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#482843 - 12/04/19 08:44 AM Steve M sx900 review?
Dnj Offline
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Registered: 09/21/00
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? How do you feel so far Steve

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#482854 - 12/04/19 12:22 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Dnj]
Stephenm52 Offline
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Registered: 04/13/05
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Loc: USA
Donny, Since you asked I'll write my thoughts. I know plenty has already been written already but for me here's what I love about it.

1. Touch screen
2. Better Keybed
3. The operating system mimics Genos
4. Playlist feature for me when this was released on the Genos it was the proverbial "goose that laid the golden egg." Makes using the sx900 live much easier than it was with the s970.
5. Improved speaker system, I can really see myself using the speakers only in a small gig situation.
6.The ability and ease of just like on Genos to go in and tweak instruments a little differently.
7. Many of my Genos and former PSR s970 registrations work some need tweaking.
8. It's much easier to access midi file and mp3 file play verus the old PSR series.

The only downside and it's not a deal breaker:
I wish they had kept a "Country" category for styles, just not sure what they were thinking when they put a few of them in the "World Category" and some in the "PopRock" category.

I'm really happy with the purchase.


Edited by Stephenm52 (12/04/19 12:23 PM)

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#482862 - 12/04/19 03:47 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Stephenm52]
rikkisbears Offline
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Originally Posted By Stephenm52


The only downside and it's not a deal breaker:
I wish they had kept a "Country" category for styles, just not sure what they were thinking when they put a few of them in the "World Category" and some in the "PopRock" category.

I'm really happy with the purchase.


Hi Stephen,
I agree, a few of the styles were put under strange categories. You do get used to where they are, EVENTUALLY, sorting 4,000 styles helped. Haha
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Rikki 🧸

Korg PA5X 88 note
SX900
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#482864 - 12/04/19 03:56 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Dnj]
124 Offline
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Would it be possible to create a category and then choose which styles to put into it?

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#482865 - 12/04/19 03:59 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: 124]
Stephenm52 Offline
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Registered: 04/13/05
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Loc: USA
Originally Posted By 124
Would it be possible to create a category and then choose which styles to put into it?


My first thought is do something like Rikki did. The way around it would be to create folders for each genre, put them in the user area or onto a usb stick according to country, pop rock, etc. that would help.

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#482866 - 12/04/19 04:41 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Dnj]
Dnj Offline
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Steve thanks for your thoughts on sx900.

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#482867 - 12/04/19 05:22 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Dnj]
lahawk Offline
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Registered: 06/28/01
Posts: 2785
Loc: Lehigh Valley, Pa.
Thanks for the review Steve, and I agree the style category is somewhat impractical, especially having country styles spread out that way. I miss the 8 beat category, and 60's seems scattered too. Is it the same on the Genos?

My only arranger keyboard for the last 10 years was the PSR-3000 and a Technics KN-7000. Quite different, I love a lot about the SX-900, but it's still a learning process for me, like calling up recorded songs (midi) from a USB stick, and just being able to play, edit, and save quickly. I'm also slowly getting use to the "player" on the SX-900, it's just a different way of calling up songs, than the old 3000 OS.

And registrations and playlists took me awhile. I mostly get it now, that a Playlist is the new music finder, and links to registrations the same way. It's pretty cool to have unlimited playlists to instantly load.

So everything is great, the speakers, styles, voices, pads, touch screen, are all good, It's getting around the OS quickly, that for now makes it a slight challenge.
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#482869 - 12/04/19 05:53 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Dnj]
saxxman Offline
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Registered: 10/15/05
Posts: 1433
Loc: Niceville, FL USA
Glad to hear so many great reviews on the SX900! I am still a very happy happy camper with mine! I need to learn more about Playlists, but so far, I am impressed, and Larry you are right - wow, an endless whiteboard for saving registrations! Love this board!
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Randy

PA4X, SX900 (Baby Genos), Roland U-20, L1 Compact, Way 2 Many Saxes

"My computer beats me routinely at chess - but it's NO MATCH for me at kick boxing!"

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#482876 - 12/04/19 06:43 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: lahawk]
Stephenm52 Offline
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Registered: 04/13/05
Posts: 5126
Loc: USA
Originally Posted By lahawk
Thanks for the review Steve, and I agree the style category is somewhat impractical, especially having country styles spread out that way. I miss the 8 beat category, and 60's seems scattered too. Is it the same on the Genos?

My only arranger keyboard for the last 10 years was the PSR-3000 and a Technics KN-7000. Quite different, I love a lot about the SX-900, but it's still a learning process for me, like calling up recorded songs (midi) from a USB stick, and just being able to play, edit, and save quickly. I'm also slowly getting use to the "player" on the SX-900, it's just a different way of calling up songs, than the old 3000 OS.

And registrations and playlists took me awhile. I mostly get it now, that a Playlist is the new music finder, and links to registrations the same way. It's pretty cool to have unlimited playlists to instantly load.

So everything is great, the speakers, styles, voices, pads, touch screen, are all good, It's getting around the OS quickly, that for now makes it a slight challenge.




Larry, Sounds like you’ve taken right to the SX900 and doing well with it.

To answer your question Genos has the following categories :
Pop, Rock, Olides, Dance, R&B, Entertainer, Country, Jazz, Easy Listening, Latin, Ballroom,
Movie& Show, Classic & Events, Traditional & Folk

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#482883 - 12/04/19 09:55 PM Re: Steve M sx900 review? [Re: Stephenm52]
rikkisbears Offline
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Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 6020
Loc: NSW,Australia
Originally Posted By Stephenm52
Originally Posted By 124
Would it be possible to create a category and then choose which styles to put into it?


My first thought is do something like Rikki did. The way around it would be to create folders for each genre, put them in the user area or onto a usb stick according to country, pop rock, etc. that would help.


Hi Stephen, basically I just followed the old psr / T series categories. Found the odd style in unexpected folders too, but basically Yamaha style categories were fairly uniform over many years.

Can’t understand why they had to change it to the extent they did.
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Rikki 🧸

Korg PA5X 88 note
SX900
Band in a Box 2022

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