no, actually no one answered any questions and no, the problem is not solved. I want an instrument that has the arranger section of the PSR line and the sequencing capabilities, keybed, and sampling features of the Motif.

I have never understood this 'separation' between an arranger workstation like the Tyros and a synth workstation like the Motif or the Korg Triton. There are people who want an arranger only, then there are people who mistakenly think that an arranger is an 'hobbyst instrument with Polka styles on it'
(as if working with styles makes you a bad musician and working with a boring black canvas makes you a good musician)
and they buy a synth workstation (and they strangely feel more professional, go figure).

Then there are the ones like me who don't see things as black and white: a music workstation should have all of it: the arranger section, the sampling , etc.
And there isn't such an instrument. Do you really believe that building a keyboard with both the features of the Tyros and the Motif , would cost as much as a Motif plus a Tyros? I don't think so. They would be sharing the same hardware, for a start, which would keep costs down.
Do you think Yamaha would not sell such a keyboard ?

I would be interested in knowing how many people here would buy such a keyboard, instead of that overpriced Ketron stuff....

Buy both the Tyros and the Motif , problem solved, you say? I don't think so....it's like trying to race two cars at the same time.

I still prefer an instrument like the Tyros to the Motif. The way I see it, a synth-workstation doesn't fit my needs.

For my needs, the Yamaha arrangers are almost perfect, beside the keybed and the slightly underpowered sequencer.



[This message has been edited by arranger_yes_pc_no (edited 08-10-2010).]