Anybody ever think that companies offer what they offer because, now here's a new concept, it's what the majority of the consumers want? Yammie is only smart to make a budget version of the MOTIF. When every other car manufacturer was making a killing off of small SUVs, it was only a matter of time before other companies like Mercedes and BMW started making them. Supply and demand. Why change that? All you can do is make the change incrementally. Once upon a time, there was no sampling in ROM based workstations. Then it slowly got added, and now, you can't even consider putting out a workstation without sampling. I think that the same will happen with adding analog modelling. Right now, the thinking is, if you need a good sounding VA, then there are enough out on the market, so why cram a half decent one into a workstation?
I'm baffled that people are all up in arms over the announcements of budget...not flagship, but budget offerings from the Big Three.
Peace