Yamaha 9000 PRO

Take the top of the range Yamaha PSR 9000, remove the speakers, add a few keys, some more styles, sounds and drum kits and you get the 9000 Pro. Actually its a bit more complicated than that, PSR 9000 owners will certainly find the 9000 Pro familiar, but it is not a PSR 9000 with the speakers removed. A lot of the PSR styles have been upgraded to use the new sounds on the Pro, these sounds include new 'Live' sounds, live grand piano. 3 new live brass sounds and live allegro strings. New 'Sweet' sounds include Flugel and mute trumpet. There is also a new guitar sound 'Aloha'. The drum kits have also been upgraded and now include an all brush kit. The keyboard has been extended to 76 notes, if you prefer playing piano style this could be the keyboard for you. The longer keyboard also gives you a wider range of keys for the left hand when playing keyboard style. You still have the 'Music Database' allowing quick and easy registration. Inside are expansion slots that allow the Yamaha PLG expansion cards to be fitted. The back of the keyboard has six fully assignable outputs, a "To Host" connector for connection to a home computer, plus a SCSI connector for fast external hard disk access. You also get the standard MIDI connectors and the output sockets to connect to the all important external speakers. For those that don't have an amplifier, mixer and speakers set up in their lounge Yamaha have thoughtfully come up with a 'Home Performance Pack'. This consists of a solid L7 keyboard stand, a sustain pedal, music lights and the speakers. The speakers give a much better sound than those built into the PSR 9000, they incorporate the type of technology used in modern computer sound systems. A base bin that sits on the floor and two high quality mini speakers that are best mounted at ear level. The sound from this system is very impressive.

Specification
Sockets	Number and function
Main line out	R L/L+R
Sub Output	x 4
Aux. in/loop return	right and left
Loop send	L L/L+R
PC Keyboard
Footswitch	X 2
Volume pedal
MIDI	in A and B out A and B
To host terminal
Video out
Mic/line	in (XLR/Phone plug compatible
Headphone
SCSI 2 terminal
General	Description
Keyboard	76 keys, Synth weighted + touch response
Voice	848 presets, 32 custom programmable
Polyphony	126 notes max
Effect	Reverb, Chorus, Vocal harmony
Realtime controllers	Pitch bend and modulation wheels
Auto accompaniment	125 presets, flash upgradable
One touch settings	4 per style
Music database	616 songs, (fully programmable)
Registration memory	512 (8 switches in 64 banks)
Multi pad	4 x 60 banks
disk drive	3.5 floppy with option for hard drive or Zip, Jaz
the above is not a full list of the specification