Namm 2011 what shall we see :)

...still holding out for my Roland piano bench with built in drink holder.

Roland V-Kazoo FTW!

maybe even a virtual workstation
So virtual.. it does`nt exist in real time ;)

It's just been announced officially on the Roland site that they are now concentrating on new updates for the Fantom G. They also apologize for lack of communication and for not showing any interest in their flagship model in the past and promise to up their game. Well done Roland, about time.

SRA... Where's the bloody clock ;)

p.s. Hi ;)

Flumpster wrote:

It's just been announced officially on the Roland site that they are now concentrating on new updates for the Fantom G. They also apologize for lack of communication and for not showing any interest in their flagship model in the past and promise to up their game. Well done Roland, about time.

SRA... Where's the bloody clock ;)

p.s. Hi ;)

Flumpster... I didn't really believe you, but I still went and looked. ;)

Everyone else was talking make believe so you should have known better than for Roland to support us ;)

Flumpster

RE: It's just been announced officially on the Roland site that they are now concentrating on new updates for the Fantom G.

Can you post the website so we can read the news/post?

i think this is the link...


www.makebelieve.com\newOSinyourdreams.html


honestly It kinda feels good dreaming about it. what more if it comes true?..

UI fixes, more features, wow.. that will make my day. still, its a great board and I love it.

Rolandcorp, feed us a new improved FG OS please. :)

You mean your all still waiting????

I got my G OS upgrade yesterday and its much better than the current..
Unlimited midi/audio tracks
space for vst fx and plugins
touch screen control ala jp80

works a feels so much better than the old one..
You really should get it..

is this all make believe??
I will do a youtube vid and see if you believe lieve lieve lieve .... (adding vst echo fx with fade) ;)

http://forums.rolandclan.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=37629

Well, that's great!

Roland should relase two cards ARX. Two cards based on Jupiter80

- Sounds of Historic Synthesizers ARX SuperNATURAL (slightly 8 multitimbral parts)
- Sounds of Acoustic Instruments ARX SuperNATURAL (slightly 8 multitimbral parts)

This would be an ideal move for me!

Maybe ARX cards - SRX Collection SuperNatural (16 multitimbral parts)




Here, we see two separate technologies SuperNATURAL:
http://cms.rolandus.com/assets/media/pd ... ochure.pdf


Of course a new system which should include:
- Improved utilization of the mouse
- New Sound Banks
- Full editing arpeggiator / can and add four independent arpeggiator?!
- Cooperation with Apple iPad through usb
- ...............

Maybe a module FLASH 64GB/128GB for HDR/Sample ARX installed in the port! Would have been possible!?

Summer NAMM is more about Guitars and Guitar accessories although there have been a few major keyboard releases during the Summer NAMM trade shows over the years. I'm not really expecting much from our pals at Roland though other than they will probably showcase the Jupiter-80 again and which is supposed to be released to retail outlets by the end of July from what I understand.

As far as ARX is concerned... forget it guys. Roland had an ARX fire sale recently which demonstrated to me that ARX cards have been axed and Roland's new solution is just putting all the SuperNatural sounds on the system Wav Rom instead. That's why the acoustic sounds on the JP-80 are all SuperNatural sounds and why the JP-80 doesn't have any ARX slots like the Fantom G has. But it would be nice if Roland threw us a bone by giving their devoted Fantom G base a Ver. 2.0 software update that we've yearned for. I won't hold my breath that it will actually happen and I kind of doubt it ever will happen. We'll see.

The Kronos, on the other hand, is selling like hotcakes and Roland must be sitting up and taking notice that Korg apparently has a HUGE hit on their hands and which perhaps even the new JP-80 won't be able to make a dent in Kronos sales. When the Kronos 73 is the same price as the 76 key JP-80 yet the Kronos has three major features the JP-80 lacks i.e. Sampler, Sequencer and Expansion capability it might be a tough sell for people to get a JP-80 when they can have a true workstation in a similarly priced Kronos. As I stated previously, I think Roland may have painted themselves into a corner with the JP-80 and it could very well be a niche product with limited overall sales because of the limited amount of professional features. Three strikes in baseball and the batter is out. Three strikes on a keyboard... and sales could falter and/or tank at the box office. Again, we'll have to wait and see.

Summer NAMM could bring a few surprises. Probably not gonna be any from Roland and company unfortunately though. I'm hoping by at least winter NAMM '13 Roland will have released a workstation version of the JP-80 and if that happens I think Roland will be back in the game and possibly hit a home run. If indeed Roland ever makes another workstation again, that is. ;) Roland could decide to stick with the JP-80 concept (no sequencer, sampler, expansion, etc.) and if that's the case... HELLO KRONOS! :D lol

But for now I'm gonna stick with my Fantom G7 and see how Kronos shakes out over the next year or so. There are reports of some limitations on the Kronos such as the itsy-bitsy font size that can't be enlarged and also some features can't be used yet because the software to enable them hasn't been written yet and also the build quality is somewhat circumspect too apparently. Plus the guitars on the Kronos are apparently really weak sounding also. But the Kronos has expansion capability so that might not be a problem in the long run. Summer NAMM session will be July 21-23... fasten your seat belts. :) But don't hold your breath. ;)

IMO The success of the JP80 will not have anything to do with the Kronos..

The Kronos, on the other hand, is selling like hotcakes

About 1,300 Kronoses have been sold so far world-wide. Hot cakes sell much more than that.

I'm not interested in the Kronos anymore because (1) the cooling fan is LOUD and (2) the user interface is just awful.