I have to admit that, like many here, I will sometimes fixate on the ONE thing that irks me the most in a new arranger, and spend more time posting about that than about the hundred things I DO love....... (Chord Sequencer, anyone ?), but the OTS is something that almost everybody that DOES post much at the Danish G70 site has had a problem with.

While Mr. and Mrs. Mom and Pop probably don't have a problem with this 'feature', they are hardly what anyone would call the target audience for the G70 (or why have ANY advanced features at all if you think they won't be used?). The target group for the G70/E80 is ADVANCED home hobbyists and gigging professionals - EXACTLY the people that are going to realize the inadequacy of the OTS feature..........

Roland having re-designed this feature for the E80 is a tacit acknowledgment of how bad their original concept (or at least, it's execution) was. The target group for the E80 is no different to the G70......

While it MAY cost Roland some additional dollars (or yen, or lira!) to fix this issue in the G70, I see no problem with people who like it the way it is now - all that needs to be addressed is the Mode value should not change on OTS activation (or preferably get memorized IN the OTS). Those that are using already Intelligent Mode (doublespeak if I ever heard it - it should be called Dumb Mode!!) will not have it changed by the OTS, so they are back to where they already are, ONLY those who dislike the mode change will notice the difference........

Roland also need to consider that, while it may cost them a bit of money for the fix (and it shouldn't be too much as the already have the code written for the G70's sister ship, the E-80), the possible loss of confidence by G70 owners (who Roland DEFINITELY want to buy the next G-Series keyboard, when it appears) will probably cost them a lot more.

After all, what confidence will we have in Roland fixing whatever 'gotchas' appear in the NEXT G-series, if they don't fix them in the one we currently have? ESPECIALLY as they have already fixed it in the sister-ship E-80.

However, 'so far, so good'.......... Roland have done a magnificent job of bug squelching, and 'feature' fixing AND plenty of brand-new features in the G70 (more than any previous Roland, and more than most other arranger manufacturers too, AFAIK)

Now they just need to make sure they don't falter before the finish line........