I don't think you have this one right, Fran... You REALLY need to read the manual a bit more before you make these kind of pronouncements, especially as you are SO new to the G70.

The G70 has an NTA channel (Note to arranger) just like the G1000 did. It's MIDI implementation is somewhat different, though, so perhaps you were just expecting it to work similarly to the G1000. It doesn't. The G70's MIDI section operates somewhat differently.

But there IS an NTA channel, which is what the arranger needs to see, yes? So I see no reason why it won't work.

Now let me add my disclaimer... I haven't tried this function myself, yet (but I have lived and slept with the manual for the last two years!), as I have no need for it, but having seen the NTA MIDI implementation chart, I don't see any reason why it won't work. Other than the fact of getting MIDI in and out of the G70 is VERY different to the G1000.

So, perhaps before posting here and venting your frustration, how about a bit of communication with Roland, and perhaps the nice folk at roland-arranger.com, to see if anyone knows how to do this? That is, before you start making definitive statements like 'Chord recognition is gone....'

The G70 is NOT a G1000 (or we wouldn't have bought it, already having a G1000!)...