Magic Roy,

No offense to VA76 owners (or PSR2000 owners either)....just my opinion.

I finally was able to lay hands on a VA76 today. For a year or so I've been raggin' on my local dealers to get one to see if I'd like it.

While I will not profess to having give an every nooks and cranies look see......IMO....the only board I was more disappointed in was the PSR2000.

I found very little to like about the 76 with the exception of the touch screen was cool and it had some backup singing voices that were pretty good. I have a Roland XV 3080 and generally like both their products and sounds/voices......but not on this board I didn't. The pianos I thought very cheesie and canned sounding. I thought the vast majority of the rest of the voices were mediocre at best.

I did not find it particularly intuitive, I saw 1 fill, intro and ending and a variation button, that allowed to vary it some. There was not a sync start in view, so I had to push the start stop button to get it going.

The styles were ok, but nothing to write home about. The D beam controller I found gimmickie.

Touch was pretty good, screen was ok, overall though....
on a 1-10 scale, for me I would give this one a 4-5.....they can sell the one they were reserving for me.

I've had a 9000 and now have a PA 80, which I found both far superior to the VA76 in every way to suit me. And I am hoping to love the Tyros when it comes out
jam on,
Terry