Youtube is a great way to understand who is using what for what. You will find more users of the Fantom in the Hip Hop loop based world without PCs. The Motif seems to be represented by more MOR and a wider variety of music. I thought about the Fantom and was seduced by the easy OS and screen....easy to do when you are a thousand miles from home in a Roland Booth with no PC.

Add the PC to the mix and the Roland goes downhill fast with less ROM and the need to buy $300 cards to increase the sound set and swap them out. I like the idea of being able to keep samples on a network server and import them as needed on the Motif as well. I DON:T like the idea of a one note production being all Yamaha. I really wanted to get away from that. The VSTis will help that and the semi Arranger behavior of the XS sealed the deal as the main reason I bought an Arranger was because I am not a Bass player, horn Arranger etc. The ARPS gave me that capability to create my own "styles" from a blank slate without having to actually play them. If I am off base here in my expectations please let me know as I have not actually played one for more than 10 minutes...LOL I am buying blind. I have been watching a lot of video demos and user demos though. I love what I see.




[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-17-2009).]