Diki:

I am not in a hurry and will wait to see what the Kronos is like. However it will most likely be out my price range. I have spent a lot of time with the Motif line. playing them in a variety of stores, and I find the sounds as well as quality of sounds significantly different than the Tyros with possibly some of the Synth sounds which are on both. The overall sound environment of the Motif line just sounds different to me than T3.

I know that Tyros has a rather basic MIDI capability but all I would want to do is play the T3 sounds OR play the just the Motif sounds and not both together. From what I've learned this is doable and easy to do although I still have questions about just how to do it. Things like how to easily switch between both modes (T3 sounds v.s. Motif sounds).