Scott,

I have to agree with alot of your OS and layout descriptions, As for the realibilty, you have to think how many yamahas get made to the amount of SD1's that are made, It's like saying Ford produced 1,000,000 ford Taurus and only 20,000 had problems. So if there were 10,000 SD1 made and 200 had problems (aka Ferrari) , it comes out to the same percentage.

Also when you have so much under the hood, it takes a while to get the bugs out.

My SD-1 knock on wood has had no problems, as for the 3 previous Rolands I had, 2 displays and a bad solder joint.

So far, I can't speak for the Genesis but it looks like the smaller arranger companies seem to listen and are trying to do the best they can.

Just think of what you can do with it. Just because you buy a Lexus doesn't mean you are never gonna have to go to the shop for repairs. I know I'm in the mobile electronics business.

Someone also told me to take colored nail polish and paint the different buttons to stand out like red for the sound buttons.

I knew all my nail polish would be useful someday ha ha ha