Waiting for Roland to fix the 'bug' in the G70 is like playing Russian Roulette and/or playing with fire. The bullet in the chamber will eventually find its target and the fire will eventually burn you if you continue to play around with it. So what am I saying? I'm saying is it worth the frustration? I could see where this could be disastrous in a live performance scenario where you want the keyboard to do one thing and it won't allow you and instead reverts back to something you don't want it to do and in the process possibly flubbing up the song and/or the whole performance.

That's not to say that Roland will not fix the 'bug' - but when??? Next year? Two years from now?? Roland has emphatically stated they made the G70 to default to Intelligent Mode when using the OTS feature. It was a design choice. But in doing so they have taken away from the Owner the ability to setup the Keyboard to their own preference and choosing. Roland has essentially tied the hands of Users from doing what they should have the right to do on their $4,000 Keyboard, i.e. "keep the Mode setting to the one they specify" not the one Roland thinks it should default to.

PS: In saying that Roland "fixed" the problem on the E-80 leads me to believe that they 'goofed' on the G70 and they finally corrected that anomaly with the E-80. In other words, if it actually was a good design on the G70 they would have kept it the same way on the E-80. But they didn't...

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 08-04-2006).]