That can get into a gray area pretty often. Reviews and opinions are better left to actual experience, no matter how pure your intent. There's nothing like looking at, touching and hearing something .... no manual can give you that.

Sure , it is not right to give a review
when you saw only a manual on the net.
And do not forget to put off your earmuff
when listening to a musicinstrument.

Okay Mike, I agree
and notice an outline of the credit points the G-70 in comparison with the VA76
remember:
. better sound quality
. harmonic bar
. new and very good panel and display design
. vocal harmonist included
. new and better style structure
. adaptive chord voicing
. intro/ending2 with individual chord playing possible
. cover funktion for songs and styles
. make up tools for songs and styles
. mark and jump for songs
. micro edit for songs too
. User program finder all over the hole banks
. extended D-Beam controler functions
. extendid and noiseless data storage
. high cpu performance (loading 144 user programs takes 1 second)
. usb connector
. audio input in addition to the vocal harmonist input
. vidio output
. chord extractor
. 3 upper parts with upper3 split point
. drum modification during an active style
. extended one touch functions
. Master compressor
. 7 dedicated effects processors
I think it's a lot for 50 Euro more.
Regards: Hanspeter

Uncle Dave,

Reading the manual can provide important insights into the instrument even before yon can get your hands on it. Granted, one is not a substitute for another, as often there are details of the operation or sound which are impossible/unlikely to convey in a technical docu ment.

However, when things are described to work in a certain way, which is detrimental to one's needs, there is a good chance that that is how it will be in an actual instrument. For example, the Korg's 62 voice polyphony may not cause a problem to you or many other players, but the simple fact is that you will NEVER be able to get more than 62 notes of sound out of this beast - this is something that is obvious just reading Korg's promotional literature. Every Korg user who has ever ran out of polyphony will live with the fear that it may well happen to them againg.

The reviews are much more subjective, but even they can point out areas of potential problms. If I have a chane to play an instrument at a store, usually my amountof time with the instrument is limited. Knowing the areas of potential problems for others, I can spend my time making sure that they are not a factor for me.

Regards

No argument with that, Uncle Dave!


Regards - Mike

Hi - I wasn't trying to give any sort of "review" of the G-70, but I think it is fair to comment on something factual that an instrument either does or does not have.

Love your last remark, by the way!


[This message has been edited by MikeTV (edited 12-20-2004).]