Hi Vinny,
I have an ES7 and I really don't find it all that difficult to program and use. It is a complex piece of equipment but I've gotten along pretty well and the motifator.com user group is very active with highly imformative people.
The sound quality of the Motif was the key reason I went with Yamaha over Korg and Roland.
You can over come the learning curve but you can only go so far with sounds you're not enjoying.
Plus there is voice editing and multi part editors for the motifs, they help but I've not needed them to this point. Not that I'm an expert on the thing either.
The choice is yours for sure I just wanted to somewhat encourage you about the learning curve. I know for some a great user interface is vital, to me, sound quality outwieghs user friendliness.
Best wishes
Bob
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