Hi Adimatis
Come over to the UK Festivals or anywhere in mainland Europe and you will find virtually all Home Players learn and make full use of the SA voices, (After all that’s what they were designed for) and if you’re not sure how to play them, just press the help button and it explains it all to you.
You will also notice that most add pedalboards so as not to have to rely on the style section to do everything for them.
As to the 9000Pro, why would Yamaha continue with what was their biggest disaster in Arranger History.

To US Buyers
Although the US is a large country, to Arranger manufactures it is of little relevance as the percentage of sales are low, (The vast US community seems to have great difficulty accepting arrangers as anything other then toys) and as most of the complaints of keyboards come from the US, then there is little chance of them being taken notice of.
So like I have always said in the past, if you want to change something then lobby the European and Asian markets, as this is where virtually all the decisions on arrangers are made by the manufactures.
Also please remember that manufactures try to satisfy the majority, and very few in the European and Asian markets (The biggest arranger markets in the world) are interested in some of the features that US buyers want.
The above might be painful, but then this is the Real World.

Bill