>I really feel like I'm whistling in the dark here when I see the latest
modules with switches that allow the choice between "V" and "R" or "L" and "E".
While this may be true for many people, it must have also been true when musicians first saw a module labelled A, D, S, R. Like any musical instrument, there must be things to learn. And there is a school of thought that says the harder it is to learn the more creative you >will< become.