Yamaha 9000 Pro

Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of an extraordinary electronic keyboard. The Yamaha 9000Pro combines

advanced tone generation technology with state-of-the-art digital electronics and features to give you

stunning sound quality with maximum musical versatility. The advanced Auto Accompaniment, Vocal Har-

mony, and Sampler features, in particular, are brilliant examples of how Yamaha technology can signiﬁ-

cantly expand your musical horizons. A large-size graphic display and easy-to-use interface also greatly

enhance the operability of this advanced instrument. In addition, the 9000Pro lets you add optional Plug-

in Boards, giving you access to an exciting and wide array of various synthesizer voices — plus the ability

to edit those voices and create your own original sounds.

In order to make the most of your 9000Pro’s features and vast performance potential, we urge you to read

the manual thoroughly while trying out the various features described. Keep the manual in a safe place for

later reference.

Packing List

Your 9000Pro includes the following items:

• 9000Pro x 1

• AC Power Cord x 1 .............................................................................................................................................page 14

• Music Stand x 1 ..................................................................................................................................................page 14

• Floppy Disk (Disk Styles and MIDI Driver) x 1 ................................................................................................page 25

• Floppy Disks (Factory Data Backup Disk No.1/2) x 2 .....................................................................................page 54

These include the following factory-set data: One Touch Setting, Registration Memory,

Music Database, Multi Pad, Flash Style and Setup.

• Floppy Disk (Plug-in Custom Voice Disk) x 1 ..................................................................................................page 42

This includes the voice ﬁles for Plug-in Boards

• Owner’s Manual

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• Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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• Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft ® Corporation.

• All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Unauthorized copying of copyrighted software for purposes other than the purchaser’s personal use is prohib-

ited.

This product (9000Pro) is manufactured under license of U.S.Patents No.5231671, No.5301259, No.5428708,

and No.5567901 of IVL Technologies Ltd.

GM System Level 1

GM System Level 1 is an addition to the MIDI standard

which guarantees that any data conforming to the standard

will play accurately on any GM-compatible tone generator

or synthesizer from any manufacturer.

XG is a new Yamaha MIDI speciﬁcation which signiﬁcantly

expands and improves on the GM System Level 1 stan-

dard with greater voice handling capacity, expressive con-

trol, and effect capability while retaining full compatibility

with GM. By using the 9000Pro’s XG voices, it is possible

to record XG-compatible song ﬁles.

The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI

File) standard with greater functionality and open-ended

expandability for the future. The 9000Pro is capable of dis-

playing lyrics when an XF ﬁle containing lyric data is

played.

Vocal Harmony

Vocal Harmony employs state-of-the-art digital signal pro-

cessing technology to automatically add appropriate vocal

harmony to a lead vocal line sung by the user. Vocal Har-

mony can even change the character and gender of the

lead voice as well as the added voices to produce a wide

range of vocal harmony effects.

The logos printed on the 9000Pro panel indicate the standards/formats it supports and special features it includes.

Panel logos