Claude,
I will be glad to let you know how to get your VA7 upgraded when I find out next week from Roland.
Today, was the first day I had to play with the new music assistant function. What I loved about it is that Roland has combined some great styles, voices, variphrases and D-Beam controller set ups, ready to go. One of my complaints about the VA7 was that I didn't see much uselfulness in the Variphrase. But now, being able to use it effectively with other voices makes it really worth while. I especially like the set ups where they assign a vocal sound to the d-beam and you can bring a voice in and out in time to your hand movements. I find it hard to believe that the price has dropped so much for so much keyboard.
Regards,
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California