I've played the PSR9000. What would I expect to see or hear that would be different on the 9000Pro??Are there additional styles(the one in the store did not have the flash rom styles loaded)Has anyone tried other styles on the 9000 ex: X1,I30,G1000etc.how did they sound?

To JCkeeys. Re-your 9000Pro question. A local friend has the 9000 and tells me there only about 10 new Styles on the Pro which he has copied from our dealers store model on to floppy and installed on his 9000.
Having previously had an i30 myself we have with reasonable success transferred i30 styles to the 9000. But remembering that the i30 styles contain upto 6 chord variation patterns, these can not be tranfered or activated in the 9000. My experience with style transfer from another manufacture is that its OK if you are prepared to put some work into adjusting the volumes - balance plus some voice patch changes where you think this may be required. I now have a EM2000 and these styles have also tranfered OK.

Graham UK

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Hear:
48MB vs 32MB, including a superior acoustic piano, vocals, etc. Plus, a physically modelled organ. Also, two plug-in slots for adding, for example, VL and AN synthesis. In addition, the vocal harmony input is improved. The new styles may use some of the new sounds, so they may sound differently than they do on the PSR-9000.

What are the names of the new 9000pro styles that arent on the psr9000 if any? also can you use them in the psr9000?

thanx

don

Hi JCkeeys,
I recently bought the Pro and love it. in addition to what Clif has already mentioned, the Pro has 76 semi weighted keys wich I think give you greater expression when playing.
Hi Don,
the Pro has only 2 additional Styles, which are scat vocal Styles. I personally don't care for them, but you can download them on e-groups converted for the PSR-9000.
Eric

Eric, thanx for the reply, what about any new Sounds Live Piano etc?

Hi Don,
the new grand piano sound is really good. As far as other sounds, there are a few additions as well as improvements, like live vocals. One of the new voices is a "Carlos-Guitar" which is really only a Jazz Guitar with distortion. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wasn't very impressed with the PSR-9000 when heared it the first time. When I listened to the Pro for the first time I almost felt it was a different KB. The sound seemed much more real and alive. I'm sure they tweeked some of the DSP effects. Also as Clif mentioned the Pro has 48MB vs 32MB. As to the other voices I don't have a direct comparisson, maybe our friend George knows more.
Hope this helps,
Eric

Eric,
I felt the same way when I played the PSR9000. The PRO model really seems to react different - must be the expressiveness of the keypad. It feels just as good as the keys on the "76 key" Triton.(which I believe it IS!)
I know many of you will not believe me, but I actually bought one of these beasts - even though I will miss the speakers terribly. I'm taking it out tonight for the first time. I only spent a few moments with it so far, and I don't have any custom registrations written yet, so....... it MAY be a challenge. I always take a new instrument out in the field as soon as possible, because it really makes me "learn the ropes" faster. There's nothing like "FEAR" to make you think more creatively! (and FASTER)
I tried the PC input with my laptop and the GM sequences work right away, without any fuss - there are a few files that sound a little strange to me, but I wouldn't say bad.
I'm using the outboard harmonizer too, because I haven't been able to figure out if the ONboard one can work the way I need it to. I need to trigger the harmonies with the right hand sounds, and have them sustain through the chord changes - not just react to the note values.
So for tonight, I'll play what I can, and learn as i go - wish me luck. It's gonna be weird without the speakers. What am I THINKING???????

Hi Dave,
just a question: in case you might like the Pro enough to take it out a few times, have you considered the little satelite sytem by yamaha, that George and I have been talking about? Much better sound than the internal speakers, louder, but small enough to take with you gigging, and you can place them so that they are right in your face.
Hope you have more Luck/fun with the Pro, than you had with other KB in the past.
Eric

Eric,
Dave got his 9000 pro from me this week and we have talked about the YMST50 speakers. Dave already has a subwoofer and wanted to know if the two satalites are available. I told him he should buy the whole system if he was going to want a small studio system. I think it's hard to beleive that this 80 watt system can sound so good. I told Dave to try to find one in a local store but I think he's not having any luck.
George Kaye