MagicRoy!
Good luck in your search?

How much were you willing to spend?

Are you gonna play at home or gig every night in a different place?

I agree that either psr9000, 9000 pro or pa-80 are all good keyboards with alot of Support on the WEB!

I am a psr9000 owner and since the psr9000 is a few years old ... you can probably get a very good deal on one ... if you Look!

If you have 3,000-4,000 dollars maybe wait and buy a Tyro's.

In the 2,500 dollar Range 9000PRO without built in speakers.

In 1,800-2,000 dollar Range PA-80 or PRS9000.

Why I recommend the PSR9000 is because it use to cost 3,000-4,000 just 2 years ago but is 1/2 price now... and is a VERY Good board and has very STRONG Speakers ... but the down side is the weight at 50lbs ... but if you use it at home or only gig once or twice a week ... I think good choice.

I picked my psr9000 up for 1,699(floor model).

I sent Yamaha a letter requesting a brochure for the new Tyro. BTW: What is the difference (besides speakers and # of keys) between the PSR9000 and the pro? (I think I'm gonna buy one of those not the Roland...if you object, let me know).

---This keyboard will be used for a few things:

-Backup for my guitar playing / singing
-piano playing
-composing music
-Music for my magic act. If I compose my own backup music for my magic acts, I don't have to pay royalty fees when I perform.

Thanks a lot,
-MagicRoy

in that case!

PSR9000! No question about it!

Put in hard drive and and the 64megs of sampling memory for it!

You can then do magic effects and vocal harmony effects... and you are not transporting it everyday to a different place! You will LOVE IT! Man! doing music for Magic! COOL !

The 9000 pro like I said before doesn't have speakers-build in... and it's so nice just to turn it on and HEAR what you are doing! And SAVE BIG Bucks too!


[This message has been edited by rgtaa (edited 08-06-2002).]

Magic Roy,
The 9000 pro is still a current model and the PSR9000 has been discontinued (Tyros is the replacement). The keyboard on the 9000 pro feels so much better. It is using the Yamaha Motif 7's keyboard which yamaha calls "synth weighted" and is much more pro feeling than the PSR9000. If you like great piano's you can install the piano expansion board besides the great piano inside the 9000pro. The other major thing is the difference in weight of the two products. The 61 key model PSR900 weighs 22.5kg and the 76 key 9000 pro weighs 20.5 kg. If you need seakers, the Yamaha YSTMS50's at $99.00 and 80 watts of power make a great small pa system compared to the built in 56 watt system with no sub woofer as the YST system has. the 9000 pro has 342 original voices compared to the PSR900's 331 original voices which include new sampled pianos, flutes, and other "sweet voices" not all found in the PSR9000.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

here is a review of the 9000 pro: http://www.svpworld.com/9000proreview.htm

and a review of the psr9000 : http://www.svpworld.com/9000review.htm

The owner of that website visits here (and owns a psr9000 himself) and also just posted George's excellent article on the Tyro's! there! http://www.svpworld.com/tyrosreview.htm

MagicRoy, there is a Yamaha PSR listed for sale in our buy sale forum here in the synthzone right now, located in New Jersey.It is dirt cheap
Bebop

I hear that Korg has a lot of techno-pop styles...I'm looking more for Broadway styles. Should I wait for the Tyros?

My opinion about broadway styles is that Technics has always had great styles .

Maybe look at a KN7000 ? dano

MagicRoy,
I know of a few magicians who also compose their own music for background. I saw one perform who also sold CDs of his music to other magicians at a conference.
There is a wealth of knowledge at this site.
Welcome.
- Brian
(IBM, SAM)

I am aware of these CDs. However, I would like to create my own high and low points to fit my act. BTW: Are you Brian Dean from magictalk?