards (in contrast) incorporate much more musically interesting & professional sounding bass lines which include walking bass, passing tones, octave jumps, etc.

I have been spending time working at converting my favorite KN5000 styles (especially the jazz ones) over to the PSR2000. This has proven to become a bit of a challenge though because there is some amount of tweaking necessary to get the style to sound as good on the 2000. This unfortunately points out another weak feature on the PSR000, it's extremely limited style editing & recording capabilities. For some reason, I'm not able to edit the style part's bass track 'note data'. Does anybody here know if it's possible and if so, how? In fact, it seems there is no way to edit (add/remove) the 'note data ' of any of the user style parts (real time or step record) other than the drum track. This seems highly peculiar. The Technics KN5000/6000/6500 on the other hand, easily lets you record and edit (both in real time & step record) each of its style pattern tracks. Am I missing something on the PSR2000? Does the PSR9000 & 9000 pro work the same? Being relatively new on the PSR keyboard, maybe I'm overlooking something. I can only hope an experienced PSR keyboard player here can possibly show me the light !

OK, I still like the PSR2000 for its' fresh up to date sounds and its' lightweight transportability (this is important to me). The built in vocalizer is another big plus for gig convenience (quick setup). Much more convenient than having to drag my Digitech Workstation around. For the casual affair, the built in vocalizer works great, but I'm still taking the Digitech to the important gigs where its' iimproved sound does 'make a difference'. I just hope that someone here will be able to help me make style editing on the PSR2000 a lot easier ! Feedback and help would be much appreciated now. Got an aspirin?