Hey guys,
Here comes Mr. Nay sayer....not really but, I just came off 2 workstations, the Karma and the Motif. I started with a 9000 went to those, now I'm back at an arranger the PA 80.
While the workstations are very cool and versatile, it is a vast understatement to say you need to "just" work at it. If you want to see workstation wo's visit www.motifator.com. and look at some of the issues there and frustration.
I looked at the Fantom before buying the PA. The Fantom had some nice features, I especially like the arppegiators and how tweekable they are I also like that Roland makes a ton of different boards with sounds for their equipment. That all being said, I've come full circle and I think my music went down the toilet for the year I played with the workstations. Some people make great music on them, some of the best, but man they are a huge hassle to work with if you're doing anything more complicated then picking a voice to play.
there's my 2 cents worth,
Terry