It's getting pretty quiet over there, lately. Used to be a much more lively place, but since Roland went on sabbatical, fell asleep, dropped into a coma, whatever happened to their arranger division, little goes on any more.

We even had an updated G70 OS just last week or so, and it was a giant snoozefest. ONE bug (minor) fixed, nothing else so far that we can see. With all the other things that need addressing, and no new product on the horizon, I would have thought Roland might have used the time to perfect whatever is in the G70, so whatever they DO eventually bring out will have a nice running start... But go figure. Roland are about as responsive as Yamaha (maybe even less, thanks to Steve Demming!) when it comes to fixing certain issues... (operational and form factor issues, not necessarily OS bugs).

But I have a feeling that they OUGHT to take widespread dissemination of bugs on SZ MUCH more seriously than perhaps they do their own niche forums. This is the place where newbies come to for advice on which BRAND of arranger to buy. Spreading the knowledge of issues (not just plain bugs, but operational 'doh!' moments ) here ought to make them sit up and pay attention, lest a buyer go elsewhere.

Admittedly, I am not the kind of person that would troll the Yamaha forum for bug and issue news, so I could bring it here... I have my own axe to grind But I feel it OUGHT to be at least SOME Yamaha users' responsibility. You have often commented about Roland issues that you have gleaned from the R-A.com site... I only wish you were as diligent broadcasting Yamaha ones, too... (or at least, someone not on Yamaha's payroll - I realize that perhaps it isn't in YOUR best interest to air Yamaha's dirty laundry here )