And John... I must confess, coming from Roland and messing a lot with a PA3X lately, I find the exact opposite of your experience! I find the Korg OS completely unintuitive, opaque, and needlessly complicated. Even a nice touch screen doesn't help!

Now, that doesn't mean that it IS unintuitive, it simply means that, for someone used to the Roland OS, Korg do almost everything differently.

And for someone intimately used to a Korg, it is not in the least surprising to find them somewhat perplexed by how Roland do things. However, coming from Roland, I have no issues with the BK-9's OS at all. Yes, the touch screen speeds things up, but if you are having trouble with the OS, the screen isn't really the issue.

Not to mention, Roland's iPad apps make a quantum difference to how speedy and user friendly the OS can be. And yes, while it may be a pain to have to get one (I had resisted up to now), a BK-9 and an iPad is still CONSIDERABLY less than the G70 was OOTB. For something that sounds amazingly better, has far better capabilities, and returns the Chord Sequencer to me after 12 years of moaning its loss! Not to mention easy loop triggering, 5 insert effects, independent mastering sections for style and SMF section from the Keyboard Parts, etc..

You know me. I don't change at the drop of a hat. Something has to be SERIOUSLY better before I move on. The BK-9 is that good..!