Same tired old lame non-answers, Dom.

Ye Gods! If you haven't 'got it' by now, you'll probably never will. And the MS will probably ALWAYS remain a technological toy, while the rest of the market catches up and surpasses you, because none of them will ever forget that an arranger, whether open or not, is ALL about the styles and sounds. Not one, not the other... BOTH.

Rikki, how can ANYONE develop styles for the MS, because, according to Dom, the whole point is that everyone will have different sounds in it..? This is basically a 'roll your own' piece of gear. From listening to all the factory demo's, you can basically scratch all the supplied sounds and styles (unless you WANT to sound bad ). It's painfully obvious that Dom has never done any serious market research, and asked the question 'How many players make ALL their own styles?', because if he had, he would realize what a pitifully tiny number that is, and how important it would be for HIM to make great styles the #1 priority of his company...

Sorry, Dom, but sh*t at 24 bit doesn't sound any better than sh*t at mp3 rates... And reheated soup tastes better than hot air, which is all we are getting, here.