Hasn't it occurred to anyone that many users don't do well with manuals. I, for one, am more of an audio learner and also do better when I can see what someone is talking about. Or when someone answers the question directly as I asked it, not something similar in a book. It's not that I can't or won't read the manual, but that reading it doesn't give the needed result. I would much rather ask a knowledgeable SZ member how to do something than try to figure it out from reading the manual - that doesn't work for me. What surprises me is that the Roland owners seem to be the RTFM people. Yamaha's strength is in its easier OS and large 3rd party help base.