Oh Wow!! Ian has resorted to the old class clown technique. When unable to understand something make fun of the situation. This discussion was not about making points.
The topic was whats up with Roland.
We have not seen a TOTL arranger from them in a long time and if they are out of the arranger game, it could be because they were making well made products.
That was their downfall since if you make a product that your customers can keep for 10 years or more, then it makes it very difficult to sell a new product to them.
They should have done like Yamaha and make a product that is good initially, do not give free OS upgrades that drastically changes the product and then make a new hardware product that covers the areas the prier did not.
Now, obviously aggressive marketing and proper product place will play a major part in this equation.


This is not just for Roland but for other TOTL arranger manufacturers as well.
Korg giving a free upgrade when they added DNC and Ketron giving a OS upgrade that radically changed the product may have been good for the customer but bad for the company.
If it were Yamaha, to get similar types of changes in a keyboard, you have to buy a new hardware board. Just look at the T2 to the T3.

The only saving grace for Roland is if they plan to integrate their TOTL arranger and workstation in to one board and still have a division for the low and mid arrangers.


[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 09-11-2010).]