Fran: Thanks, I'll look at the styles you suggested and keep working on the ones Donny sent me.

Some other problems with the EA-7. What direction is Roland heading with the arranger line? The "top of the line" BK-9, a good board, has been discontinued. That leaves the BK-3, an entry level board and the BK-5 a small step up. The EA-7 is now the effective "top of the line." And it is geared toward the world market with what 40-50 world styles when there are maybe 8 country styles.

Another nit is support. The Roland arranger forum has Diki, a very knowledgeable guy, and Fran who also is very helpful. Other than that, it is mostly guys from other parts of the world asking questions. Also, the forum is not that active. Another issue is videos or the lack of English language ones. Also, no content for the sampler.

As I said, the EA-7 is a good board but there are issues from my perspective. I'll wait and see what Yamaha is doing, but I'll probably end up buying something from them and doing a side by side comparison.