Diki,

When did you listen to an Audya? The proof is in the sound and you've NEVER heard it, Never. Are you really dumb enough to think a demo listened to on computer speakers in a compressed MP3 format is even close to hearing the real thing?

Do you really think all there is to an arranger is guitar loops in a style? I play mostly big band and jazz, and strumming guitar loops in the style are of little importance. Leeboy and I both heard the guitar audio loops in the mix of a style and they sure do sound good. But we don't know anything especially after 40 years of professional playing. You know because you read the manual and heard some poor quality MP3s.

How about live drums, great bass. How about stunning saxophones and trumpets, organs that have slow/fast rotors without having to set up special effects? Let's hear you play Mustang Sally with a real break in it. Oh I forgot the g70 doesn't have a break. A list price north of 3000 dollars and they can't even include a break button. To top everything off the default method of storage on the g70 is a floppy disk. Roland must have had a warehouse full of floppy disk drives that they needed to get rid of. Again a list of over 3000 and you need to pay extra for an outdated pcmcia adapter.

You want to create and use sequences? Why don't you just buy a karaoke machine, same difference.

Yes you need to tweek the sounds on the g70, especially the drums. Why, because they don't sound real. The saxes and brass sound plastic as well. Roland gives you tons of voices and very few are high quality. Go ahead and spend your time tweeking, I'd rather play.

You are correct that the Audya seems to be priced about 1000 to 1500 too high.

I think you like to post just so you can read your own writing regardless of its quality. I'll bet you like to hear yourself talk too. We all know people like you.

Tom