TBH, by hetero life mate was working on the redesign until last week. He left of his own volition, and I can pretty much guarantee that all the innovative ideas in the world won't make it through the political processes that exist there.
It's too bad - musicians alone deserve something better.
But they won't. They'll make a engine-by-committee that tries to satisfy too many parties, and it'll suck. It's what big clumsy companies do.