I think Roland lost many of their BRAND Loyalist arranger players when they dropped their TOTl G70 years ago...what a slap in the face to dedicated brand loyal owners who now have drifted to Yamaha or Korg, Ketron,etc, and will never return, leaving them with a much lesser featured MOTL Bk7/5 arranger.Who knows what they were thinking?,.. but as usual money and profits leads the decision every time Roland is no exception. Will they ever return with a TOTL unit who knows? But IMO you gotta live for today and use what gear is available no matter who makes it as long as if serves YOUR needs. The dinosaur G70 will have some brand loyalists all these years later but I'm sure inside they are pissed and wonder what the heck happened that they never kept going with their TOTL arranger KB's.. Roland has given me and many others many years of super gear, but alas they have gone in another direction now never listening to their arranger KB customer base,...
I wish them luck, but my brand loyalty is else where.
I am happy there are many choices and alternatives, looks like Roland doesn't care about their customers so why should they.