between a yamaha and roland entry level stuff, like S03 and SD-20 and SD-80, which has a better GM playback for bought midi files

The Roland Discover 5 is specifically designed for MIDI playback keyboard.
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Yamaha IMHO . dano

I've always had Roland midi playback, never tried a Yamaha, what do you think Dano, should I do the Yamaha S03 or the midi controller with the Roland SD-20

All in one sounds good to me !

S03 ! OR ..........


How about a used XP30 . That would be perfect !

I had a XP-80, it sounded great for solo instruments but as a GM playback it had really lame GM stuff, does the XP-30 have a Exp GM/GS board?

I'm such a pain in the ass

No contest , Roland GS instruments still rule..

I'll agree with Fran,

Roland plays SMF files back the way they are supposed to sound, not like Yamaha where you'l hear all kinds of weird hand claps and other sounds that dont belong there.

I'll echo that. Yamaha GM is a step behind Roland.

Thanks guys,