new keyboard...

[aryo_a]

on my next birthday, my father will buy me a new keyboard, but i have to sell my roland xp-30 :( my lovely keyboard.... there 2 keyboards that comes into my mind karma and triton le, i'll always love karma but i also need sampling (and karma doesnt have it). any suggestion? any other good keyboards in that prce range?

[ChrisMcCoy]

Roland RS-70
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040813083126137069072193802764/g=key/g=key/search/bigpid/base_id/106169/

This is a new Roland coming out. Not sure if its in the stores yet. Just previewed at Namm, but should be in the same price range.

http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=8&subcatid=36&prodid=Juno%2DD

http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM04/Content/Roland/PR/Juno-D.html

[Roddy_Bottum]

Looks good

[Over The Edge]

I wish they wouldn't have called it a Juno.
It probably got a lot of people's hopes up
that it was the second coming of an analog
champion.


FL
www.franklucas.net

[Shreddy]

Honestly I think the XP30 is better than the RS boards and the new JunoD. The XP might have some dated wavs on it but its expandable and there are some decent SRJV exp cards.

I agree with Frank they shouldnt of used the Juno name for that new board. Its pretty basic in terms of a Roland rompler. The only thing the new RS and Juno have going for them is the software editor and the updated wavs. Not expandable.

If your really going to get rid of the XP make sure you compare the tones that your looking to use on the new board are as good if not better than your existing tones. Example Piano's on Korgs are not the best, if your looking for pads and leads the Korg will be good. If you really need sampling then your going to up your cost of your board. A Fantom X7 is over $2000 all the other workstations should be somewhere close to that price range.

Ed

[Deceit]

I think I'd go for the XP-30 as well, BUT I must admit new technologies DO attract me a lot...and I don't like the whole expansion thing...I mean, they are just some nice samples, and there are a THOUSAND sample cds better than them out there...maybe more specific, but isn't specificity what you're looking for when you buy an expansion?
Obviously, cards like the VC-1 (V-Synth) or the MOSS (Triton) have more than one use...they allow you to explore new soundscapes because they ENHANCE the algorythm of the sound you're working on. If I need particularly nice samples, I just buy a board which is good FOR similar sounds and start working for the best patch I can take out.
Check Enigma's work - he designs Kurzweil sounds which would require C/O ROM and obtains the same results without them!
That's what a sound designer should work on - accessibility without bounds...
Deceit.

[dav]

Hey guys anyone of you tried out the rs50(or rs50)?
I was going for a triton le but then the local roland dealer assured me the two rs would come in few weeks. is the sound improved, from the rs5?
(have to agree with frank:juno-D has nothing to do with vintage analogues)

[ChrisMcCoy]

I wish they wouldn't have called it a Juno.
It probably got a lot of people's hopes up
that it was the second coming of an analog
champion.


FL
www.franklucas.net

I agree, and from the demo it looks like an enhanced RS-5.
I think they are trying to sell the simplicity on the presampled arpeggiated loops, but to me, that's not very professional, or at least not very original.

Juno should be a retired name. The Juno synths were in an era all their own.

[Shreddy]

Yep I get some good sounds out of my Juno6 then I run it through a Kaoss Pad to give it a bit more out there flavor.

Ed

[dav]

Hi!
I'm bringin the thread up, because this is Roland-oriented and I have a Roland question.
I know some of you own Rolands(chris perhaps?)...
I'd like to afford one of the rs-series, probably the rs-9.
How do the keybs of this series connect to a pc to share patches etc?
I know rs-70 has a floppy drive, but the others?
Thank You!

[aryo_a]

Hi!
I'm bringin the thread up, because this is Roland-oriented and I have a Roland question.
I know some of you own Rolands(chris perhaps?)...
I'd like to afford one of the rs-series, probably the rs-9.
How do the keybs of this series connect to a pc to share patches etc?
I know rs-70 has a floppy drive, but the others?
Thank You!


with......... midi :roll:

[dav]

:oops: yes of course but...
can i save a patch as a normal fiile on my pc through the midi cable(i knew midi worked onòly to convey music data in sequencer or similar stuff, not to send files(as patches are))?

[aryo_a]

yes you can save it as "normal" file, actually you can save patch as midi file.. or .syx file. i use sounddiver for my xp 30.....

[dav]

and...do you know if I can play sounds monophonically with those mid-class rolandz? :?:

[aryo_a]

of course you can! just press the "solo" buttons and it become monophonics... :roll:

[merijn]

I wish they wouldn't have called it a Juno.
It probably got a lot of people's hopes up
that it was the second coming of an analog
champion.


FL
www.franklucas.net

You're right, this is also the case with the Roland and their VA series

[merijn]

I wish they wouldn't have called it a Juno.
It probably got a lot of people's hopes up
that it was the second coming of an analog
champion.


FL
www.franklucas.net

You're right, this is also the case with the Roland and their VA series, it isn't even a virtual analog.