thanks for your comments Mike Tv. I was reading those same comments on he roland site and was going to ask your permission to publish them here when voila ! I have listened to your demos on the roland site and have great respect for your musicianship. I wil say only this, its nice to hear that you have given the G70 a thorough work out. Your comments on the sound of the G70 even with tweaking simply confirms what many other users of this instrument have already confirmed. I cant for he life of me establish why , even with subsequent operating system upgrades the G70 sound is still an issue.Thanks for giving this open and thoughtful critique even though you invested in this instrument yourself. As for lucky2b , have you considered the PA1x ? I know you love roland but an instrument is just that ..an instrument. I myself switched from the yamaha to the korg PA1X after playing and loving yamaha for over 8 years despite he in my view outstanding T2 sounds.