Yep... I have got to the point where, if no further Roland's appear, I won't be jumping ship for anything out currently.

Sorry, but the inability to edit audio based arrangers makes them a no go for me. I am looking not so much for realism (although, especially in the drums department, the G70 can compete with much of the Ketron and Korg's, certainly sufficient for live use), but more for individuality... With audio loops, you can't change a rock kit to a brush kit, an electric guitar to an acoustic, or any of the things that can radically (or subtly) change one style into another.

Roland make this process the easiest of any arranger manufacturer, so, while it seems unlikely that any new TOTL product is in the pipe (Roland would be unlikely to launch this now, rather than back at NAMM), their current, discontinued product STILL has the edge at this essential feature (at least, for me!).

At this point, it seems prudent to have a backup, although I have gigged constantly for four solid years without one. I cannot envision the horror of HAVING to move to another platform should my G70 get stolen, damaged or just plain break down. What are my options in a 76? PA2Xpro... I have played this, not THAT impressed, far too few fills. Audya... too expensive, too preset. Yamaha... no 76's. Guess I HAVE to get a spare!