This is getting exciting. Can't wait to see what the S900will feature. I'm sure Yamaha will not disappoint.

I wonder if the MOTIF ES will be upgradeable to XS standards like the original MOTIF could be upgraded to the ES...any speculations?

Tim

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Gary, I will without question be demoing the new Motif's when they come out. As for getting all three Yeah, my wife would have me sleeping with the fishes for sure.

I'm however, "quite" pleased that Yamaha has expanded the Super Articulation voices though. The things I felt were missing seem to have been fixed with the new Motifs.

What I am VERY interested in are these new orchestral voices on the new Motifs. Those sound very interesting. However, I never thought I'd say 128 note poly would concern me, but seeing 8 element voices--Yikes! They're gonna have to start bumping poly up to 256 soon.

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I agree - it's getting exciting.

I must admit I reached the point where I am unlikely to buy a current model (by Dec 2006) and wait and see what's next. I was offered a PSR-3000 at a good price but I turned it down - It is like buying a 3-year-old computer.

I am looking forward to extended video demonstration of the Motif XS.

Regards
George



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Not physically upgradeable as in installable software or hardware, however Yamaha reps on the Motifator.com forum have stated that they will again offer a "loyalty program" where existing Motif ES owners will be able to get some sort of upgrade discount to a new XS. It will be similar to the program they had that allowed Motif owners to upgrade to the Motif ES.

Current owners of the original Motif will not be able to upgrade directly to an XS via the loyalty program.



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Pictures of the new Motif XS? Don't know if these are legit. The article posted in this thread from motifator speaks of assignable buttons above the pitch/mod wheels. I don't see that in these pictures. Either way, it fun to drool at.

http://www.gearjunkies.com/news_info.php?news_id=1671

Squeak.... most of Yamaha's SA voice technology concerns sample SWITCHING, not sample layering, so these new voices should not use significantly any more voices than the current ones.

But yes, it is possible to layer insane amounts of sounds together and eat just about ANY polyphony limit.... but who would want this? (OK, me! but I'm crazy....)