'It seems Yamaha haven't got much stomach for acknowledging where the TRUE culprit in the 9000Pro debacle came from. It was a 76, our other, more successful arrangers are 61-ers, therefore the 9000Pro's failure MUST have been due to that. It couldn't POSSIBLY be that WE screwed the OS up. Not us. We're YAMAHA, damnit!'

Do you actually believe what you type Diki ?? Are you seriously saying that yamaha did not put out another 76 key arranger purely because they produced a bugged out 76 keyboard before ???? do they believe that having those ectra keys might jinx the Operating system ??? Are you saying yamaha are too proud despite the gazzillions extra YOU think they would make in profit to just put out an EXACT COPY of the highly successful T1 or T2 ??? I mean there would be no bug issues to simply put out a 76 key replica of what already exists right ???

How naieve of the men in suits at yamaha !!!They should all be fired and i would totally agree with you but for the fact that they have the most successful arranger keyboard on the planet....That redeems their idiotic illogical stance somewhat....

If only marketing , productions and sales were as simple to do PROFITABLY as you appear to think it is Diki. Like i said i would love for yamaha to make a 76key keyboard just for you and the same for me with a built in genuine sampler ,sequencer and synth editor but for some strange reason yamaha are not likely to do it. Maybe people like you and me are not in yamaha's target market. Maybe , just maybe yamaha aim their arranger products at the home market, where 61 keys fits just right and samplers are not really priority, sound editing and sequencing are nice extras but not really necessary but great styles and CD quality sounds are....Wait a minute !!! doesnt that sound like a great idea !! Why dont Yamaha make a product just like that...oh darn it i just remebered something mate. THEY ALREADY HAVE.

I hope you know i am just sparring with you Diki . I genuinely respect your viewpoint on most topics but on this one your tunnel visioned.

[This message has been edited by spalding (edited 03-27-2008).]