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Originally posted by squeak_D:
I think people are missing the point here. There's no way Yammie would convert the Motif to a full arranger. Shit they'd lose a HUGE chunk of buyers by adding waltzes, polkas, and more traditional styles to the Motif, and adding fills, variations and fully orchestrated styles. Yes it would end up being a T2 with XS sounds.

The bigger picture here is to have a workstation with "some" arranger like features. That's the key to the whole thing. A workstation doesn't operate like an arranger with fills, but you can do realtime pattern switching with them (similiar but not exactly like an arranger). In a video you can see a rep from Yamaha using the chord recognition, and he's muting parts, and I think even switching patterns in realtime. Adding chord recognition is a great step forward. That feature alone is very welcomed into the synth community.

I myself am not wanting the full arranger features on a synth, but to have some of the arranger functions carried over would be nice. I don't want polkas, waltzes, ect on a synth either, but it's very pleasing to see some basic arranger functions being carried over.

Squeak


I agree with Squeak. While it is nice to see some arranger features being added to these new workstations, to have all arranger features ported over would just confuse the market. Yamaha have a clearly defined product range - Motif, PSR and TYROS, and they all serve their target markets well. I can't see Yammie messing with these.

I've often thought about investing in a Motif, but at the end of the day I know it wouldn't suit my needs (plus many features would go unused). Best to stick to what works best for you - and in my case that's an arranger