My last post on the subject i promise !

another musician who uses the motif ES and would like to know if the T2 has similar features ...

"I must say, I'd never use the T2 on a rock band stage.

1. 61 key...that alone kills it if any piano is required. Even when I'm just doing right hand fills, shifting my brain to playing on a 61 or 76 keyboard just doesn't work. I can't explain it. Plus the image of playing a midget piano just doesn't look good.

2. If it doesn't have something like Performance mode...kills it there too. I'm surprised how much I use Perf mode. Always thought I'd just use favorite Voices, but as I got more experienced Voice mode was just too limited. I learned from listening to Rudess that keyboardists run the whole show. Perf mode is essential. Now, he's one of the few out there that actually needs the full synth/voice programming as well, but as has been stated, I think that's less than 10% of performers.

3. Cool factor. There's always somebody between sets (sound guys, venue employees, other bands) like "duuude, MOTIF, sweet bro, wanna smoke?" It's sort of like the effect of a real B3 on stage. It just gets the people who know what it is excited, they think they're watching or working with an insider, a pro, which in turn feeds the artist. And yep, this is just a result of good marketing...well done Yamaha.

All that said, as Bad M states, the T2 is more expensive than even the soon to be XS so it's not like Yamaha is fooling the masses by getting them to buy Motifs...would be in their interest to fool them the other way around if the only factor was margin/unit."

My response

"The T2 only has 61 keys thats true. It might not look cool to you but its sounds waaaaayyyyyyyyy cool !

Finally does it have Performance mode ???

Certainly it does !!!! But Yamaha call it Registration Memory Banks where you can save your keyboard set ups, layered sounds, dsp effects , transposition keys and a host of other parameters at the touch of a button ! Going from memory there are 8 dedicated Registration buttons each able to hold 8 separate combinations of setups. thats 64 different performance setups. at your fingertips. (oh and buy the way the whole concept of performance mode was borowed from the arranger family of keyboards.My yamaha PSR 8000 had registration banks as long as 8 years ago, its nice to see the big boys like the motif catch up and sell this as a new technique!)

Listen I have preached enough. This is he kind of info that Yamaha ought to be giving to musicians and contrary to popular belief I dont work for Yamaha "

I am done