PIPELINERR's
PSR-2000, PSR-9000, and 9000 Pro
KEYBOARD COMPARISON CHART

KEYBOARD PSR-9000 9000 PRO PSR-2000
SEQUENCER 16trk, 38,000 notes 16trk, 38,000 notes 16trk
STEP EDITING? yes, during/after recording yes, during/after recording yes probably "during" only
STYLES 125 Preset, 85 Flash, 66 Disk
277 total + Custom Stylemaker
125 Preset, 87 Flash, 66 Disk
279 total + Custom Stylemaker
180 Preset, 1 MB Flash Storage,
"up to" 100 Custom Styles
STYLE VARIATIONS 4 Main per style 4 Main per style 4 Main per style
FILL-INS 4 per style 4 per style ? ? ?
EXTRA STYLES 120 FLASH 120 FLASH 10-100, limited by
1 MB Flash Memory
DISK STYLES 66 66 ? ? ?
VOICES 827 VOICES (32 MB) 848 VOICES (48MB) 799 VOICES (MB not known)
VOICE TYPES 8 Sweet, 14 Live, 6 Cool 8 Sweet, 14 Live, 7 Cool (?) 8 Sweet, 3 Live, 2 Cool.
BUT WHICH VOICES? Sweet: Trumpet, Trombone,
Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax,
Soprano Sax, Flute, Pan Flute.
Live! Strings, Orchestra, Gospel,
Vocal, Humm, Doo, Dooom,
Bah, Dao, Mrnh, Nylon, Classical
Guitar, Std. Drum Kit, Funk Drum
Kit; Cool! Jazz Guitar, Jazz Organ,
Elec. Guitar, Jsolo, Organ,
Elec. Piano. [28 total]
Sweet: Trumpet, Trombone,
Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax,
Soprano Sax, Flute, Pan Flute.
Live! Strings, Orchestra, Gospel,
Vocal, Humm, Doo, Dooom,
Bah, Dao, Mrnh, Nylon, Classical
Guitar, Std. Drum Kit, Funk Drum
Kit; Cool! Jazz Guitar, Jazz Organ,
Elec. Guitar, Jsolo, Organ,
Elec. Piano, one more [29 total]
Sweet! Trumpet, Trombone,
Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Soprano
Sax, Clarinet, Flute, Pan Flute;
Live! Strings, Allegro Strings,
Orch Strings; Cool! Electric
Guitar, one other (unknown)
[13 total]
CUSTOM VOICES 32 32 ? ? ?
EFFECTS 164 FX 164 FX ? ? ?
VOCAL HARMONY 94 presets, 10 user 94 presets, 10 user 3 Band Sweepable EQ
POLYPHONY 126 notes 126 notes 64 notes
SAMPLING 16-bit 44kHZ 16-bit 44kHZ no
SAMPLING RAM 1MB (to 65MB ) 1MB (to 65MB) - - -
SONG RAM MEMORY 300 KB (30k NOTES) 300 KB (30k NOTES) yes
SONG FILES Maximum 250 Maximum 250 ? ? ?
3.5" DISK DRIVE yes yes yes
INT'L HARD DRIVE optional, up to 8GB optional, up to 8GB "Works like one" w/580KB
REGISTRATIONS 512 512 ? ? ?
EQ yes yes ? ? ?
INT. MIXER yes yes ? ? ?
DRUM KITS 14 24 16
DSP 164 presets 164 presets ? ? ?
# of DSP FX (factory) 500 (?) 500 (?) ? ? ?
# of DSP FX (user) MAXIMUM 3 MAXIMUM 3 ? ? ?
HARMONY/ECHO 17 presets 17 presets ? ? ?
SPECIAL FEATURES Full Parameter Editing for: Song
Seq, Multi-Pads, Custom Voices
Full Parameter Editing for: Song
Seq, Multi-Pads, Custom Voices
? ? ?
VIRTUAL ARRANGER Yes Yes ? ? ?
GROOVE AND DYNAMICS Yes Yes ? ? ?
1 TOUCH SETTING 4 per style 4 per style yes
MUSIC DATABASE 616 programmable 616 programmable 500 non-programmable
MULTIPAD 4 pads X 60 banks 4 pads X 60 banks ? ? ?
KEYS 61 keys 76 keys, weighted 61 keys
LYRICS DISPLAY? yes yes yes
WRITE & DISPLAY LYRICS? yes yes ???
EXPANSION BOARD? no yes no
EXTERNAL STORAGE? capable capable ? ? ?
FLASH MEMORY 1.8 MB for up to
120 Custom or Disk files
1.8 MB for up to
120 Custom or Disk files
lMB for up to 100 (not
likely) Custom Styles
SPEAKERS yes no yes (12W Stereo)
ARPEGGIATOR no no no
SCREEN DISPLAY yes yes ? ? ?
VELOCITY yes yes yes
AFTERTOUCH yes yes no
COPY INDIVIDUAL
FILES TO DISK?
yes yes ? ? ?
DIMENSIONS 44" x 18.3" x 7.2" 49.96" x 16" x 5.5" 38.3" x 15.7" x 6.34"
WEIGHT 50 lbs 45 lbs 23 lbs