I went crazy with FM...I had a DX7 first, sold it and bought a DX7MkIIFD and then I added the TX-802 (which is a DX7MkII in a rack), which was MIDI'd to it.

I had some great FM programs, several from Bo Tomlyn, were excellent, including some great distortion guitars, with feedback...I used to do 99% of the lead guitar parts in cover tunes, as our lead vocalist was basically a rhythm player, and the good lead players were already working in other bands...it was hard work, but it really taught me how to use the pitch bend and mod wheels to good effect.

Bo also sent me a terrific Hammond Organ patch with fast/slow Leslie on the mod wheel for the original DX-7, and I modified it to work in the DX7MKIIFD and the TX-802...it was really a killer sound, cause as you know, FM does organ sounds like nobody's business.

The Motif 6 with PLG-AN analog modeling board is perfect for classic rock...it is surprising how "analog" sounding it is...I still have my old Jupiter 8, and the Motif was able to come very close...my Yamaha boss had a Motif with that same board for several months as a demo, and I played it quite a bit in his studio.

The Kronos looks and sounds incredible...I think that's where most of Korg's R&D money went, instead of into the PA3Xpro. If I was gigging in a band, I would definitely give it serious consideration, as it is an astonishing instrument, at least from what I've heard so far on the demos. It covers all the bases and then some.

Now that I have the Tyros4, I can't see me getting another arranger for quite some time, so I may add another synth keyboard , one of a different brand, for tonal variety. Like you, the Kronos has me very interested.

Ian