The location of the multi-pads. (MP's)

Everyone is different how we trigger various parts of an arranger. As far as the MP's go, there are times when I can fire them with my RH OR my LH. There are other times when due to other things (usually chording or playing a lead) that there's only one hand available to trigger the MP. I'm finding it terribly awkard to trigger it in some cases.

Ex. NY, NY

During the classic chordal "walkup" "It's up to YOU (MP crash) NEW (MP crash) YORK (MP crash) NEW (MP crash) Yooooorrrk....." I (on full kb mode) am playing full chords with my RH and bass octaves with my LH, during which time my middle finger can reach up and fire the cymbal crash very smoothly.

No more and my middle finger on my LH certainly doesn't reach the far right of the kb, lol...

The crashes are an iconic part of the tune and imo, HAVE to be there.

There are other examples and I'm telling myself that over time, I'll figure it out but it's a bit frustrating to be honest.

Has Yamaha ever explained why they moved the MP's from the left side of the board to the right? I'd love to know.