Absolutely right Alex..

Big companies on purpously do this so that your set up comprises of more than one component to produce the perfect sound or function, eg, SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN ! Until little fish companies like Solton come along and get it almost right in one go, what have they got to lose?

As for GEM, have they not got LEM as well for synths etc..? im not too familiar with GEM but on one of the catalogues I read they had so many things they make other than keyboards.

One day, there will be a keyboard created that all it will have is a HD, DVD ROM drive and gigbites of RAM to play with and nothing else, no onboard sounds or styles... but this is the best bit.. with the keyboard will come a few DVD discs that contain PERFECT samples in which you will have the ability to load them into the keyboard as you wish and store likewise.. what you dont like you dont include...you will never need to buy another keyboard again because this company will only need to release new DVDs and possibly RAM upgrades because with better samples the data sizes increase!

(maybe there is such a thing but I dont know of it !!)

DannyUK