That pretty much says it all. Everyone has different needs and ways of working (thinking) and one person hears things a little different than the next person. That's a plus for instruments like the Lionstracs that run soft-instruments, although that can be fairly expensive and then you're still stuck with whatever the manufacturer thinks sounds good.

To me, I would rather have a huge assortment of ROM waveforms to work with consisting of acoustic samples as well as a good number of synthetic waveforms and an extensive programmable sound section in order to create the sounds that appeal to me.

Something else I forgot to mention-
Space on the manufacturer's website for instrument owner's to register and gain access to an ftp sharing area. Sounds, styles, smf's, tips and tricks, gig photos, etc. could be shared there. And a company rep that monitors the space on a daily basis to offer help when needed. Not trying to take away from this and other forums, but having one specific place to go for these types of things would be far more convenient than the way it is now, i.e. currently members upload data to a variety of file sharing websites, some of which you have to register to get the file. I avoid this like the plague. Plus it is easier and more realistic to ask a manufacturer's rep to monitor a single site rather than jumping all over the place and never quite catching up.

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Wm. David McMahan
LearnMyKeyboard
JazzItUp Band
The Modulators

[This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 07-02-2009).]