Uncle Dave and Donny, what's up , both of you agreeing with me? BTW, Roland GS keyboards are the master, not the GM[JV,XP and XV] they are just okay , especially drums[GM mode]..

I agree, no one comes close to Roland for
SMF playback. I've also tried Yamaha,
and it's no contest.

Sorry Guys But the best keyboard I heard play GM midi files like real PRO is the Ketron SD1.

yep, IMO Ketron does plays midi files the best although GEM does the best arranged songs from their massive catalogue... I do not think that anything can compare to GEM, especially the WK series of songs, some are truely amazing...

Well Ketron and GEM aren't off the shelf.

I'm spending #$250 for the SD-20, cant get a Ketron or GEM for that

sorry didnt realise, i was going with the flow of the thread and ended up at the expensive end! lol....