[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Pro:
[B]Also this month's Keyboard magazine features a review of the Motif ES that is very good. Keyboard not only gave the Motif ES a KeyBuy award but some of it's highest praises ever, even noting that it costs less than the Triton or Fantom-S. I think we're going to be hearing a lot of and about the Motif ES in the coming year.

Not to get picky or anything but the Roland Fantom S/88 are actually cheaper in price than the comparable Motif ES's. Roland just dropped the price of the S and I'm sure it was AFTER the Keyboard Mag review. But I still wanted to point that out. You can get the Roland Fantom S for $1,499 and the S88 for $2,399 at Gutiar Center. The Motif ES6 is 2 Grand and the ES8 is $2,800. But I agree the Motif ES blows the Roland Fantom away in regards to sounds in Most categories. The Fantom has a very decent Piano and some other very good Voices too but overall the Motif ES takes the cake for sure. And with the Motif ES's you get 'double' the Polyphony of the Fantom S/88. But if you know how to use the Sampler on the Fantom S/88 you can basically eliminate the note drop off in your compositions by Sampling a lot of your sounds you use in the Mix. A little hassle to do but it can be done. Kudos to Yamaha though for giving the Motif ES's 128 note Polyphony. That is a BIG plus and advantage imo.

Best regards,
Mike