Ian,
The BK-9 is still for sale but in 2 months I have had NO SERIOUS offers and NO INTEREST from any forum on which it has been advertised. However, feeling like I am "stuck" with it I decided to make the best of it and what I am finding is it grows on you much like a new puppy. But what is really fascinating is how much my audiences say they like it. They tend to like the really great bass lines and the feel of the rhythm section the BK-9 produces.

Anyway, to answer your question it is still up for sale but I won't give it away.

Deane

EBAY....1,2,3

Hi Hal,
Oh I'm certain they are only on some styles or intros or pads, and certainly don't have to be used. You're right, might be useful for a novelty.
Just about any style or pad can be edited as well.
DonM

Page 47 in the manual..there is a repeat parameter..

Thanks for answering. Glad I'm not stuck with them when not wanted i.e. most of the time for me.

I couldn't find a reason why they would NOT loop. Maybe it was just speculation by someone on the forum.

Gary

Don, Gary, Fran,

Audio Multipads DO NOT LOOP - check page 67 of the Owner's manual! Page 47 (of the reference manual) it is talking about the MIDI Multipads.

In the words of Yamaha "Audio Link Muli Pads: Automatic repeat playback is not available"

Sorry about the big red ink - I want this problem fixed; not rumors going around that there is no problem!

I'm not sure if you guys remember, but when the T4 came out I found 4 bugs that made it impossible for me to use professionally. Even after creating 4 youtube videos showing the problems many people on this forum and at Yamaha denied that they were really bugs and blamed the problem on me. However, the fact is that Yamaha finally released 2 updates on the T4 - and both these updates were to fix the 4 bugs I had discovered - nothing else. So I want to be very careful that there is no denial this time around.

Thanks for your understanding.

Chony,

Yamaha has a tendency to deny bugs exist in any product they release to the public. I caught numerous bugs in my 9000 Pro and Yamaha vehemently denied they existed. Numerous phone conversations and several in person meetings at NAMM and AES yielded nothing. It wasn't until I spoke with one of Yamaha's clinicians that he actually admitted Yamaha knew the bugs existed and had no plans to rectify them. Yamaha's words to me where that I was one of only a handful of people that had ever utilized the arranger in that fashion. Therefore they saw no reason to remedy it. In fact their remedy was to discontinue the product altogether.

I'll admit my use of the 9000 Pro put it through its paces but it was marketed as a professional product intended for what I wanted it to do but it wasn't capable of doing so.

In watching the progression of the Tyros line I've yet to see Yamaha integrate features as simple as real time control of synthesizer parameters, extended sequencer tracks and editing, ability to load and play Akai and other popular sample formats, ability to easily sample, map, and integrate new drum sounds, additional polyphony, and better voice allocation.

Polyphony and voice allocation has always been a problem I've encountered on Yamaha products, especially arranger products. Even older Casio, Korg, Kurzweil, and Roland products with half the polyphony utilized far better voice allocation. I've yet to see a T5 in person but given the fact the T4 still had these issues, I doubt the T5 would be any different. Only time will tell.