Maybe the Tyros3 might be getting closer, but it's still not there. I will say that while at Guitar Center last year.., I talked the guys into hooking the Tyros2 and Motif XS up to do a side by side comparison... (I was blown away as this GC had the Tyros2 not even in the pro keyboard section, but sitting in the low end arranger department! The drums on the XS clearly overpowered the Tyros2.., BUT for the people that were there and many who had heard about the SA voices..., not ONE person there thought the SA voices on the XS sounded as good as they did on the Tyros2. You'll even find Motif XS owners saying the same thing

Anyways..., they may be getting closer to Motif quality drums, but from what I heard in the demos they're not there yet. It's not rocket science for Yamaha either. It's not like they gotta suddenly come up with entirely new samples. They already got them.., they've alreayd taken sounds from the arrangers and added to the synths.., now they just need to go the other way.

I bet if Tyros owners start sreaming GIVE US BETTER DRUMS DAMNIT..., Yamaha just might listen.

**On a side note..., I did dig into the guys there and asked why in the hell would they take a top end arranger like the Tyros and not have it in the pro section because the Tyros clearly isn't some low end budget arranger.... They didn't go into too much detail, but hinted that command from the mothership didn't allow them to put it in the pro keyboard section.... I actually had a great time while there and made several visits to their store while vacationing. The keyboard sales guy new jack..., VERY LITTLE ABOUT KEYBOARDS. The only thing he was really good at was the bass guitar and using an MPC. I spent some time with him teaching him how to navigate the Motif XS..., and helped him better understand the arranger keyboard. The funny thing was that the guy was an arranger keyboard snubber.., but after I was done showing him how to run the Tyros and what it could do...., he kept saying "Man I gotta get me one of these". Ahhhhhh another one converted



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 09-11-2008).]