I have to agree with Ohrenarzt's opinion of the G70. Many of the sounds are extremely similar to those off the Roland JV1080 Expansion boards of the early 90s (which I know very well)although the overall quality of the G70 versions are worse. I tested the 3 accordion presets and simply played C3 - each preset was out of tune with the next and ALL were out of tune with concert.

The acoustic guitar samples (especially the "hard picked" samples) are so out of tune to my ears that I laughed out loud when I played them (String sampled so hard that the pitch warps unpleasantly). They also sound very thin and nasty. The acoustic Piano does not even sound like a piano, let alone sound anywhere near as good as the JV1080 PRA 004 Nice Piano,until recently one of my favourites. . . .

The version of the G70 that I played also had the software anomaly of failing to affect the drawbar settings until I had pushed the slider beyond the value of the preset value, certainly not a realistic Hammond effect. The styles were limp as well as having many errors in the chord voicing, in my view, the demos were rooted somewhere in the GRP 80s and the level of reverb was astonishing, as if trying to "hide" the poor sound quality.

I have been a long time Roland fan, ever since the Juno 6 and VP330, and considering the company's fantastic history and ability to innovate and trend-set, I do not know what possessed them to put the thing on the market in this state. How many more software updates are going to be required to make it a genuine contender in the arranger marketplace. Surely it is not the paying public's job to betatest a 5000 dollar keyboard!