Hi Ian,
by sounds of things it might have been a spur of the moment decision to sell.
I for one, every now & again do a bit of a dummy spit & wonder why I bother when I can't do something I want.
I pack the dam thing up & don't go near it for a week or until such time as I have a brainstorm & attack it from a different angle. I don't dare sell my keyboard, as I may not be allowed to replace it haahaa.
The leslie issue, no one to date has been able to help.
Yes, it certainly did sound like a spur of the moment decision, Rikki, and Donny has done these before on other instruments, but, thankfully, he has come to his senses and decided to give the instrument a good honest try.
It is strange for the Leslie issue...I have run into a similar situation with an older Yamaha setup, where I wanted both Leslie and Overdrive/distortion and was unable to get both to my satisfaction, and had to come to terms with the fact it wasn't going to happen.
Considering the microArranger has so many other excellent features (Scott Yee has been telling me about his keyboard), it appears Donny would have been going to "throw the baby out with the bath water", to use a common Canadian expression.
Time is of the essence with a new instrument, but patience is a close second as I have learned over many years of dealing with arrangers, clients and my own personal keyboards.
Donny is a passionate and excitable fellow, and sometimes he gets exasperated with a seemingly unsolvable, and clearly, a very important issue, but perhaps John Smies, our resident Korg expert (and programmer), or Fran, Donny's knowledgeable mentor, will be able to find a suitable workaround.
Ian