There is NO PLG Board that I'm aware of that includes the Sweet!, Live!, and Cool! voices of the Tyros, etc. But if and when you buy the Motif ES, all of the Sweet!, Live! and Cool! voices of the Tyros, etc., are included on the "CD-ROM" that comes with the ES. There are many, many other Voices that are included with the CD-ROM too. There is a whole library of Synth, Brass and Woodwind, Choir, Acoustic, and Organ (a few) on the CD-ROM. You have to manually load the Voices from the CD-ROM into the Motif ES by way of the USB "To Device" port. That means you need a computer, (which you obviously have), to be able to transfer the Voices on the CD-ROM to a Smart Media Card - by way and in conjunction with a Smart Reader Device. You then would hook the Smart Reader device (or the Smart Media Card directly to the SM Slot) to the Mo ES's USB "To Device" connection and then 'load' the Voices into the Motif ES. Btw, you will have to purchase RAM [DIMM} sticks and of course a Smart Media Card/Smart Reader device to be able to not only load the data from the CD-ROM into the Motif ES but also to use the Sampler function/feature of the Motif ES. You can also purchase an External USB Hard Drive to use with the Motif ES if you choose. A little hassle in that it is not nor can you use an 'internal' Hard Drive. Nevertheless even an 'External' Hard Drive is still nice to have and comes in 'very' handy when you want to transfer 'large' data files. Smart Media is lacking in that the spec only goes up to 128 Mb. For instance; if you wanted to load "ALL" the Voices on the CD-ROM on a 128 Mb SM Card you would "NOT" be able to because the Voices on the CD-ROM are about 160 Mb's worth if my memory serves me correctly. The point is; Yamaha should consider switching Media (on future Workstations, etc.) to, let's say, SD Memory [Secure Digital] because the added advantage SD Memory has over Smart Media. SD Memory Cards are up to "1 Gigabyte" in capacity and 'soon' will be up to "8" Gigabytes in size. That would be like having a minature Hard Drive and you would have absolutely no problem loading "ALL" the Data from the Motif ES CD-ROM onto the Mo ES. The way it stands now you have to pick and choose and "leave off" some Voices that you may have wanted "ON" the Smart Media Card and the ES. You would have to buy 2 SM Cards to do so now plus the hassle of taking one out and putting the other one in, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. You get my picture. Realizing all the while that Smart Media Cards are very sensitive to "Static". So in the process of "back and forth" you could possibly "ZAP!" the SM Card Kaput!! I had that very thing happen to one of my SM Cards the "brief" time I owned the Motif ES7. With a Secure Digital Card you could put it in the 'Slot' and forgehtdaboudit!!

Wake up Call Yammie!!

PS: I realize Yamaha kept the Smart Media specification for the Motif ES because they wanted 'compatibility' with its predecessor the Motif Classic. But for 'Future' Workstations I hope they make the switch to a more 'generous' Memory Media.

Another PS: (No need to pass that along to Corporate Headquarters Steve). I already let Athan, Mike, and Bad_Mister know of my disappoint with Yamaha Japan using the SM Media spec for the ES. Hopefully Yamaha Japan will 'get with it' and switch or at least give an option of using an 'internal Hard Drive' with its future Flagship Workstation.

Sorry for ranting but I felt it need to be addressed -again.

Best regards,
Mike