Ian, I tried one out at the music store - it sounded fantastic. Not enough options for me, though.
Gary
Me neither, Gary, if it was to be used solely as an arranger. Mainly, it's the lack of an On Bass fingering option. If it wasn't for that, I could easily do a gig with it.
I had been sent one for use as a demo, and I was immediately very impressed with the sound, especially how musically (and smoothly) they responded to the filter/resonance controls.
We use it for the sounds and their ability to be controlled via the live editing knobs, and, of the tones, it's mostly brass, strings and pad sounds, although a few of the other voices, organ and bass are also very nice when processed.
Occasionally we'd use a style or one of the arps, but mainly it's the live/active analog style control over the voices that makes it so valuable.
Ian