Didn't say a darn thing about whether it could do it or not...

Just commented about whether it was EASY to do. Helps to read my comments before you go off half-cocked, old chum. And MORE than one person has commented about how awkwardly the way he has chosen to do what it a common task. Why SHOULDN'T anyone comment about that? Once you take it upon yourself to demonstrate using a particular piece of gear, you can't honestly expect people to NOT comment when something you do seems to turn playing into more of an equipment operating session than a pleasurable PLAYING experience...

The fact that most people here have already chosen to use an arranger rather than a complex WS is a pretty good indicator that PLAYING, rather than programming is their main focus. So demonstrating an arranger with a complex WS-like control system is OBVIOUSLY going to raise more than a few red flags...

You CAN drive a car steering with your feet, and operating the gas and brake with your hands. But would you WANT to? The more you actually PLAY (rather than let the machine play for you), the less time you have to operate controls. But anyway, bottom line... forget the controls. Is anybody blown away just by the sound and styles, etc.? I really wasn't.

Yamaha's demonstrators seem to understand that, if nothing else at all, a demonstration had better blow you away with the sound and playing. Most MS demonstrators seem to miss this basic fact, and think that showing you feature after feature (without demonstrating how MUSICALLY they can be used to impress) is sufficient. Whether it's a $500 cheap arranger or a $5000 über-arranger, demo it to its' best MUSICAL advantage, and people will buy it. Act like you are an MIT lecturer, and people will fall asleep.