If the G70 was indeed advertising heavily in EM,Keyboard, and or HR it apparently did not work.
Like I said , I would love to see more players who play for a living would use arrangers. My wife is indeed a "pianist" in that regard she has to have weighted keys. Whether a Casio or Roland. Also in that regard she won't use an arranger but will use the tracks. There is another player in town who feels the same. They are "pianists" that play to tracks. I get it now. There's a difference between a keyboard player and a "pianist."

As far as the G70 goes even without all the cute little smily faces, thats pure subjective opinion. One man's trash another's treasure and all that. I'm a Yamaha and Korg guy. I tried the PA2x and preferred the Tyros 3. YMMV. My wife prefers the Roland RD700 over the Yamaha CP300 which I prefer. So be it.

The Yamaha Tyros seems to be the premiere Arranger in the US and sells more arrangers than any other brand. They don't advertise the Tyros in any magazine I subscribe to. I'm guessing they don't feel they have to. They do advertise the hell out of the Motifs in those trade magazines though.

I use an arranger because I am not a schooled string arranger, horn section arranger, drummer, oboe player,lead guitarist. I know nothing about arranging Country songs or Bossanovas It's a tool for me not a live performance instrument.
If I were to use an arranger for live OMB use, The Korg PA2x is in my opinion the best due to its low impedance mike set up and its "sorta" TC Helicon harmonizer and a host of other thiings that relate well to live playing, dual sequencers etc.....

The G70 I know nothing about except when I was looking for them they were not selling on Ebay for even $2000. IF Roland was indeed marketing that unit as claimed...well.... its not working. I had no choice but to take a cue from the market they may not be all that. For me it's all about sounds and support.

I found the Korg extremily lacking in Style support. If I wanted to make my own styles I would just have bought a Motif or real workstation.

I understand people's passion for what THEY choose. I also understand why a "pianist" would not want to take a TOTL Aranger to a gig and use tracks. I live with one.

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