Gents...i would agree with Fran on this one...the touch screen does indeed reduce gig effort...i purchased 2 pa600's (1 stays home) and i gig with the korg and a psr 910 and i never knew the reduced effort until i purchased the korgs. I forget sometimes (i'm getting older) and have actually pushed the screen on the yamaha:-)...if yamaha would include a touch screen on the next psr i would indeed be interested....stevec