Bill, I thought the site looked great...I was actually disappointed there wasn't more to explore.

Nice job.

Regarding your take on the G-70...I had to babysit one here for a month or more...again, it's what we want to hear coming from our speakers, and, except for the piano sound and the keybed (and build quality), I was not overly impressed. In fact, the guy who had me look after it, came home and tried the Yamaha PSR I had at the time, and ended up selling the G-70 and bought two PSR's...I think they were either PSR-3000 or S900's. Like many other people, the G-70's weight was also a deciding factor for him to make the switch.

As far as styles/sounds, I worked as a clinician/demonstrator for Roland in Newfoundland, and, at that time, the styles (the E-70 was current) were way ahead of anything else, and basically stayed that way till Yamaha came out with the PSR-8000, and then they lost more ground again to the first Tyros and new mega voiced styles.

I thought the G-70's styles weren't a whole lot better than what was on the earlier models...yes, they did utilize better sounds, but the patterns themselves weren't very fresh or inspiring (the Latin stuff was pretty good), and I had to keep shutting off parts to make room to play over them...I will say the G-70's drum kits were better than earlier models like the G-1000 and G-800.

Styles and sounds will always be a personal and subjective preference, so what's good for one, will not work for another. I know there are a few here that love the G-70, and that's great, but, overall, the "Roland" sound itself, is not for me.

I did try the Roland BK-5 recently (the advantage of road trips), and really liked it, except for the key feel (again a personal choice). I thought the sounds, and especially the styles, were very nice with improved detail over the G-70/E-80. They seemed more spacious, although that may have had more to do with the tone generator and effects, than the actual style programming.

If anything, my second choice for a TOTL arranger would be a Korg PA3X (61 key).

Ian