On second thought, if NI's new GM module and it's 2gb of sample rom is as good as advertised, my only change might just be making the PA80 the backup to One Man Band, instead of the other way around ( as it is now ). Or maybe I'd consider trading the ES6 in for a 76 key repacement ( next generation of the Motif series even ), as the current ES itself makes for a pretty good kb and controller to boot in my system.

Short of that, after my previous experiences with a brand new "fresh off the shelf" PSR 2000 and a just released 740 before it, I'm content to let someone else betatest the latest and greatests this time around before I'd consider them. So the PSR3k or the "old" Tyros would suit me just fine.

This "new" voice articulation thing .. I doubt that there is any groundbreaking technology there, at least nothing that is going to surpass the sounds I already have.

I don't play out full time like some of the other members here, so my priorities are different. If it were a full time endeavor for me, then sure I'll say.. yes give me the latest and best tool, but.. I don't need to spend big bucks on something that probably wouldn't be particularly useful to me in my studio.

Realistically, for me Donny, in answering the original question, Yamaha will probably never make the arranger that I'd find useful for anything other than live work. I guess I'm a "5" percenter too, but then again my needs don't even fit neatly into that group either.

Ideally for me, which would put me in a much smaller niche market, something like the Korg Oasys, which is essentially the combination of a Triton Extreme on steroids, a modern Karma, and a true dedicated sampling machine, all in one, and then be able to add the best arranger functions to it... then they will have made the hardware solution for my studio. As a footnote though, the current Oasys is commanding what ? seven grand or so.. ? That might be a little out of my budget.