Russ, what a beautiful explanation, you have heart my friend, thank you.
Tony, I spent a lot of time with midi accordion players, who did not play UUM PAH PAH. I am not sure I heard walking bass, but the sound was beautiful.
We set the accordion midi --- Bass button to lower vibes, Bass chords to mid vibes, and right hand to the higher vibraphone sound. He was then I vibraphone player -- and I never heard a better sounding Vibraphone; and it was not just the quality of the sound module.
John C.