Stefano,
Thanks for the input...I may go to Sweetwater this week and try one for a while...
It won't take me long to see about the samples...
If it has any of the issues...it will be a no buy for me.
Lee

Lee, what are you playing now ? Would be interested in getting your comments if you do go and play an M50

I too was in this situation last year, I was very tempted to buy a PA2X. In the end though I went for a Motif XS and have never looked back. The 6000+ arps with the ability to play 4 simultaneously really gives incredible possibilities. In my humble opinion the sounds and especially drums are far superior to even the Tyros 3. Don't get me wrong I love arrangers, especially the T3 if I could afford one. However before making a decision I highly recommend that you check out the XS, it's an incredible machine and I instantly fell in love with it.

At the moment it's a hell of a lot cheaper too! Plus it's built for the pro market and not the home market. Shame Yamaha doesn't give the same attention to durability to their $3,800 TOTL arranger as they do their $2,200 TOTL Workstation.

Well, it kind of depends on what kind of player you are. I come from playing organ...left hand chords, right hand melody. With drum machine built in and newer instruments had accompanyments too. Todays arranger is yesterdays electronic organ, so to speak.

I am not a piano player, nor am I a top notch classically trained musician. I play for fun and to entertain friends/family.

AND I don't ever play in groups on stage.
AND I don't play much modern music. No screeming distortion guitars here...ever, Classic acoustic guitars ot clean Strat..Oh yes!

So, it's a lot easier for me to play some nice music on an arranger than on a Motif or other PRO synth.

I have had a Kurzweil K2600X and it doesn't get much better than that as far as PRO synth quality sound goes. Now they have the PC3 with up to 16 arp's playing!

I had a PC3 here for a week...awsome...but it is not an attanger.

To me at least a one man band player that is not a piano player is better off with an arranger (if you are a great piano payer...fine too).

When I had the Kurz...before I got an arranger seems all I ever did is play with the sounds, features etc and didn't play all that much music. It sounded a heck of a lot better in most respects than anyof the top arrangers today. That's what the Kurz was all about...QUALITY SOUND.

But that's only my perspective for what it's worth.

Lee

I agree. A T3 and an XS,VSTIs,M3M,,,, would be a nice combination....