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From: "Robert Grimble" <cthulhu@...>

> Have you looked into the EX5R -- it has a VL module and a GX module and a
> sampler/sequencer.  I don't have one, but the first time I see one at $700
> buck, it's mine.

By the way, there is no such thing as GX. There is a Yamaha GX1 - it's
something else, believe me.

The EX series are not General MIDI, GS or XG compatible. There is a GM sound
set on a CD that comes with the unit, but you need (flash) RAM for that.

You can use either VL (sounds superb), AN (one fifth AN1x) or FDSP (unique
to the EX series), but not any of them together. And it costs you an insert
effect. (Still, you can use 126 voices of lucious AWM2.)

The sequencer takes some getting used to.

All in all, I *love* my EX5, I really do. Great big keyboard, lots of
controllers, fantastic sound. But you should regard it as a supersynth, not
as a workstation. That's something it can't live up to.

- Peter