Don't be too harsh on Yamaha. I think the support guy was trying to be helpful. In the rest of the email he tried to go through some options with me, and the term "serious synth guy" was his quote from MY email. Maybe a more accurate term would be "serious sequencer people."

I don't blame Yamaha for trying to extract maximum profit from their innovations in the home market. But I do think some time THIS YEAR there will be a product in the $800 range like the YPG-625, with MIDI IN/OUT and also a line IN connector (also missing on the 625).

And probably just when some other manufacturer comes out with such a machine, Yamaha will come out with a USB to MIDI converter for $19.95.

R.