Indeed. The Motif is not the sound machine the Roland is. but one NEEDs more sounds in the Roland. not a whole lot of internal ROM.
The motif uses 1GIG of sampling which is equivalent to a couple CDs. Plenty of room to crerate new sounds using eight elements per sound, each individually accesable withing avoice using splits.layers, velocity,ocillators LFOs ENVS and filters. The "damper" key off is really nice and is a single element of the Piano voice.
Both sysnths though are for sifferent purposes. Fantom more suited to a stand alone production center, especially strong for dance music
The major difference I see is Roland is doing all they can to remove themselves from the DAW atmosphere creating a GREAT visual experience and DAW experience right in the keyboard, whereas Yamaha seems to be going the opposite way and joining forces with the DAW world becoming one with it and with DAW integration that goes far beyond any of thier previous Work Stations.
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 02-17-2009).]
But it's the only way to get altogether NEW capabilities into either the MoXS or the FantomG. That's because each board isn't just samples, it's a whole different synth, with different capabilities (all the modeling stuff on the E. Piano and TD-Drum kit boards, and SA and newer brass voicing capabilities on the new ARX-03). 
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