Dear sir,

I currently have the G-1000 and I am interesting for the new VA-7. In fact, I impressed with the new rich sounds and features I heard at eGroups. But, I would not buy THIS keyboard never, because I need 76 weighted keys as on G-1000 (they are excellent!) so, I will wait for Roland release of some new model with all the features found on the VA-7, but in "more professional" form of G-series (i hope it's coming). Because I'm a student of music and I play piano so much, "plastic-feel" keys aren't good for my fingers. For example, day after having performance with G-600, I can't play piano before a LONG time playing of scale exercices, because a real piano keys are much deeper and harder than G-600 keys.

This is the main reason i sold the G-600. With the G-1000, results are better and I haven't got any trouble. By the way, it sounding much better and more real than G-600.

Because I am planning to buy some keyboard like VA-7 which Roland will release in future, I would have some questions for you about the VA-7.

1) Does VA-7 hold all the features found on G-1000 and EM-2000, including DSP EFX, Style Converter, 16-track Sequencer, Basic/Advanced and Original/Variation arranger divisions, Aftertouch and all tones found on G and EM ? Is it FULLY compatible with the former models from E, G and EM series ?

2) Does VA-7 have a good Rotary Speaker effect, and what is your opinion about this? How much independent DSP units it have ?

3) How much samples (in MB) you can store in its memory? Is it expandable and how? Is memory permanent after turning off the keyboard and is there possibility of reading any of standard supported formats (.WAV, .AIFF ...) and can I use the VariPhrase as standard sampler (or sampling on KN-6k and PSR-9k)? Does looping supported ?

4) Can VA-7 harmonize my singing interactive, as PSR-9000 ?

5) Are styles fully customizable (Style Edit)? Can I use all the styles from my G-1000 and how much Realtime parts and Arranger parts is supported ?

6) Is there the "Reset/TapTempo" function ? Are Acc and Rit supported ?

7) What's the price of the VA-7 ?

8) Finnaly, did you heard something about new expected G-like version of VA-7 with 76 weighted keys and more proffesional package (by the way, I don't need the speakers - I thing every profi player don't need this); Do you now does Roland plans to release that keyboard (G-1200, G-3000, VA-17 or something, who nows) ?

If you reply me to these questions, it would be a great help for me. If you have any information about VA-7 that can be interesting for me (or some docs), please send me at:

adnan.forums@usa.net

Thanks in advance !
Best regards,
Adnan