I hear you. I push Roland hard because I love that company – I worked for them for 15 years – and I want the TR-1000 to be the machine it’s capable of being. And I own a TR-1000!!! The science is cool, and yes, I’ve been at it for nearly four decades, but you don’t need it. Your ears and brain already know what feels right; the numbers just back it up.
Yes – features over core function, never a good idea 
There are simple reasons for this:
- More features read well in sales and marketing and against the competition, and they’re mostly easy to implement.
- Timing and sync are very dry subjects to the general public, and they’re not easy to fix, so they usually go unmentioned unless someone raises the issue.