Diki, for me it's not a question of cost at all, it's a question
of weight of the G70 and pa1x. After all I did buy/sell a $4000 genesys pro that didn't even give me a half-decent OS, but the weight was a problem for me even if it had a good OS. As i understand it, using a controller would be a much lighter alternative, which might make up for the
inconvenience of a separate module. Certainly it would be a pleasure to have my nav the way i'd like it.

But fear and ignorance rule me here, because i have read your suggestion before and others here have said that it entails an awful lot of painstaking midi programming to make it work, and i have no experience doing that. I can't go into a store and just demo a controller, and I have no experience using a module. So i have no way of getting into it so i can feel good about buying a controller and a module, and I guess i just find the whole process of researching and relearning a bit intimidating. Sometimes one needs a mentor to enter into that kind of realm.

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Miami Mo