We also have a 9000 and we use Brother's BES software that came with our brother machine. Being from Mich. you could travel in the Dayton area in Ohio for digitizing classes. The great thing is they do it for free if you purchase a machine. I am not sure if you only buy the software. And they even let you take the class twice, first time is great but after 6 months or so after applying what you learned the first time your skills really shoot up the second time.
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