Wow,
I don't even know where to begin. Comparing a Motif to a 9000pro is like comparing two different things at two ends of the spectrums. The common ground here is that both are top quality performers in their own fields. The Motif is not an arranger keyboard and the 9000 pro is and that's the main difference. The 9000pro does not sound like the Motif or work like a Motif in it's recording mode. Yes, there are a few of the "sweet" sounds taken from the 9000 and put into the Motif, but that's the end of their similarity. Motif's sampler lets you sample (sing or play an instrument) along with a song and record it as a track in "real" time. Motif's sampler lets you slice and dice your samples and do extensive editing to your samples. 9000 pro can't do many of the sampling features Motif can do. Motif has a total of sixteen, 16 track sequencers to record songs in and then put these sixteen together and create a song. Motif has an entirly more sophisticated editing mode for making and editing sounds. Motif is an incredible keyboard, but,,,,,it is not an ARRANGER, specializing in style auto accomp. playback which the 9000 pro does. If you are thinking one of these will do both, I think you will have to get both! These are very different products with different purposes in mind. Of course both can play sounds, both can record songs and both can sample.....Just differently. I generally find my Motif customer is not my 9000Pro customer, but not always. Sometimes I'm wrong, though hard to admit!
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California