Purchased this as an upgraded from the FA-08 which I had for 8 years and do not regret. Massive increase in functionality, connectivity, control & range / quality of sounds. Found the keybed to be only slightly better but as expected. Pattern sequencer took a bit of getting use to over a linear one but love it. Love the DAW Control with Ableton Live. Bit disappointed that samples don't seem to be unique to each scene as on the FA-08 and appear to be global. (Mightn't have figured it out yet though!). Hopefully a future update will sort this. All good overall though!