Squeak,
in all fairness, I would have said the same about the Motif as you did about the Triton Classic. Let me offer the most sound advice I can.... something that no-one else can do for you.... go PLAY 'EM ALL - Mo, Classic, Studio, Fantom - and YOU make up your own mind based on your musical needs/wants !!

No doubt you'll find plenty of opinion here, some of which is weighted based on personal experience, some of which is objective.

I went thru the same thing you are going thru. I evaluated and played all the leading synths from all brands and based on price/features went with the Motif. I already happened to have Roland board at that time. I owned the Motif for about 3 weeks, but traded it in/up, because I didn't want to work that hard to make music. Weeks later I received the DVD on the Mo from Yamaha. I watched it 6 months after that - WOW !! didn't know it could do that. It just wasn't an intuitive board to me - tho the keys felt great. Since then I have added a Korg PA80 and Triton Studio.

If I had to go buy another synth right now, (already owning the Studio it's unlikely) it would be the Motif...

Food for thought, eh !
Regards,
Steve

[This message has been edited by S0C9 (edited 04-29-2003).]