While you may still have a Fantom for live band... trust me. The G70 is BY FAR the easiest to use, most flexible, most comprehensive live band keyboard I have ever used! I still have a Triton and a K2500, have used Motif's and Fantom's, and wouldn't DREAM of going out on a live gig with them, especially a pickup gig in which I didn't have time to create Performances for each and every song in advance...

It has many of the best samples from the FantomX, including it's best piano, it has a slightly stripped down VK-7 organ section, the drums are taken from the drummer-approved V-Drums, and its' live operation could NOT be easier. I can create splits and layers, assign effects, correct volumes, assign hold pedals and other controllers, completely on the fly, while I'm still playing! I've never seen a WS that even comes CLOSE.

It is why I continue to use it, even though it isn't necessarily the best 'pure' arranger, it is still MORE than serviceable, and on top, it adds in the best live keyboard I have ever played...

Not too shabby for an out of production relic that you can pick up for a song!

[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 09-29-2010).]