I think the comment you're replying to rests on the assumption that it's not possible to optimize your interface for all levels of competency, i.e., changes tha

I think the comment you're replying to rests on the assumption that it's not possible to optimize your interface for all levels of competency, i.e., changes that make an interface more beginner-friendly will necessarily limit the scope of possibilities available to power users or just make those possibilities more difficult to achieve. Not everyone agrees, of course, but it's not an unreasonable position. That said, although the Drummer feature looks a little bit silly, I agree with you in that I'm not seeing anything in this overview that indicates that the core functionality is being re-oriented in favor of beginner-friendliness. (On a side note, the dig against free jazz seems unnecessary. It rarely makes sense to dismiss an entire genre of music as meaningless. Occam's Razor is a heuristic, not a law, but consider which of these hypotheses seems like the more reasonable choice to explain the datum "I don't hear anything meaningful in free jazz": 1. I am not concerned with or attuned to the musical priorities and structures that inform free jazz. 2. Everyone who derives meaning from free jazz, a group that includes some very skilled musicians, is wrong about it being meaningful. The choice seems evident.)