Well the PSR2000 has been set as a replacement for the PSR740. It offers a mid way step between the mighty 9000 and the 740, and adds quite a few of the sounds and features of the 9000. The 9000 pro is quite different to the 2000, the 2000 will have most probably 16MB of AWM voices whilst the 9000 pro I believe has 48MB.. quite a difference! The BIG difference that the likes of the 9000 and 9000 pro offer over the smaller keyboards is storage capabilities and expansion options. With the 2000 you wont be able to add anything on or expand the keyboard later, though you can add styles of course and edit the onboard sounds to some degree. THe 9000 and pro offer sampling so you can add new waveforms add then create new voices, though I can imagine the effort involved in creating just one decent sound would be enormous!
Certainly for me the only reason for choosing a 9000 or 9000 pro over a 2000 would be for the extra sounds. I dont see the need for harddrive storage and scsi, or video output. However saying that, I would like the extra polyphony that both the 9000 and pro offer, as 64 sometimes is not enough.

I love the 740, and I am sure the 2000 is going to be a great value for money replacement. Unless you have heard the extra sounds of the pro or 9000 and honestly think they are good enough to warrant the extra dosh, and you feel that harddrive storage or expansion with extra voice technology would be useful for you then the 2000 should be fine. The 9000 and pro are seriously heavy keyboards though, we are talking in the 20kg region!!! The 2000 will be around 1/2 that weight. Also another thing, the 2000 doesnt have aftertouch, nice though not really essential.

Simon



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Simon G.K. Williams
simon@svpworld.com
Creative Music & Multimedia
http://www.svpworld.com
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