There were controversies, too. Purists argued about the firmware’s “intelligence”: did an algorithm that suggested harmonic targets for a melody diminish the human act of composition? Others worried about a closed ecosystem fostered by proprietary update paths. The developers responded by opening parts of the platform—scripting interfaces and DSP primitives—while keeping some proprietary modules as curated “instruments” that formed the M700’s sonic identity. That compromise turned debates into workshops, and workshops into tutorials that populated the web.