Key feel is a big key for me Scott. When playing live stuff, using arrangements for backing, and emulating solo's in particular, I actually preferred softer key feel. Now that I am trying to play other parts in real time, and in particular more backing tracks and rythyms I find that the stiffer action of my Motif is more to my liking. In fact, I have gotten used to it to the point that I play a lot less on my PA80's keys nowadays.

Styles are also an important part. I like the PA80 styles ok, but when I take any of the individual style parts out of the mix, they still sound too mechanical and quantised. If the Tyros resolution can help overcome that, I'm all for it. Equally important, if I want to add backing to a style via my own live play, I would expevt that beter resolution would give a more realistic reproduction as well. That kind of "shortcut", which would prevent me from doing a whole lot of editing to the resulting midi file later in, would be a welcome feature for me.

I didnt like having to do that sub menu thing to change the intro's / endings in the 2000 at all.

It also sounds like Yamaha may have added some ability to transfer files and data via direct connection to the computer. I like this. The Motif has this capability, and it has been a blessing for me. When I had the 2000, I was able to use XG works to edit sounds and other parameters, but I could not share files. Having similar capabilities to what exists on the Motif is certainly appealing.

AJ

[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 10-11-2002).]