Yes, very nice presentatiion Eric. When I first got mine, many years ago, the only "demo" I got to see was the Sam Zambito video.
It was a little weird to get used to it in the beginning, but once I got the chromatic scale and some regular scales and intervals under my fingers, it got a lot more "friendly." I love using it as an "ALTERNATIVE" to my trumpet, since it gives me a whole "different" way to express myself. I NEVER use it with a trumpet patch! I don't even relate it to the trumpet, except for the fact that the fingerings are similar. It is a nice way for a trumpet player to play synths if they wanted to, and if they were not as proficient on the keyboards. It is not for everyone. If you are a dedicated "acoustic" jazz player, you won't be interested in it, but it you like to stretch your imagination and try different things, it is awesome. It is also great for composing with. One of the nice things is, that because of it's midi capabilities, you can play it into a sequencer, and have what you played printed out. Another nice feature! So if you approach it as a whole "different" instrument, as if, besides trumpet, you played keyboards, or sax, or guitar as a second instrument, it is a very rewarding experience. FUN!!!
I have a video up on my site where, after my trumpet solo, and the sax, guitar, and keyboardist solo, I do a second solo with it. It is a quicktime movie that you can see here:
Concertpage
Eric, nice of you to take the time to explain what the instrument is about.
Nick .........Yes, you should be able to drive any synthesizer with it. It is essentially a midi controller, just like a keyboard controller. It comes with it's own sounds, but you have the choice of using external sounds with it via midi, OR ............use both the internal sounds with external midi sounds to get "layers" of sound. That is when it gets interesting. Mixing up sounds to get fat, odd sounding patches that you would NEVER be able to hear acoustically. Hey, a vibration is a vibration, and a sound is a sound. How you shape those vibrations together to express youself is very personal and can contain as much "feeling" as any other vibration/sound.
Lou