As Jem is a Kronos man now....

[tranztek]

.... Does it have a standard MIDI or USB out or can it ONLY work with the M3 and Radias modules through some funky connections?

No, its a special connector.

I agree about the skip back sampling, love that feature. Having had the G6 for a brief period before , this time I am getting much more out of it. I should have persevered, but that was before the 1.50 update came out - which while good, seemed to push the G more towards the dance market, which I'm not interested in.