definitely an accurate review. having the GW-8

I can agree with most of the things in Frans review, but Fran mentioned the MP3 player is better on the Prelude than the GW-8...

I haven't even tried the MP3 player yet but why would Roland have a different MP3 player between these boards? Fran have you tried the MP3 player on the GW-8? what is the difference between the 2 boards??

i guess after 2 weeks of owning the GW-8E i can say i am extremely happy and still surprised i only payed AUD $1350.00 for this board.

the biggest downfall I have found is that with the styles there are no dedicated part mute / select buttons. you need to navigate through the 8 style parts using the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT Buttons to highlight a track before you can make changes to it.

I have imported all of the G70 styles so far and most of them are very usable - you just need to change some style parts to make them work better in the GW-8.

Nick