Getting a little hot in here.... take a breather, guys...

My friend's GW-8 is still sitting here in front of me. Key feel is FAR better than any PSR I have ever played. Note length is a bit shorter than the G70, but most are... I have played the FSX keybed on the MotifXS6, and in all fairness, there's not a whole lot of difference. The GW is crisp, decent dynamics, and feels MUCH more like the keyboard from a $3500 T3 than a $1600 S900.

But it only cost $895

BTW, sorry to burst your SMF bubble, Ian, but it takes FAR more skill to play over an SMF of just bass and drums, and do everything else yourself, than to sit there with your LH glued to inputting simple chords and playing a basic melody....

There isn't a ha'penny of difference between SMF's and styles. What matters is what YOU actually play. Just because YOU perhaps equate using SMF's to sitting there and doing less than you would on arranger mode doesn't mean that MOST people necessarily do it that way!

Personally, I find myself able to actually PLAY much more in SMF mode than I do in style mode. But that's just me

Now that Markers allow for easy rearranging of SMF's, a lot of arranger mode's advantages have dropped by the wayside, and being able to return to being able to play fully two handed, like you USED to do in your live band days (love that shot of you back in the day ) has made me so much happier than sitting there playing dumb chords to a dumb machine

Let's just say that fully 100% of everything you hear on the charts has some form of sequencing done on it. And 0% of style play...

I rest my case