Dnj: I downloaded some of the Midjay demo's. They sound pretty good. Can you tell me of YOUR experience with it as I'm assuming you own one? Thanks.

go here. http://www.selskabsmusikeren.dk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=60&board=26.0

You are wrong about the G70 only playing complete fills. If you trigger a fill at any time up to the last quarter note, it just fills to the end of the bar. After that, it plays the entire fill starting on the next downbeat.

Might as well get the facts right about your own keyboard before you advise others..........

Hi Diki

Ouchhhh!

Thanks for correcting me on this. I've just gone back to the instrument and checked this point very specifically. It is, in fact, possible to trigger a fill part way through the bar and have it just complete the remainder of that bar. My earlier post was incorrect on this specific point. I have therfore modified the relevant post so as not to give out any dis-information.

Apologies to all - and particularly to Roland - for any confusion caused over this issue. I have no "anti-Roland" axe to grind. After all, I have at least put my money where my mouth is and bought their last two top arranger models ;-)

Regards - Mike




[This message has been edited by MikeTV (edited 04-24-2006).]

Hi

Further to this - our good friend Diki has pointed out (quite correctly) that I was talking through my @rse regarding this particular issue.

I have therefore amended my original post to remove this paragraph. Other comments still stand.

Regards - Mike

I'm a little bit late in this thread, anyway, being a G-70 owner and having tested the E-80 at FMM I can say that, compared to G-70, E-80 has a lot of new drum sounds, new guitars and basses, and the piano sound of G-70 (that was taken from Fantom-X) has been replaced with the new piano sound taken from RD700SX/SRX-11.
E-80 has also more MFXs available, so that you can apply multiple effects to styles, songs and realtime parts in the same time.
It has also a powerful amplification system, but, being a 61-keys, it doesn't have the wonderful keyboard of G-70.
I'm undecided about changing or not my G-70, because the new sounds and features of E-80 are amazing, but I'm afraid that I'll miss the touch and extension of G-70 keyboard.

I am just hoping that there will come a G80
with all the goodies of the E80.