Interesting post.. Tom Moon touched on something there too. What I think is holding Yammie back in attracting another market is their unwillingness to share things from the Motif line with their pro arrangers. The Yamaha pro arrangers by Yamaha's position is worthy enough to share some of its voices with the Motif, but Yammie won't go the other way. This is IMO a serious HOLD BACK to Yamaha's pro arranger market for those interested in a more modern based arranger or an arranger with a little more flavor so to say.

Why won't they go the other way? The Korg PA series have Triton based sound engines, doesn't the Roland G-70 have a Fantom based piano sample? I just don't understand why Yamaha feels their pro arranger is not worthy of sharing some things from the Motif, clearly they feel the Tyros line is worthy of sharing its voices.

Oh well, maybe in a few more years Yamaha will realize the huge potential in going the other way. Wouldn't it be great to have some drums from the Motif XS? Wouldn't it be great to have some arps from the Motif XS, and a few other things?

There's no way that anyone can say that it's too much work to do this and blah blah blah. The Yamaha MM6 alone is a perfect example. Last time I read the specs it said "Motif Classic" based sound set, and the MM6 is an arranger. Why not have a Tyros with a few "Motif XS" based sounds...?? After demoing the T2 I'd say that one major thing that had me scratching my head was the overall construction quality. Now even I'd be tempted with a Tyros that had some Motif sounds **I say this as I duck and cover my head from the piles of flung poo from my Roland buddies**

Squeak


[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 04-29-2007).]