The 1000 will be promoted to TOP of the line on my stages. Top line kb for me needs to have speakers!

maybe speakers .....thats what genos is missing with all that real estate? does anyone think th new yamaha MOTl arranger will also have only 76 key versions too like genos?

I don't know about that...but let's hope someday they put a quality keybed in it...it might cost $10 more for them.....The keybed in the T series I believe is the same they put in all PRO model digital workstations and I think the older organs too. (I had a Yamaha HS-8 years ago and the keys were great...and the T5 feels the same).

all they need to do is use the MOXF keybed in the psr and it will be acceptable.

+1 I'm having reservations about this 1000 (forthcoming also) vs the 3x I've enjoyed so much to date. If this key bed is like the 900, I will have to sell it - hoping for the best.

I really expect the 1000 to be 90% 900, and 10% upgrades. We know it has a boosted speakers system, and the screen, of course, but it looks like the casing is exactly the same as the 900, so I'm guessing the keybed will be the same. Just a guess, but all things lean that way. I don't mind the 900 action. I prefer the *X action, and abhor the psr action, but I can certainly live with something that feels like the 900.

Time will tell. Maybe I was too quick to judge the 900, will try again and hope for the best - the wait continues..........

Maybe I'm misreading the specs on the 1000, but does it say the mic input has only a 1/4" jack? Why no xlr?

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Everything about the 1000 suggests that it's a 900 upgrade. The 900 had 1/4". The 900 had no EC-5, the 900 has speakers etc.
This does not appear to be baby 4x, but rather, a 900 on steroids.
The vocal processor in the 4x is a higher end product than the one in the 900 - The 900 has a fantastic unit, but the 4X is even better

My first full keyboard, after solton/ketron modules, was a pa500, and I didn't see what all of the hullabaloo about the navigation was. Tried a yam 950 and thought it was more complicated. Back to pa600 and was comfortable again where they simplified some things from 500. Was posthumously gifted a tyros 2 or I would be using a korg still, or ketron. No need for more than one at the moment.