I've been following every forum every review and video I can find on this instrument for about a month now. I am in the market for another synth, and please no suggestions from the peanut gallery Thank You! I have owned many synthesizers in my time as far back as 1973 and I believe every instrument has something to offer. I have even owned the Casio CZ1000 from the 80's, great Synth of that time! As an electronic musician I believe just one synthesizer as your only sound source can get old rather quick and the massive $$ workstations are a good example of that. A studio needs to draw from many sound sources to keep your compositions or live work interesting, that includes old and new technology, analog or digital and sample as well. I most likely will be purchasing the XW-P1 simply for the way it approaches the layering with it's HEX option. Nothing necessarily new but the sound is different from other manufacturers and in some cases rough and raw, just what the doctor ordered. I have heard good and bad and downright condemning reveiws on the XW but I don't make it a habit of taking seriously the younger folks on these issues or the seasoned synth snob, they all seem to think that if a synth does not cost thousands of dollars or has x amount of hip distortion sounds it's not good enough, and that's unfortunate. The XW-P1 will be welcomed in my studio to be sure. ROLAND: Jupiter 80, XV3080 - KORG: Radias, MS2000 - MOOG: Slim Phatty, Mini Moog D - ALESIS: Ion - CASIO: CZ1000
