diki and adam,
thanks to both of you for staying with me and trying to help. this is the kind of spirit that makes sz so great, and why i stay with it through all the axe-grinding nonsense.
you are both absolutely right: just because i have managed ok w/o sustain doesn't mean i should ignore or dismiss it. maybe because i never really worked at it, when i did try it i felt it affected my playing negatively. it makes little sense they would put that pedal on kb's for 200 yrs for no good reason, so I am going to now practice with it until i get the hang of it. thanks to you both!

of course you are also right about my overreaction to Roland's leaving off the foot controller input. just my frustration coming out, any product they make i like i'm not going to boycott the company, i'm going to buy it.
( would love to have some reports on the AS-300 sound system, but unfortunately nothing from anyone on it on the net anywhere except just company specs and promo.)

i have an ec5 controller w/my korg is35, and i find it
awkward to use my feet to move around on it even though it is well-designed. i essentially use only 3 of the 5 buttons, one on each end and one in the middle, to cut
down on misstep mishaps. i had a 3-pad controller during
my trial with Genesys Pro, with nice big pads to limit mishits, and loved using it.One i use for stop/start, on i use for favorite fill, one i use for block-chord harmony (when i want to throw in a little Garner or Shearing shtik for a few bars) the one i use for fills i just program to the one fill i would most use--so i don't really feel i need it to toggle--as i said i'm pretty good with my hands, just want the essentials at my feet.

diki, if i haven't bought the pa800 by the time the E60
comes out, maybe i could still buy the E60, especially with the info you are giving me about midi pedals. i know what midi is, but embarrased to admit I haven't the slightest idea how tto apply that to foot pedals.
please spell it out for me like i'm a complete idiot, because it sounds like that could be the answer for me..



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