G70

I’ve had the G70 for about 4 weeks, 2 plus of those weeks the board was in the shop for repair due to a damaged in shipping LCD screen. The screen has been replaced and I've it back 5 days. I’m posting some general first impressions/pros and cons of the G70. Much of this has been talked about on other forums so some of this info may be rehashed. I’ve got a long way to go in really learning the ins and outs of this board, there’s so much that I haven’t got into yet, including the vocal harmonizer. Just commenting on some of the more obvious features and ones that I use the most as a part time musician.

I originally planned on selling my Tyros 2 at this point I’m not ready to sell the Tyros2 because fact is both keyboards are outstanding instruments in their own right. I’m not ready to give up either one. At some time in the future I may sell one or the other. I need more time to learn the G70 to be objective.

Pros of the instrument
76 solid keys check out the underside of the Tyros2 (hollow keys)
Having had most training on piano playing 76 keys is very comfortable to play . Bottom line it feels good and easier to play expressively
Build quality is great, like a tank. Makes you wonder why Yamaha doesn't build that quality into their arrangers when you consider the selling price of the Tyros2 and the G70
Having a dedicated knob that controls the balance between right and left keyboard parts. It’s very easy to adjust on the fly
Touch screen is great
Having drawbars and VK organs are terrific G70 are better than Tyros2
Nice live sound the Bossa Novas are great and are my favorites ( they are my favorites on the T2 as well )
One convenient dedicated 1 touch setting to convert from arranger to full piano mode.
User progam mode to create registrations easy to use especially with the touch screen and I prefer using it versus what’s on Yamaha boards

Cons

OS (just my opinion here) I compare it going from Windows 95 back to Windows 3.1, it has something to be desired. I find it a bit archaic to use or maybe I just haven’t had enough cockpit time with it.
I thought I was thru with floppy disks, but with my experience to date I will probably create “Gig Disks” using actually floppies vs. using a USB stick as I do with the Tyros2.
Much better folder system on Yamaha arrangers. I like being able to pop the USB stick into my laptop and be able to rename and move named styles around to different folders.
Music Assistant needs improvement to match the Music Finder on Yammies.