I have downloaded the demo of OMB, but I found it troublesome having to press F1, F2 and so on to get to the different variations, and on my 61 Key keyboard, setting the lower octave for such things is out of the question.

Last, but not least, I find my fingers flying to the buttons of the Casio's variation buttons instead of the computer keyboard's function keys. Old habits never die....

So, regarding the "I can't adapt well to the way OMB changes styles etc" thing, has anyone here tried those little separate numeric keypads for laptops? These things could easily sit on an arranger or master keyboard and provide a number of keys easily accessible and on a "natural" place (above the left hand). Has anyone tried to use such a thing (ie configure OMB to trigger variations when you press the keys in this keypad).????
There are many types, mostly USB ones, older ones had a Y connector for the "real" keyboard
example:
http://www.goelectronic.com/Merchant2/me...ode=6+KEYS-MICE

This may or may not be a solution.