What prevents Yamaha or any of the other keyboard manufacturers from putting quality drum sounds in their Arrangers? Granted, a Motif is a Workstation and it is considered a professional keyboard instrument used for professional purposes but so is the Tyros/2 according to Yamaha. In fact a Tyros/2 costs in the same neighborhood as an 88 note Motif ES/XS. Since they are both considered professional keyboard products why has Yamaha relegated the best Drum sounds to the Motifs? I think the main reason is because Yamaha seems to have grown accustomed to the way they have produced the Drums on the PSR line of keyboards instead of updating the Drum sounds to be similar to those that are on the Motifs. The Drums improved somewhat on the Tyros over the PSR line and the Tyros2 is even better yet but they are still no where near the quality of, for instance, the Motif ES or Motif XS. We are paying the same price for their top of the line Arrangers as we would for their top of the line Workstations and in my opinion Yamaha should give their TOTL Arrangers the Motif quality Drums also. I hope Yamaha reconsiders (the old way of doing things) and gives the T2 successor some outstanding Drums.

PS: The Company that succeeds in doing that first - whether Yamaha, Korg, Roland, or whoever, stands the best chance in my opinion of gaining additional market share in the Arranger keyboard market, even if some of the other features on the keyboard are not quite as cutting edge as the keyboard(s) with the lesser quality Drums.

Mike