Right on AJ! Man you couldn't be more correct.. Excellent points about the difference in kits between your T2 and Motif ES. Owning a Motif ES myself..., and having already spent a good deal of time on the Motif XS.., and having demoed the Tyros 2 several times..., after hearing the kits on the Tyros 3...., I have to say they DO NOT match the quality of the ES/XS.

It's two different worlds here. Again.., it's like Yamaha only lets the boys play together sometimes, but with serious restictions. They'll share the great signature voices from the arranger line with the Motif line..., but when it comes to their top arranger, they just will not go the other way.

What Yamaha SHOULD do is after the T3 is released..., release (via an OS udate-that's FREE).., and tweek a few of the styles to work specifically with new sampled kits (from the Motif line) that can be loaded into the Ty's sample memory.

However, my only concern would be how the Tyros 3 can handle loading these samples. The current Tyros 2 isn't really praised for fast sample loading. Anyways.., tweeking a few styles to work with XS drum kits would make a very notable difference.