Discussion is good and To0xsick has a point that people really can`t make a reasonable judgement based on hearsay or just reading unless they get a hands on experience. Every user has to get a feel first of whether the gear works for them and at the same time realize that every users are not going to have the same experience and reaction for the gear.
For example some people may feel the gear is extremely easy to work with and move very quickly to compose the music they want to make.
Some people will have problems and feel it is very complicated cuz they don`t understand all the features and it overwhelms them.
Some people may want to do more to customize their own sounds in order to be original or distinctive from the rest.
And some people may want to have a great preset to work with to have a similar pro sounds like their peers.
There isn`t any one way just many ways of doing things and many preference as many as the numerous individual stars in the sky and the various users on this forum. Each individual has a preference to working that is as individual as the users sitting or dancing beside the unit.
My point is the real importance of discussion isn`t the gear really itself we could all have the exact same unit in a classroom like a piece of paper and pencils and be ask to draw a picture of a beautiful woman. Since there isn`t a teacher directing and imploring us to draw the woman their way we each can create the picture any way we want some of us would take longer than others to finish the picture, some of us will draw beautiful pictures, some very elementary a bit retard pics ha, ha, ha, and the rest average pics with potential.
With this scenario even if we asked for more colorful pencils, colored papers, we want to trace previous works, receive new tools beyond pens and paper like a mult-touch pads to use digital ink and our fingers to draw the results would still be the same= some great pictures, some average pictures with potential, and elementary pictures out of the class of 30.
But if the class members with the great pics shared their tips and techniques for drawing with the rest and the rest shared their visions and ideals with the great artists they can all benifits cuz they all can reach their potential.
Each individual has great ideas, vision, and potential but they made not know or understand on how to realize them.
Every great artists can`t envision everything so they seek out great ideas from others to inspire them no matter who the person just the simplest things brings the inspiration even from a child.
The root of discussion is to learn from each other to help each other even when they have a different point of view.
I personally feel we lose these things when we get into a group/mob mentality if you have any users fighting over which pen and paper is the greatest to draw a pic of a beautiful woman. Bare with me that is my preference when I make music to see my creation as a beautiful woman metaphorically. Each pen has sharpness, dullness, and tracabilty, each paper has surface, length, imprint ability too.
But the importance thing is the artists ability to draw the pics he or she wants to create no matter how many tools he or she has. It doesn`t make sense to argue over tools if one doesn`t know how to use them or use them well.
No use hating everyone just show them on how to use it and they too will realize hey I can do it too. It isn`t the tools it is their ability to grow.
Discussion is sharing ideas, helping each others, and giving advice.