It's too bad they didn't include a pedal function or a dedicated wheel/bender for pitch bend on the BK-7m...digital pianos will probably make up a big perecentage of where it will be used...Roland's FP do not have wheels/bender.

I don't know what Yamaha have to do with Roland's BK-7m design flaws (and/or omissions), so why bother bringing them up, unless it's another smokescreen to hide Roland behind...that stuff gets tiring real quick.

Just because Roland never used a bender on a module before, doesn't suddenly mean they should not...so perhaps it's really not a step back, but rather "no step ahead".

Leaving the D-beam off was a step back however, as was an assignable pedal function for pitch bend (even if it only bends one way, it is far better than NO way).

Whoever designs these things certainly doesn't think ahead...of course, that's been the source of many of Roland's problems all along.

A bit of forethought and planning and better communication might have saved the arranger division.

Maybe more of the above might inspire a BK-7m Mark II?

Ian