timswiley

I started with low level programming Assembler. I haven't worked in it for a long while. And i realize realtime processing requires very very optimized coding approaches and integrated circuits, but workflow optimization...

I think your whole first paragraph can be nullified, because if a software producers making products like Cubase, Mixcraft, Fruityloops, Ableton, and countless others have mastered adding/subtracting features while maint...

@Mryk - Nice to chat. I get some of your points but i hope i can provide some background. First off i'm a software developer... Now i don't do audio/product development but i know a ton about hardware and firmware. There...

Again i do indeed want to clarify. Bug fixes should be free and supported for life of product. I'm talking about new features added to help in workflow, sound performance or whatever.

@Mryk - Roland only charges $1000 for the FA-06 hardware, and they have no where near the profit margin that software providers have on DAW's. If they charge too much for hardware then many entry level folks and many exp...

The FA seems to be a linear sequencer without a good Pattern feature (outside of drums). So i was thinking of a workaround but i don't think its possible. If i setup a song to be nothing but patterns in the first bars of...

Love the replies everyone. I am a software developer not in music at all but i do know by seeing how the modern keyboards work that they could easily snap-in enhancements to workflow, shortcuts... maybe an extra FX here...

All, Please give feedback if interested. I know its traditional for Keyboard manufacturers to put new firmware out to fix bugs... but they aren't very motivated to add new features, but if they started to figure out that...

Thanks so much appreciate that. I kinda of finally after far too long with my dense brain indirectly figured some of that out late last night, but wasn't connecting the dots until reading your email. Wish i knew this hea...

Maybe there is something i'm not understanding. I power my unit up with latest firmware. My samples are there in my 4 banks no problem. I then hit the sequencer button and choose to load up an empty song and it loads but...