Hi Jos,
I think some of your ideas are great, but I don't think they'll happen. The keyboard manufacturers have to make money to stay in business.

I had 3 keyboards KN7 , 9000pro & va7. Guess which was was totally replaceable for doing the things I wanted ie use styles for creating backing track midifiles, and converting styles to my kn7. I didn't really require arranger functions on all 3.

You guessed it, I was able to sell my pro, I'll either purchase an xg sound module or use an xg soft synth. I have xg works to create the backing sequences I want from my 9000 pro styles ( plus all the other psr styles I've downloaded). I'll look at your program if I decide I want to use psr arranger functions again, in short, I don't really need a psr keyboard. Problem is, where does that leave Yamaha if everyone starts to go the same way?
I'll definetely keep my kn7, I like the styles& it's onboard features. They're about the only styles that can't be converted to some other manufactures keyboard, so if I want them, I need the kn7. My VA7 I'm not sure about ( whether to keep or sell), because if I really want the styles, I can convert them to the kn7 format. Won't be as good as the original, but with tweaking , they'll work.

I've actually found it a bit strange that the xg works manual never mentioned that it could use psr styles in the same manner as it does it's onboard styles.

Maybe software isn't profitable enough.

best wishes
Rikki

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jos Maas:

About the "goldmine", I have no illusions of getting rich. OMB is completely unknown among the broad public. I'm sure that if Yamaha released it, they would sell a 1000 times the numbers I'm selling. I don't have the marketing instruments they have.