chas,
a highly customizable OS is not what I'm asking for..or need..and a Mediastation is way overkill for me, even if it wasn't too heavy for me to handle. all i'm asking for is some modest features that most mid to upper-range kb's had a few years back, in fact- some of the low-enders had it as well.

Roland has the bass-drum/combo/full buttons on its low-mid-end GW7 and Exr7, but not on E50/60. Some of the new lo-end Yams have sound tailoring knobs now-even though that isn't something I must have. the e50/60
tries to do with 3 pages of menus on one d-beam button replacing what used to be pretty standard: dedicated fade, various part mutes, etc. Hard to understand why 3 d-beam buttons that could be normal controls are now filled with sounds and effects that are pretty much in the normal sound bank areas. there is no place to store a modest amount of fave sounds, except in full user setups.
Most other kb's from lo to hi end have had at least that.

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Miami Mo