Scott,

I prefer the Solton's chord mapping over Yamaha's. On the surface, the 9000Pro seems to be more flexible with 7 user selectable 'Fingering Modes' which changes the way the keyboard recognizes the chords. This is a good thing and all keyboards should have this feature. Unfortunately, none of the fingering modes in the 9000Pro suit my playing style and it gives me the wrong chords. I prefer to play in the pianist mode (full keyboard), and I also like to have the bass looping from my lowest note (I like to play the bass note). The 9000Pro does not have this fingering mode!

Solton has a pianist button that switches the keyboard from split to full mode. And then there are the 'To Lowest' and 'To Root' buttons which switch the bass loop. This is done easily during live playing with various button combinations. So far, Solton has faithfully recognized all my chords.

On the 9000 Pro, the fingering mode selections are burried deep in a few menus and then one has to scroll down to select the fingering mode. This is not acceptable in a live situation where I need to switch fingering mode from song to song.

I don't think it is hard for Solton to include the rootless voiced chords you requested. I think they should add it as an alternate map and make it a user selectable option. This will make a lot of players happy...

Henry