My NAMM show stock just arrived and I am making the VA7 and VA3 available at much lower prices if anyone is interested. Please contact me at my store if you need a price on one of these instruments.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566

Hi George , Long time no see, Does the VA3 have SMF capabilities and if it does what type of midi file does it support 0 or 1 ??.and does it have a hard drive option.?? Arabic drum kit???..Thanks..

George..

Hi George,
From what I can tell, the VA3 plays both type 0 and type 1 midi files. There is an oriental drum kit (116 sets) and 3,641 sounds. You can also program user styles and use up to 2 drum sets if you wish (very important for middle eastern styles). There is no option for a hard drive, but the VA7 has a zip drive installed. The prices have dropped drastically at the NAMM show for dealers ordering a large amount as I did.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

George,

Is it normal that prices drop so fast of the Roland arrangers? Or is it just this unit, because it is not very popular and actually received a lot of critic reviews? I guess it was not just the large amount, because the prices have dropped before.

Anyway.. I'm still happy with my VA-7

Sander
The Netherlands

Sander,
In the past, and currently, Roland US has not sold as many higher end arrangers as they would have liked here in the US. If their inventories start to pile up, they can't go to the big stores (chain) and offer them bigger discounts, because they still generally wouldn't be purchasing these high arranger keyboards, so Roland might come to their dealers who have shown success with sales of their products and offer deeper discounts if enough keyboards can be bought by the dealer. There is no dropping currently of the official price and if a dealer only wants to buy a couple of keyboards they will still pay the same price as we were paying last year. I was told that my price paid at NAMM would only be a NAMM show special and might not be offered later in the year.
Two years ago, Roland did the same thing with the G1000 and the EM2000, reducing the costs until they sold out of units. However, that was done by the pro division and the CK division is not selling single units and they have not discontinued the VA products, they only wanted to reduce their inventory in their warehouse in California.
I have always liked the VA products alot, and although many do not like the touchscreen for pro players playing live, I love it for my home, consumer players who want something that sounds great and is very easy to use. With the new version 2 software installed, the VA7 has become even a better product then last year.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene

George,

I sent you an email regarding VA7/VA76
Regards,

Claude

George,

Thank you for your answer, that clears up a lot.

Sander

George , thanks for the clearification , as usual very well put.
Playing in Arizona this weekend again, I'll be by next mid week to the store to check things out , I am due for a visit.. hope I'll see you there.

George P.