Hi guys ... (he said, as he dipped his toe into the water)
I was fortunate enough to acquire an SD7 from a friend who panicked at the overwhelmingness of it, so I have it here to fiddle with for a bit before he decides to return or keep it. I "want" to love it ... I do, but there are some major Uncle Dave no-nos that will keep me from buying one. If the following items can be addressed ... I might be a strong candidate, although it IS larger than I wanted - it might not lay in my trunk the way I need it to, and that will keep it out as well. All depends on the case, I guess. So far - it's significantly longer and heavier than the PA900.

First the good things:
It sounds fantastic
It FEELS fantastic
The styles are Fantastic
The song player is FANTASTIC
The touch screen is Fantastic
The panel layout is ... well, here is where it starts to fall short.

*There is no fast return to home from some screens. Too many anomalies when switching between style and song modes
*As much as I love the "sync/next" feature in the player - sync/next does not always appear when you'd expect
*you can alter EQ of MP3s on the fly, but can modified EQ be saved?
*the harmonizer is good, not great, and very skimpy on editable parameters. In this price range, there should be layers and layers of options. For example, the harmonizer needs a "hold" feature when triggering from the right hand, especially during song playback
*harm does not follow chords as well as the competition ... Follows actual notes fingered, and not the auto generated chord - defeats purpose of auto chord
*transpose hard buttons affects player even when "keyboard" is selected in sub menu.

Also, the harmonizer does NOT REFLECT TRANSPOSE in song mode!!
(That alone could be the deal-breaker) Is it a software bug? The touch switches should lockout changes selected in the soft buttons

*In DSP mode - player (MP3) needs to ignore FC and Q sliders. The Low & Hi EQ are great, but they disengage if you turn the button off after making a change. There are times when you need to make a fast adit, then go back to your live controls of sounds, and the sliders are shared. You could be thinking you're adjusting the vocal harmony volume, and the filter changes the tone of the file playing back.

So - please tell me if any of these concerns are user ignorance. I can see the advantage of having a sophisticated multi-format media player built in, but not at the expense of loosing a pro harmonizer. This one is beneath the TC line, but above the Yamaha. (and Fran - don't even mention that darn G70 in this thread either - we know you love it, but Roland VP doesn't come up to the TC standards IMHO.) ... and everyone is entitled to my opinion right? lol

Enough griping for tonight - I have 3 parties to play (comfortably) on my PA900 over the w/e, and I'll revisit this beast after then.
Ciao!