very well designed easy to use synth, menus easy to navigate and find what you need, very good sound, sampling easy to do, perfect for building full length songs by chaining sequences, specially good for working out ideas anywhere (battery powered), a very powerful synth, maybe not as much control as a full featured synth but i have no problem creating any sound i need due to being able to sample from any audio source, i use with a korg ms-20 mini to create pads and beats, also use with a multi effects pedal (zoom ms-70cdr) for nearly infinite control of sound, some have commented on trigger pads not being