Thank you for your feedback and compliments.
I guess that over the last twenty years I almost spent more time programming and tweaking sounds than actual playing,which is a shame of course. But these arranger monsters have so many programmable possibilities that one has to be careful not to get lost in them altogether. That is one reason that I am even kinda dreading the arrival of the Korg PA500 that I have ordered, cause knowing myself there will be no stopping me. And God knows how time consuming sound and style programming is.
But having said that I think I also realize that by far too many musicians, most of them far better than yours truly, hardly get beyond the pre-programmed stuff that is in all of these beast. Certainly these days.
I recall that in the previous decade, even if you bought a good Roland arranger keyboard you were immediately forced to try and start programming yourself cause the factory presets were totally awful. But these days, Yamaha is an outstanding example , the default programmes are excellent and do not really invite the musician to truly explore the depths, and therefor musical possibilities , of the keyboard they are playing on. But then again, I guess it's ultimately the music that counts.......