OK so change of plans! The Alesis has been returned.

The OS is a bit buggy when trying to use some of the arranger features even though not a big deal.

There is an entire arranger engine but it is not completed..hopefully they will finish it on a future release.

The toucpad ha a digital delay but the delay timing is fixed. There are no user sounds even though the front panel says so. No enveloppes..whatsoever. sheeesh. Stil, it sounded good.

My biggest issue was that the drum kits cannot be sequenced from the PC. The USB audio works, the midi out works but the midi in from the DAW to the Alesis is not working...show stopper... can't sequence the drums..

I have exchanged it for PSR-E473..this should do the trick. Considering I have a PC fully loaded.
I really wanted drums. Too bad the sounds were pretty good for the price.

Cheers