The lefy hand HOLD feature that Fran is talking about is this:
During Arranger mode - can you lift your hand up and hear ONLY drumes? It seems that the chord holds forever unless you turn OFF the arr button. No other keyboard behaves this way. - Score 1 for the Roland
The organs sound so much more authentic than the Roland - noise is part of the Hammond sound. I think the leslie sim is terrific too. 1 for the Yamaha.
Sequence playback is a subjective issue - no one can expect anything to be 100% compatible. My feeling is that any time you use a sequence that you DID NOT create yourself - you take youe chances. Most of them sound ok. Some sound better. Even score.
No time to loan any out - summer is packed. Get your own!.......Youknow I'm still looking froa better way, but this will do for now. Of all the models we've had over the years - the G1000 is one I miss the LEAST. I hate the Roland drum patterns. They have a stiff feel to the swing patterns. Rock & Latin are OK - but my favorite swings are still Korgs.