I live in the Panhandle of Florida. A few more miles away from Frankie V's than you, sadly. As are probably the majority of US players.

Look, there's hype, then there's reality. When this product was first announced, it was going to have multiple audio loop tracks. We were all astounded. This is going to change EVERYTHING...

Fast forward from March 2007 (when it was first announced)... Only ONE non-drum loop part, and obviously, some hybrid tricks to coax more chords out of the loop parts than were originally recorded. Not exactly what we were hyped into thinking we would get. And the price continues to climb, every time it is mentioned.

All I've been asking for is straightforward answers about legitimate concerns, garnered from years of working with loops in a computer environment. And still no straightforward answers. I don't want the product to fail. Far from it. I want the product to be what was initially announced.

Time will tell how successful (and how expensive) this arranger will be. And, since they are going with a 76 and a grand piano sound that they claim is amazing (and the audio demos bore it out to a degree), this will definitely be on my 'check it out' list. OTOH, since you apparently don't consider this important, I guess you'll be giving it a pass?