I guess my bend technique doesn't really work well with one directional benders. I do as much bending INTO a note as I do bending FROM it... For that I need a bend down as well as up. I've tried footpedal bending (the ol' K2500 will do anything you want it to!) but it's not a good solution, for me. Be nice if someone made a sprung pedal that could go up or down (and return accurately to center) but I've never seen one.

But anyway, there's still hope... Roland DO have a tendency to bring out updates that add considerable new features (rather than some that just make you go out and buy a new model), and if the demand for foot controlled pitchbend is there, it might get added. My sympathies go out to Ian, though... I know what it is like to be on the lookout for features that very few use! He's pretty lucky, all in all, though. I bet as many people use the footpedal to bend pitch on a Yamaha as used the Chord Sequencer on Roland's... Let's hope Yamaha never drop that feature!

I used to have an RA90... don't ever remember a footpedal bend. I'm curious, too. Why is it so paramount that the BK have a pitch bender, when the MUCH more expensive Audya4 doesn't have one..? I honestly don't remember ANY module that had one.

Oh, and Ian... the pianos are so good in the BK, you might not need the P85... just hook it up to a nice controller with a waggle stick or wheel.