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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

Boo:

I have a 9000 and a pro, The flash styles are the best thing yamaha ever done in my opinion, It lets you store styles in the flash memory, you can take em out and put new ones in as you tire or find better ones etc, the good part is they work like the factory installed styles, the bad part is there's not enough memory to put a lot of them in, If yamaha would add about 10 times as much flash memory, they would be handier than my Hard Drive. I too would like a new keyboard I'm waiting for tyros II and going to check out the G-70, but until now I've found nothing that suits me more than the psr9000, Its sound is much better than the 9000 pro, and the only thing I criticize is the Vocal Harmony. (it's not that great) I've tried the 2000,3000 and tyros they have a little better sound but I'm guessing if I add the Z-5500 It will up my sound to about the same.
The weight of the 9000 so far has not been a problem for me and I'm push'in 70. I just wrap it in a tarp put it on a pallet and use the fork truck...

The Borax is doing it's thing as I type.....Pose

[This message has been edited by loungelyzard (edited 12-16-2004).]

Pose,
It would seem the Tyros or even PSR3000 would be perfect for you. Light weight, MUCH better sound, MUCH more flash memory on the Tyros, and almost unlimited memory via thumb drive on the 3000.
When do you expect to get promoted to full Rocket Scientist?
DonM

DonM:

After tweeking the sound on the 9000 it sounds realy great to me, listening to mp3's of the tyros and 3000 they do sound great,but don't think I'd see much difference in a huge hall, The feel of the these keyboards dos'nt feel quite as good to me and I use the aftertouch alot on guitars etc,(none on 3000) and I love the scats in the 9000.(none on tyros). The weight is not a problem with me. I don't gig like I use to with the guitar, Only play the keyboard now and only been playing for about 3 years,I only transport it maybe 15-20 times a year, and the way I have things set up, takes 5 mins to tear down and the same to set back up, I use a fold-up luggage dolly to move it and the two sattelite amps, the stand (tyros) mfc-10 and volume plus 2 footswitches is all one piece hardwired. so its easy, I love the weight once its set up, don't have to worry about it getting knocked over,(or trying to keep it in place while playing) plus no wires to speak of and the amps have tilt back legs.

I guess there is two reasons I have for updating, one is a more keys and the second is the rubber strip on the psr9k don't hold up, I've changed it 5 times in 3 years, part is to pounding on the keyboard part is (I think)) caused by damage in shipping from Yamaha to me, Part is they just wear out! I think the metal Zbar that holds the keys is twinked a bit, after the 3rd rubber strip I found 3 screw stripped out and pulled loose from the zbar to the case mounting. (easy repair) but not to the alum bar. I wish sometimes that I'd received a factory perfect board, but I did'nt find out until well after the warranty expired.

I guessed I missed out on Thumb Drive what's this and how does it work?

My wife says she will promote my Rocket Scientist rating when I stop trying to buy a new VCR everytime it starts blinking 12:00

Regards......Pose

The thumb drive is a little storage device about the size of you thumb. It plugs into the USB port on the PSR3000 (or any computer), and is recognized as a drive. Loading to and from is almost instantanious (I bet that's spelled wrong).
You can carry it on a chain around your neck if you want, and never be without all your own styles and songs.
I think I'll be a brain surgeon when I grow up, like Jethro Boudean.
DonM