Jim it's funny how we see and hear things differently...I uninstalled my Yamaha soft synth years ago..I even think the Roland VSC55 sounded better, let alone the VSC88...and I know no other soft synth sounds better than Roland's Hyper Canvas..Whatever makes each of us happy is the right choice...I guess I will go listen to the Yammy sounds again , if I can listen to the stupid wrong drum map long enough to test it again..