Connect 2010 nothing new for fantom G! Why????

Who ever told you that you should wait?..

A few years have passed, would like some sort of update and new ARX

The G is far from being replaced but it is as far as i can see end of life..
if there is a new OS it will be called 2.0 just to put an end to it all..
but dont expect big changes because roland has to leave room to have some thing to put in to the next workstation including bugs .

Roland have to keep doing all this Promotions so they dont seem to be standing still and keep re-inventing the wheel without being obvious about it..

So life at Roland dont revolve around the G so its time to move on....

not even a cup holder : ( quinnx is right. OS2 will have a new screen saver and thats it so no more complaining or wishing and wanting...... the end..............

hummm... dissappointing! but oh well.

Is it usual for OS updates to be announced as part of major product launches anyway?

Introducing, say, OS 2.0 at the same time as the unveiling of several new synths, electric pianos, an organ and other new gear would make it quite difficult to get any trade media coverage for the update because the music tech magazines and websites will be dominated by pictures, reports and reviews of the new lines.

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Its all most likely about Sale $$$$ not customer service
sale on the high end synthesizers drop. The thing was doing good is RD700 so thats why. You can download the 1.7mb pdf and check it out.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Roland+corperation+sales...

We've been taken to the cleaners and hung out to dry and I really don't expect any more ARX cards at all unfortunately. ARX was a gamble that proved too costly and under performing in my opinion. Roland possibly might provide an OS 2.0 for our Fantom G and that's probably gonna be it folks - finished! Yamaha has hit a home run with their massive Flash RAM storage solution for the new Motif XF and Roland will need to play catch up to stay in the game in my opinion. Therefore the Fantom G has been "tossed to the wayside" and basically "mothballed", out of sight out of mind, while Roland engineers steadfastly work on the Fantom G successor even as we speak. If ARX survives in the next workstation it will probably be totally revamped, in my opinion, but I fully expect it to be eliminated entirely from future Roland products. Instead, Roland's next workstation will likely include something very similar to Yamaha's Flash storage solution although Roland will probably try and "up" the ante in certain areas thus trying to "trump" Yamaha's new Flagship Motif XF.

It's been fun while it lasted guys! Roland is thinking about their "bottom line" above all else therefore we are the 'sheep led to the slaughter', sacrificed on the alter of "greed" unfortunately. Or rather...

Now watch Roland turn around and prove me wrong. Or not. If nothing shows up at winter NAMM for the Fantom G I'll most likely sell/trade in my FG7 for the new Motif XF7. Arps are very important to me as a sketching tool and the Motif XF is tops in that area in my opinion. Plus the massive Flash RAM storage solution is a brilliant addition as well. OTOH, if Roland brings out something revolutionary at winter NAMM '11 or Musikmesse '11 (which in all reality is highly unlikely) I would think seriously about getting that instead. One possibility is if Roland finally introduced the long overdue G-70 successor in 76 keys. I won't hold my breath though.

Sad... very sad. baa baa baa

That XF7 is now on Target too. Hopefully is the best of Yamaha!!!

I got the Yamaha Motif ES6 on the way and the Fantom G6 on Craigslist. I'm really disappointed about the ARX boards or lack of I should say. Again, I'll admit that I'm using the Fantom G as a rompler right now and I really haven't utilized all of the features of it. My mistake was that I should have gotten the XS when I chose the Fantom G. I'm not using the sampling. I hardly use the sequencer. I'm basically in Live mode playing Piano and Strings and/or electric piano sounds. The G has some nice synth sounds on it, but I'm not too impressed with the acoustical sounds. BTW, no one is biting on my G at $1400 though. The thing is in immaculate condition. I'm considering dropping it to $1200 and taking my losses and buying something else.

And for the record, can we stop with these Juno model updates. Juno D, Juno G, Juno Stage, Juno Di, Juno Gi. Give me a break!

The Fantom G only needs one new thing,

That is, new owners!

HAHA

Roland isn't going to spend their limited resources on a dead market.. You got what you got.. Deal with it...

You know, now I understand the reason behind only having two ARX spaces.. They knew then that they were not going anywhere with it....

ARX was never about the G
it was about the roland product line.
whatever they release must be compatible will all other ARX enabled product and not just the G. Same goes for whatever other workstation they come up with that has some other super duper expansion slot..
any expansion slot that comes later will be shared across its product line and not exclusive.
Therefore don't expect some hybrid expansion board that replaces any part of the roland product line like a vsynth card or analogue synth etc....
its never gonna happen.