If you ignore all the hidden extras then it is, although I get your point. I have been holding off installing the latest firmware even though it makes it much more powerful for exactly that reason!
Your're right about that... still I would feel compelled to dive under the hood, and that result in exactly what I do not want: Knobs no longer represent just ONE parameter... that is a no-go for me these days unfortunately.
Anyway... as I wrote, I'm in for at Mother-32, and that should give me the MOOG sound I need... I know it does not have two oscillators, but I really do not need this for the kind of basstones I'm after with a MOOG... all I need is a single oscillator with a sub, and the M32 does give me that... on top, it has a hell of a lot of patchpoints greatly expanding it's sonic possibilities beyond what a Minitaur will ever be capable of... also, the pitch range is way too small for me... I want to be able to do both basses, leads and sound FX/percussion with it if needed... and the M32 has a 10 octave range on the oscillator I've read, so that's perfect.
but still... Minitaur is a cool little basssynth, with lots of cool features... it just will not fit my current workflow