While the Motif does have probably the most difficult ( and at times confounding ) interface to navigate of the three, the sequencer is neither useless nor difficult to use. At least that has been my experience with it.

On the contrary, the sequencer and phrase factory are great tools, equivalent to a hardware version of a Reason or FL Studio.

Sometimes, you have to take the reviews you see with a grain of salt, and just try these things for yourself. I've had Motif series boards for 3 years now,( first the original, then an ES ) and while the OS has been difficult to work with in some areas, I wouldn't trade it's magnificent sounds and features for anything else.

I do like the Fantom X and Triton Extreme too btw, and would own one of them with no regret if I wanted or needed a second workstation ( I don't ). I don't think the Triton Le or the older Fantom series match up well vs the Motif series sonically though. Just my experiences of playing all of them and my tastes in sounds.

Where the Motif may lack a little, depending on what you may like, is in Synth patches, especially pads. I more than made up for this by adding the AN150 analog modeling board to the Motif, along with several soft synths I have.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 02-22-2005).]