I agree Alex that the technology exists. It is beyond me as to why Korg is still using the outdated Triton sound engine in their new Keyboard products. Sure the Triton is a big seller which I think in part is because Korg is sponsoring mega pop culture stars to use their Boards and they get splashed all over TV, at concerts, in the Media, etc. Then these wannabes see that the Big Boys use a Triton and they go out and get one too to be "Hip" or be part of the "In Crowd". Don't get me wrong; yes, the Triton Studio 2 has been much improved over the original Classic Triton and now we have the Pa1X/Pro with the new "RX" technology (whatever that is) that is suppose to greatly improve a Voice's "instrument's" realism. But the RX technology is still just building on to the Triton sound engine. It doesn't replace it and give us something brand new.

Now Yamaha on the other hand is at least trying IMO to listen to what their customers want although they too are sometimes slow in implementing many of those new features that their customers yearn for. The Tyros although not revolutionary does add a new dimension to sound reproduction with the inclusion of the Mega Voices and good quality Voice samples. Plus I think Yamaha sees the need for Arrangers to have ample Polyphony because of the load placed upon Arranger's when using Style Accompaniment, Multi-Pad use, plus the quadruple Voice Layering and then on top of that the Layering within the Layers, hence they gave the Tyros 128 note Polyphony and even give the CVP 209, 210, and 900 "256 note Polyphony".

They also are giving the new Motif ES "True" 128 note Polyphony plus according to Athan Billias a person will actually be able to "Play" the Mega Voices included on the Motif ES. As everyone knows it is impossible to play the Tyros's Mega Voices with any semblance of normality and correctness.

So I do see Yamaha making headway and I believe they are really trying to make an effort to accomodate their customers needs. Albeit, as I said, they are sometimes slow in the implementation of some of them. A good example would be the PSR 2000/2100 and even their Flagship Tyros all having very meager User Flash Ram Memory chips in them. The Tyros's User memory capacity is a mere 3.3Mb's. Even their newest Arranger, the PSR 2100, only has 1.5Mb's and the PSR 2000 (Now Discontinued) has a very meager 580Kb's. Another area Yamaha lacks in is giving their higher end Arrangers 'Digital Outputs'.

So even though the technology is available to give us an "almost" perfect Arranger apparently the motivation by the Manufacturers to do so is not there. Plus the all inclusive calculated Marketing schemes they are all privy to and partake in which give us the buying public and in their eyes "peons" I suppose; just small bumps in progress and feature enhancements with the 'calculated' intention of egging us on to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Now to get them to change that mindset they're geared to, is probably like trying to get a duck to fly backwards and not to quack.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by Idatrod (edited 08-07-2003).]