Cliff,
I don't know anything more than you guys are seing on the internet but it seems to me that this might be more like a Karma type keyboard. I'm in Calif. and don't attend the summer namm show so I can't give any reviews on new products. I did however just find out from Roland that they have a new 4 track recorder with effects that records direct to smart media cards and has a retail price of around $495.00.