The VA has been here a whole day so far, and my original concerns still stand.
1-sounds fantastic
2-feels great
3-drums are wonderful
4-scat voices are the best in the biz

...with all that going for it, I predict that the VA76 will never be widly accepted on stages for these reasons (among others):
1-touch screen(slow - hate it)
2-button placement(fills etc, too far away)
3-no quick octave or transpose
4-except for style morphing, no quick edits on the fly
5-no mic input

It's not a disapointment, because I have other plans for this baby, but it reinforced the need for quick edits in a stage situation. If all you do is play "pre-determined" performances from begining to end .... you could learn to make this board sing(it actually CAN "sing" ), but if you change beats and tones within a song, like i do ..... it just can't compare to the ease of the competition.

For strict ease of use - Yamaha has my vote for the overall BEST in the biz.
Technics is next, and everyone else follows after that.
Too bad, ease of use isn't the only thing that we need on stage!

So..... no surprise here folks - just a great keyboard with huge potential as a studio controller and writing/arranging tool. It sure is pretty too !