I guess i will start looking into controller/module. it's hard when you are totally unfamiliar with anything about it..it's a new world. hope it's as exciting as it is intimidating.

thanks for the heads-up, and any and all advice is really appreciated. and Boo, i'm almost exactly on the same page as you re using my is35 as you use your i30.

right now i'm back to one foot in, one foot out on the e60.
I found a new way the HOLD button can be used to short-cut some of the nav headaches..even the pro at Roland hadn't thought of it in his own set-up, but he did give me a couple of insights on how to short-cut the harmony button to a global setting, and I've figured out a new short-cut to have those infernal one-touch buttons operate as global saves for 8 fave sounds..at least i can now put that to some use, rather than as "sound suggestions" for every style for clueless beginners. if i can
get the d-beam repaired or replaced, and the tap tempo
fixed (Diki, it's right on the first time you tap..but if you want to hit it while playing, it's totally a mess..and that also goes for if you tap to start, and change your mind to reset and tap again, it goes to any tempo at random, not the tap-in) maybe it will be a keeper. I can use the expression pedal or the volume knob for fade-outs, i can
stop/start by hand or pull the expression pedal all the way up quickly. the d-beam will just be for bass on/off and I
will dispense with the full accompaniment in/out on-the- fly totally, will just program a couple of full or semi-full accomps into the user bank (guitar/band riff) since i only use those sparingly anyway. Could be a light at the end of this tunnel, because i love the sound and feel and the 76 keys and the weight and the screen and the mixer and the menu and the factory effects ( I have no desire to change any, they seem all perfect..totally opposite of genesys pro where they cheesy over-effected every sound and i had to start from no effect and build my own on each sound)
(on the other hand, i could change my mind again..especially if I try an sd1+ and love it) all else fails,
i'm going to get my head into controllers/modules.

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Miami Mo