Groundhog Day all over.

Plenty of poop from ALL sides here.

But Ian... if Yamaha DO make an effort to make the bass and drums more up to the rest of the Korg and Roland standards (probably the MAIN request from current T2 users for a feature change), expect to see a LARGE jump in the number of people that disagree with Yamaha's position.

The poll showed that perhaps a majority of those using 76's were not happy with the overall sound of the T2 anyway, so adding a 76 might not change their minds. But if Yamaha grow a pair, and give us an arranger that sounds a bit more live, this may very well change...

BTW, does anyone think that Roland E50's and E60's go down a completely separate line..? Identical machines other than the case and keybed..? Surely someone as sophisticated as Yamaha can figure it out? If only two components change in an assembly line, you don't need two lines. Let us also not for one minute think that Yamaha's lines are working at 100% capacity. It should not bring the line to a grinding halt to add the perhaps 15% extra workflow to the line for the smaller production numbers that a 76 would expect to sell.

There are few PRACTICAL reasons for Yamaha's choice, just philosophical ones. They certainly don't get their market research done by the people that do it for Korg and Roland, Ketron and Wersi! Market research is the art of asking questions in a way that you get the answers you actually WANT...! One would imagine that if Yamaha just poll people that use Yamaha's, OF COURSE they are going to get overwhelming numbers in favor of 61's. That's all they make! Those that would like a 76 have already gone somewhere else...

(Sound of a radio alarm clock going off to 'I got You, Babe')

Groundhog Day AGAIN...?