I finally took the plunge and upgraded from Artist V5. Been playing with the added features most of the day. I decided on Sphere after analyzing the financial part from my end. I swear the pro version of S1 is worth it to me just for scenes and projects. And splitter is what I've been missing the most. It's as helpful as I thought it was going to be. I don't much care about the extra plug-ins, as I have a library of great 3rd party ones that I'm used to. I appreciate the extra instrument sounds - they should get lots of use. Don't have any foreseeable use for the loops or samples, but who knows - maybe eventually, I'll figure out something I can use them for.

Anyway, I don't have any question. Just thought I'd share my excitement. Really happy I did the upgrade.