Diki,
As always you make some good points...however, you may be underestimating the level of talent out here.

I did not realize the level of talent until I started participating in the Korg arranger forum. And don't forget the third party guys (Michal B. etc) on the Yamaha side.

But, there is also huge talent that is out here that you don't hear much about.

Boils down to this...this CAN be done very well. It's not easy, but if the right people REALLY want to do it...done deal!

One critical part is who ever is working n this MUST hae a Yamaha keyboard in house to be able to get the sounds right from all aspects (like Rikki and you said, it's not just mapping)

Lee S.