Once I finally receive my Tyros 5 and can actually confirm (in person) that the ability to loop is missing, I'll definitely be contacting Yamaha to request they ADD the critically useful multi-pad looping features. That said, whether they actually do it is another matter, as my repeated requests (since Tyros 1 and 2) to update the MusicFinder to call up reg files never got anywhere, even though I had discussed this at Namm with the Tyros development guys Martin Harris & Simon Inkley of who sounded receptive to the idea at the time. Funny thing, like adding the looping feature to the multipad, I'd expect it only would take about 5 lines of programming achieve, but what the hell do I know, Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player! - Scott