And if the divisional rivalry would not make the Motif xs have full arranger features, hear is a way Yamaha could do it.


Since the Tyros users are technical dummies (as most people on this forum continually state) why not make a TOTL arranger with exceptional ground-breaking sounds, lots and lots of great styles that can only be played on the Tyros (as per Diki’s topic on style copy protection), only a 61 key version made out of plastic.
Don’t include any sequencer, sampler mp3 player … none of that. Not even style creation.
Just sounds and styles and an OS to play with those sounds and styles.
That would satisfy the market that just want to play the arranger out of the box with out having to tweak and do not want or can not deal with any advance features on an arranger.
What that does is keep the arranger division in Yamaha happy as they still have a product to make and no other division in Yamaha will take over their territory because they have a specific market.


Now for those who really want to use an electronic musical instrument, the Motif division would include styles and style modification and creation along with any other technological advancement (audio sampling…) on the TOTL WS. This would not disturb the arranger division and market because this new motif is an advance arranger which most people know Tyros users do not want creation or modification features on their arranger. Also this would solve the 76 key issue because the Motif line already has a 76 key version.

So there you go. Both the arranger and WS division can keep their market and not disturb the other.

So Tyros would have just ground-breaking great sounds and styles (with no sampler sequencer MP3 player) it would be made from plastic and on 61 keys and the person playing would sound like a CD. Exactly what Yamaha’s arranger market wants.

The Motif would also have great sounds, and everything else that is already on the Motif but would now include styles and style modification and creation and have a 76 key version. Satisfying the Motif market.