Nick.....like I said, I've played a GW8 a few times and enjoyed many of it's attributes..of course I use a laptop most of the time with my KB on stage....but many times for smaller gigs I don't & that is where the lyric reader and the Voc Processor comes in handy if you need it as a singer player. Another thing that turned me off was that the GW8 couldn't adapt and play G70 or other Roland styles.