Originally posted by mdorantes:
There are several issues with correct instrumentation and musical phrasing in many of their Latino styles, is obvious that the persons that designed those styles, did not completed their research, you must be immerse or have born in that culture to know how is play that particular gender.
In the case of Roland, my guess is that they wanted quantity, not quality, that explains the number of those styles, BUT, I must admit, is the closest "attempt" to try to do it right.
Well, OS2 for GW-8 adds qhuite a lot of the amazing 'Makeup Tools' abilities from the E and G-series arrangers. If the part is OK, but the sound is wrong, it's a snap to change that. Wrong playing, though, that's tougher, but all in all, if the majority of the style is in the ballpark, and just a part or two not quite right, it isn't that major of a task to perhaps erase it and put in your own...
At least it's good to know that, in the eyes of someone that DOES play primarily Latin music, the little cheap GW-8L is the LESSER of all the evils out there! You know, I always thought the sounds in it themselves, especially the new Latin music drumkits, are by far the best thing Roland has come out with so far. Perhaps all it needs is for someone familiar with REAL modern Latin music to produce styles for it? At it's price point, a good set of third party styles might be bundled with the arranger by dealers...
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