UD & DNJ I am surprised that you cannot get Fran separated from his G1000. By now he most have earned a vast rate of return from it which he could share with his friends and buy a new keyboard. I bet if you got him a Yamaha 9000 Pro and painted Roland on it - he would take it!!!

Fran, you know you can always get around those terrible hand claps and dogs howling by translating to the appropriate drum instruments (GNMidi). Alternatively, you could use a laptop with the sYnerGiGS soundfont (something like $25) for Yamaha midis and the Edirol HQ Sound Canvas (bigger $s) for proper midis.