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I've been using my Motif ES7 for a little over a year. I'm still getting to grips with parts of the OS, but for 95% of what I do, I can get around quickly and easily. I use this keyboard as the centerpiece of my gigging rig, and it's been excellent in both in terms of reliability, and sound. I used to own a Triton Rack, but after getting the ES7, I realized that I didn't use the TR-rack any longer, and sold it. The synth sounds in the ES are great, the acoustic sounds are the best I've heard in a keyboard, and the sampling is excellent as well, though not as flexible and easy to use as my Emu E5000.
I back up a lot of different artists, and sometimes I have to learn a lot of material in a very short time period. The Motif always seems to have what I'm looking for right away. Two features I find really helpful are how all the FX in a performance automatically carry over from the voice mode, and the USB storage options. I travel a lot, and now, there's no more going to airports with a 50lb rack unit. Now I travel to gigs with a memory stick. I don't know if the Triton Extreme can save to them, but the USB on Roland gear doesn't. Best of all, once you figure out how to save stuff, it just plain WORKS.
The only disadvantages are that the onboard storage is on difficult to find Smart Media cards, and that the piano sound is only good, but not great. Having said that, the sampling option is there, and there is a much improved piano sound downloadable at the MOBROS site, along with tons of other free stuff.
Again, it's the core of my rig now, and I couldn't live without it. I might get the ES8 for the weighted keys, or the S90ES for the improved piano sound and action as well. I love and own Roland and Korg stuff too, but the ES felt to me to be the best sounding, and most well featured workstation synth going. Highly recommended.
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