avantronica

It hit the ground half-heartedly (but not cheaply for early optimistic adopters)

Now no mention of this in 7 that i can see or search

Is it cynical to assume that it simply got dropped because 7 was looming in development and the UI elements (which were a mixed bag (a small bag at that) ) were about to change anyway

sure, we should make the best with what we have, blah blah blah, but that was a lot short of the minimum support any moderate patcher would *reasonably* expect, i waited in hope it would suit my patchers (patchers etc) and now it's gone !?! is there any official comment on this, i did search

It hit the ground half-heartedly (but not cheaply for early optimistic adopters)
and really went nowhere

Let's be frank