Different things are important to different people. We superficially look at features (most of which we'll never use) and then immediately turn to the demos; demos done by professionals (defined as 'people who play a lot better than us ) who are paid a lot of money by the manufacturers to present their products in the best possible light. We then decide if we like what we hear. The buyer's EAR, not the instrument's features, is going to be the larger determinant of whether we shell out 5 grand or not. Of course features matter but our overall impression of the way the instrument sounds in the styles that are presented, are going to weigh much heavier in the decision...IN MY OPINION.

Frankly, I'm not seeing the value of the new features you mention but that's probably because I'm not a dedicated, all-out Arranger player. They seem more technical than musical to me and (for me) would be a distraction when playing in real time. Off-line, I'd probably spend to much time trying to figure out how, when, and where, to use these 'breakthrough' features. A B3's drawbars has over two million possible combinations; in fifty years, I've learned about 8 of them . But hey, you know how old folks feel about change .

Anyhow, glad you're here to help us with the technical stuff, Diki, even if we're too dumb to understand, acquire, or use it. Intellectually, we're only one step above drummers .

chas