George .I agree with what you are saying.The keyboard is not an arranger, and naturally , that type of customer would not be a buyer..It can not change note on/off and duration as a sequencer will do..but using system exclusive it can change the context of a track[tones,drums and edits including individual drum instruments,transposes,effects, etc], many of the changes , we use a sequencer to modify on our arrangers..George,the only bug I have found[if it is a bug],was a problem reading a lyric file or two, that works fine on my G1000..BTW, the board can read text files,that could be interesting for some...As you spend time with the instrument, you can see Roland spent time developing the DisCover 5...I can invision the next generation of Roland "arranger" with the DisCover 5 features..Tony,There is no downside to what George stated, George is making aware that the board is not an arranger and would not suit his customers..As for disapointed sales, that is nothing new..Excluding you George, I would say 95% of keyboard sales people know enough about technology and what the keyboards can do..and they are not willing to find out...The vast majority of stores in our area can't or won't sell an arranger keyboard..AS an example, the store that UD bought his VA76[in stock for a year and never sold one]..He bought a G600 years ago, same senaria...I am stated this to show why Roland has disapointed sales on arranger products, not because of the products, but the dealer/sales personel...Even the G1000 was a disapointed sales product[and I wouldn't trade it for any current model]...Back to the DisCover 5, it is a lot deeper instrument then most give credit,, and you can be sure the big chains will mis handle the product "again"....BTW, George can you let me know the bugs you found[software], I would like to check it out..Thanks[George If you prefer, email me or post]..