The GT is pure magick! I hear lots of disappointment, but until you have taken a 2.x project from your V-Synth (XT, also) and used the V-Synth Librarian to add any 2.0 waves you have lying around to fill up the 2.0 project with as much available data as either it holds or you have to offer, then place it onto a USB Flash Drive in an 'XT' directory (don't ask why 'XT', but that's the directions), then EJECTED the USB drive and placed it into the USB drive/memory port on the GT and run the 'Convert' utility to a) gain access to the waves from 2.0 of your V-Synth that you would like in your GT and b) played matchmaker with those 2.0 Patches in the newly converted project by adding a second 'tone/patch' from your V-Synth to get the true beauty and fullness of any combo you can audition and tweak to your heart's desire (the possibilities are endless and enchanting), you really have not experienced the potential of being your own sound designer with what Roland has provided in this V-Synth GT. It is truly mind boggling to hear what some of these combos sound like together and until you convert a 2.0 project and mess with it, you have no idea what a powerful and creative monster beckons to be tamed. Sure you can go in and tweak individual parameters, but when you can simply audition all the patches together, you eventually come up with a 'Patch' that is like a story in itself. Bass patches would have to be split or limited to the bass register and certain percussion/drum patches are specifically a challenge beyond the faint of art, so skip those for the first run through (I have done about 20 now and there are still hundreds to go. So, even though I have just gotten started, I challenge all the nay sayers to invest $10 bucks in a USB Flash Drive (256MB SanDisk @ Radio Shack), load in your favorite 2.0 project and head off to your favorite music dealer where you will become a legend and ask them for a GT demo, as long as you can 'convert' your project (which automatically loads it into the GT's memory). You will then have basically your V-Synth's 2.0 project with the patches residing as the upper tone. Select the lower tone and start auditioning and playing the combos. You'll want one of these GT's because they take the V-Synth beyond just buying another V-Synth (I don't know about you, but I already have a bad back). And the way I hear you throwing around the number of voices, you think you had my mother's maiden name - Cinquemani - which means five hands)!...I am, Otto von Ruggins, Master of the Unheard Øf
