I honestly don't care WHAT style of music is posted, Bill. I think I'm reasonably familiar with most music around the world to judge whether the MS is doing a good job at representing it. House music, using manipulated loops, sure, it's got that down. Serbian, Romanian, Baltic music (which constitutes the large percentage of what IS posted on the MS, hence my reference to it), a tougher call for me to make, but given that no major manufacturers' arrangers honestly address music in this form, once again, I can say that, quite possibly, the MS does this type of music no worse than any other, and maybe, because of some of the styles written for it, quite likely better.

But let us address the styles of music that ALL major manufacturers' products include.... Jazz, Latin, Ballroom, Rock, Dance... simply look at the categories on the front panel of whatever YOU chose to use. Are you honestly trying to tell me that THOSE are 'niche' music styles, unrepresentative of what the majority of arranger users use, daily? Because, THOSE are the styles that so far, I have failed to hear the MS better compared to the usual suspects.

These are not 'beach music' styles. They are the bread and butter of just about every arranger user the world over (otherwise, they would not constitute the majority of the ROM styles), with the exception of the Oriental models the Big 3 produce. They are the styles that have consistently failed to impress just about every MS user that has had the honesty to say anything more than empty rhetoric about the MS.

If you believe the MS is a better arranger than any out there, list what types of music it IS better than the rest at, and most importantly, provide links to people making music in those styles. Then let us judge it on it's own merits, not just YOUR opinion. I simply come to my conclusions based on what I have heard. Show me people making better music on their MS's than I can make on my G70, and I will be at the head of the line waiting to buy one (as I have since its' inception)...