The Yamaha would be a great deal with all the missing features in it, too. Are you saying it wouldn't be? But you are OK with the way it is.

Look at how crippled the Yamaha's are without them..

You don't have anything critical to say about Yamaha's because you are being so busy being critical of other arrangers for having exactly the same flaws...

It's pretty obvious that there are about as many people on this forum heavily into style assembly as there are into Chord Sequencers..

I guess you're going to have to take your OWN advice about not bitching at other arrangers for not having your favorite feature on board (as long as you CAN do it some way or another). The Prelude is as 'perfect' as the S910. In other words, it ain't perfect at all!. It just WORKS for you. Others have as much right to consider it flawed for them needing external software to do essential things as you do. I doubt you are as willing to admit that degree of flawed operation as you expect others to agree with your assessment of the 'flawed' Prelude/GW-8.

I'm sorry, pal, but admitting that you HAD to have a custom piece of software written for your Yamaha puts it on EXACTLY the same level as the Prelude. Except, of course, Roland owners don't need to get anyone to write the custom software, they provide it from the git-go

Bottom line is, you CAN assemble styles for the Prelude. If you are too set in your ways to do it with the computer, you can hardly point to all the needed software for Yamaha's as a BENEFIT. Shouldn't Yamaha potential (and current) users have the same right to expect it on board as you do the Prelude's?