There hasn't been a SINGLE thread anywhere on SZ that anyone has ever called for Dom to stop developing style editing tools, and concentrate on styles. NOT ONE.

What there HAVE been (I should know, I posted them ) are threads asking for Dom to slow down the OS development, and concentrate on styles. He's been so focused on just basically getting the monster to work, and to add audio loop tools, multiple VSTi addressing form the styles and SMF's, and a plethora of other things, but has spent little time or money (compared to the big 3, at least) on coherent soundset design (which you need for great style creation) and then the styles themselves. OK, maybe this would slow down style editing tools (but I didn't know they were as basic as Dennis points out), but only as a process of slowing EVERYTHING down... to develop great styles.

Most of us use the already existing great styles as jumping off points for our own creation. But when there aren't many great styles to start with, something needs fixing.

But I assure you, wherever you have got the impression that anyone has asked Dom to slow down style editing tools, you are wrong....

I also have a basic difference with you. You make it out like there is NO difference between what you create yourself and what exists in great ROM styles, there's no way to judge, yada yada yada... Sorry to burst your bubble, but where I come from, audiences tend to like that which sounds great, and not like that which sucks... So I prefer styles that don't suck. Sorry. Even if I've created them myself, edited them myself, whatever. If they suck, they suck. It isn't a matter of taste. Unless you can find me an audience that DOES like styles that suck...