Ensnareyou, thanks for your comments.

The only comments I've made about the MS have come from reading users posts, and reading the manufacturer's website and listening to demos. To do any more is impossible, short of buying one!

Unless what I have read is not factual, I think I'm justified in using it as a basis for opinion. Having already owned several VST instruments, I feel I don't have to play a MS to know what these things sound like, and their usefulness.

As to the styles.... when you say you don't used canned styles, does this mean you have to edit all the onboard styles, or you create all your own styles? Or purchase 3rd party ones?

You obviously are aware that the way you use your MS is VERY different from what most of our membership's way is.... Most of us expect that even the lowliest arranger, yet alone the top-of-the-line ones, come with at least enough styles onboard to cover most gig situations, and that those styles won't need a LOT of work just to sound adequate for public use. And most of us expect the most expensive arrangers to have the best styles.

Would you be prepared to say that, VST abilities aside, that the ARRANGER side of the MS, it's styles and arranger OS (apparently, it doesn't even have OTS abilities, yet), can compare to even a mid-line PSR3000 or E60, yet alone a T2 or E80?

You DO have a Wersi for comparison, but I imagine that you may have also at least tried a T2 or G70 out of curiosity. We honestly ARE interested in your opinion as to how well this side stacks up to the competition. This is how the majority of people interested in a MS are going to use it, primarily.

Unfortunately, the factory demos, something that just about every other manufacturer think is of paramount importance, don't sound very impressive, even up against some mid-line arrangers. So we need to rely on users like yourself to give us an honest opinion. So far, user opinions haven't been that glowing. You may have a different one, and we'd like to hear it.

You have a Wersi, obviously know your way around an arranger, have very high standards, so how about a no holds barred review on the MS AS AN ARRANGER....?