I know it's kind of tedious, George, but is it easy to take a look at the style data in microscope mode, and see whether that snare is simply a result of either a volume command to make it louder, or a greater velocity to the part, or is it REALLY a better, newer drum sample?

If it turns out to be the former two, there's a good chance that everyone with a T2 could get the same effect with just a tweak to the styles they already have...

In fact, this would be the perfect thing for Sørenson to make some software to do (you know Yamaha won't make this one! ). Take the 'tweaks' that have been made to the styles from the T2 that are in the T3, and reverse engineer them so that the T2 could gain that extra 'punch' as well...

If I had a T2, I'm not sure I'd be trading up until I knew for certain that many of the sonic improvements aren't simply some changes to the velocities, EQ's and effects that could be done in the T2 I already have.