Likewise, back atcha', Ian (and those that use PSR's)

There's MUCH about the Yamaha's that I only DREAM were on my Roland, Yamaha have taken a huge leap forward from the early days when Roland lead. Sadly, except in a few respects, Yamaha lead the way firmly.

BUT.... those few things are the ones I primarily value. Live 'in your face' sound, styles not so busy they allow you to really play, and an action that is comfortable and requires little adjustment to, no matter WHAT sound you use. Oh, and a killer piano!

But I would be happy to have the Mega guitars and basses, SA sounds, and many of the Yamaha OS touches (like replacing an SMF drums with arranger ones, etc.) on my G70. Of course, Roland are no more likely to do that than Yamaha are to change how they see what they think a good arranger should be...

And this is why I cry in the wilderness for a 'standardized' MIDI code for controlling arrangers. I would only be TOO happy to purchase an S910 to ADD it to the features I like in my G70. And, from reading between the lines, I am sure that, if it WERE possible to MIDI a GW-8L to an S910 and control them as one, Ian MIGHT get one of those. But neither of us is likely to drop our favorite arranger to gain what the other one has that is good...

Ian, if ever they ask you for feedback at Yamaha, tell them that if they want their sales to get even BETTER, allow the MIDI codes for variation/fill/intro/ending/performance#, etc. to be user defined... Then Korg, Roland, Ketron, Casio, whatever, can be hooked up and they play as ONE. That's a LOT of players there that would love to add what is good about the PSR's to what they already have.

Trust me, Roland don't give a DAMN about increasing their sales (pretty obvious over the past five years or so ), so it's going to have to come from Yamaha, I think.

Ian and I 'banter' quite a bit, but please, don't confuse it for lack of respect! Au contraire, mon frére!

Diki the Crippled