Correct Dave

You mean this old tank. Had one - hated it! Sold it a couple days after I bought it.





It had lots of neat features, but tipped the scales at 52 pounds and was really bulky to pack around.

Gary

The 9000Pro was about the last 'pro' arranger Yamaha made, wasn't it? The last 76, I'm pretty sure!

Way I remember it, didn't it have some issues with sluggish operation? Seems a shame that something that the blame for not being successful really lies at the feet of the R&D team (obviously bit off more than they could chew, or at least the CPU could chew!), not the consumer...

Who knows? If R&D hadn't banjaxed this one so bad, maybe Yamaha would still be making 'pro' 76 arrangers? I must confess I still find it odd that the entire rest of the arranger market (well, not Roland anymore, but they've abandoned the entire TOTL market for now - bet you if they get back in though, there will be a 76!) don't have a problem with 76's, but Yamaha, after ONE failure (that had nothing to do with the number of keys) bail on the whole sector...

Diki,

The main problem with that particular model was the key strips, which frequently went south in just a few months of normal playing. If you were one of those guys that hammered the keys the longevity was much less. Replacement of the keypads was a nightmare. I only did this once from a friend, and vowed never to open the 9000-pro again.

It also had a very limited onboard memory, but that didn't seem to hinder the loading time of styles.

Gary

After all the success of the Tyros & PSR S lines of 61 arrangers, I doubt very highly Yamaha needs to release another 76 key arranger after the failure of the 9000pro.
Their thought is Why fix it if it ain't broke.....they are making huge success & profits the way it is with 61.

But they were the ones who broke it! Again, I repeat, the failure of the 9000pro had nothing to do with how many keys it had.