During the 29 days that I owned a Motif - when they first hit the market - I was of the same mind-set as Terry, and would have to agree with him that it IS the most UN-intuitive piece of gear I have ever used.

Not to say that it isn't a great unit - I discovered a world of features on the demo DVD which Yammy sent me 6 months after I returned the unit - it's just that it's structured in a totolly different manner to any other board I'd ever played.

Terry will back me up on this... I returned the unit because "I didn't want to work that hard to make music". Not because of lack of fetures or technology. Jsut playing a midi file required loading a GM template and then matching up tracks to songs, and so on. duh ????

Would I buy one now, having seen the DVD and got a little more insight into it's use... probably, but I'd still a hve to say that the PA80 I bought instead was so-o-o much easier to learn and get up and running.

Regards,
Steve