Well, I'm a big Nord fan, so red isn't a turn-off, but yes, the graphics COULD be subtler...

Thing is, has anyone looked at what people actually USE that really DO groove-box gigs? Little 37 note keyboards, 48 note-ers, even 25 notes! But what most of them use, especially the all important MPC crowd... a selection of PADS, to beat on, trigger loops with, etc..

I'm just not sure that, once again, Dom has his finger on the pulse of what REAL users actually want... He tried to sell arranger users on an arranger that you needed to style and voice all by yourself, with a sky-high learning curve (the exact opposite of what most arranger users want), and now he has a groove product that flies against conventional usage. I hope it succeeds, it's a cool product, but once again, just not sure who he's aiming at.

Main thing about looks (back On Topic) for me would be, I've seen pictures of these in the dark, and yes, it looks like the bridge of the Enterprise! Is there any way to dim or brighten the LED's? That's a LOT of lighting on your underside of your face, which is maybe cool for Halloween scary monster songs, but a bit over the top for less frightening occasions!

In the end, I guess I'm not THAT concerned about looks in the showroom, but how something holds up after five or ten years of gigging... I've had keyboards that looked showroom after nearly ten years of heavy use (G1000 was amazing!), and others that the silkscreen panel graphics were flaking and rubbing off after just a year or so (thanks a lot, Ensoniq SQ2! ), or showing dirt and grime too easily (most of those silverized keyboards, including the surround to my G70's touchscreen, suffer from this). Longevity of looks is something that really matters, especially in a keyboard that, apparently, will NEVER be obsolete!

Be they good or bad looks..!