Thanks Guys.

I knew I wasn't the only one. Another thing that keeps me happy with the 6500 is that I do not record my songs like most people do here. I do not use the styles for my own songs I record, and I do not do it all on the 6500. I am a guitar player and have been for 26 years. So I record on a digital BR8 virtual 64 track recorder. I start be doing the drums on my 6500 and then put them on track one of my br8. Then I usually record the bass line from the 6500 to the br8 also. Then I record into the br8 with my guitar. Then add vocals. Then I add any lead guitar or riffs. And use the 6500 to play other parts like piano or strings etc... into the br8. This is the hard way as far as getting it done without mistakes, but the way I see it, it teaches me to play better as I can not just sequence the song all out. The only thing I sequence is the drums. Also I find the effects better on the br8 than the 6500. Even the reverb! Also is the fact that if I only record into the br8 from the 6500 one part at a time it is better because the more parts going on at a time on the 6500 the less power and quality I have. You guys ever notice the volume change when more things like styles etc.. are going at one time? I guess it splits up the amps, and effects etc... So doing just drums or bass and recording into the br8 I get better and fuller sounds. Oh the power it has when all is put into one part only. And after I do the drums, and add bass to it, I have better sound than if i was to do both of them on the 6500 at once and put them into the br8. And this way I have a digital recording with all parts on their own track. The br8 has great built in effects! Of course I add my vocals in also. I am just saying that if the 6500 is used in this way. There is not a lot of difference from the 7000 when i listen to the br8 recording! Also I want to add too that I find the 6500 sounds can all be improved with the effects. Multi effect global is great! So does the 7000 sound better cuz it has better samples or cuz the effects set to them are set up better. I know that I can make the 6500 sounds better and more powerful/fuller by changing and adding the effects. So Ii wonder if the 7000 is more of a case of better effect settings than it is better samples. I don't think I could see a difference to speak of with the 7000 recording the way I do it. One part at a time into a digital recorder. A note also on getting it onto mp3. I feel the best way is to do as I do, onto the digital br8 and then burn it onto CD via a cd burner that excepts a digital line in. "Not audio in". This way it is still digital 100% and then I can put the cd in my PC and make it into an mp3. There u have it! excellent quality mp3's! Any way you look at it, If the keyboard has 16 parts going at once, it has to divide the power up between them and all sound weaker and less full. But one at a time into the digital is awesome. And the digital 64 track does not have to divide up power. When I am done, All parts have full power and fullness! I also have noticed and want to share with you guys that I just found the drawbars can be greatly improved with the global multi effects. LFO modualation, is cool, and so many others in there to beef it up. Ever notice how the demo on the 6500 called "dsp production" has unreal sounding drawbars. How? They are not like that out of demo mode. Answer is effects set to the fullest potential!
Tony