How far are we away from direct computer styling, eliminating the need for on board chips to do the sounds, not far i would think. Lets face it, The major players have a lot of styles but I wouldn't use most of them, why can't we speck up the boards the way we want them. I still believe that we should be able to approach a developer as a group with a specification of what we need and develop our own, like the Open Labs and indeed the MS, when the arranger side of things moves in an upward direction thats when i feel likely to make a move. right now its all a bit uncertain, I think Korg and Yammy are working on something similar to ketron but without the buggy opps because they really need to improve thier drums and bass sounds well yammy any way. so its all interesting the next few months should offer some shimmers of light, i hope