Some great thoughts here, let me add mine.

With my KN7000 I would alter the style variations, intros and endings to my taste. I am having a bit of difficulty doing that on my S900.

Having a noticeable changes in the variations and then having 4 custom pads to add, (again made to my taste) I feel the boredom is gone. What is left is my left hand, full chords and my right hand --- and my ability to make the changes on the fly.

I change the bass lines, volumes and sometime the drums. It only becomes boring when I am boring. Or when I am not sure of the song I am playing – my concentration is diverted to finger and melodies and searching. When I edit the variations I picture what a live band sounds like when they change from mood to mood, it can be interesting.

This does not put down playing along with midi files, it’s just another approach to making music.

John C.