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#207515 - 11/24/01 08:47 AM
Re: VA 7, why not much chat?
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Member
Registered: 03/03/01
Posts: 44
Loc: U.K
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Originally posted by Dreamer:
I have to agree with many of the things already said by Sander. The VA7 has excellent sounds (48 Mb of them) and a lot of styles; if you don't like the internal ones, you can always replace them (I like the G1000 styles a lot). Its biggest drawback, for live users, is the touchscreen, with the relative lack of real buttons, which is a step backward compared to both the G 1000 and the G 800. But, for home users, there is really not much to complain about. I paid mine about 2000 dollars, just 100 dollars more than the Korg PA 80 (I played them both and went straight for the VA7).
My personal wishlist is:
- more buttons (i.e. for fade in/out)
- a hard disk (instead of a zip disk)
- real sampling ability (Variphrase does not allow multisampling across the keyboard).
Sander is right also when he says that we like to talk about the latest or even the "yet to come" keyboard. The VA7, with about one year of life behind, is "old story".
By the way, even if I don't like to advertise myself, on my website you can hear a few songs made on the VA7 (with a little help from a Roland XV 3080).
Regards,
Andrea
[This message has been edited by Dreamer (edited 11-22-2001).] I HAVE THE VA76 AND ON THIS BOARD YOU CAN PUT FADE IN/OUT ON PADS I/2
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#207516 - 11/24/01 08:49 AM
Re: VA 7, why not much chat?
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Member
Registered: 03/03/01
Posts: 44
Loc: U.K
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Originally posted by Dreamer:
I have to agree with many of the things already said by Sander. The VA7 has excellent sounds (48 Mb of them) and a lot of styles; if you don't like the internal ones, you can always replace them (I like the G1000 styles a lot). Its biggest drawback, for live users, is the touchscreen, with the relative lack of real buttons, which is a step backward compared to both the G 1000 and the G 800. But, for home users, there is really not much to complain about. I paid mine about 2000 dollars, just 100 dollars more than the Korg PA 80 (I played them both and went straight for the VA7).
My personal wishlist is:
- more buttons (i.e. for fade in/out)
- a hard disk (instead of a zip disk)
- real sampling ability (Variphrase does not allow multisampling across the keyboard).
Sander is right also when he says that we like to talk about the latest or even the "yet to come" keyboard. The VA7, with about one year of life behind, is "old story".
By the way, even if I don't like to advertise myself, on my website you can hear a few songs made on the VA7 (with a little help from a Roland XV 3080).
Regards,
Andrea
[This message has been edited by Dreamer (edited 11-22-2001).] I HAVE THE VA76 AND ON THIS BOARD YOU CAN PUT FADE IN/OUT ON PADS I/2
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#207517 - 11/24/01 10:11 AM
Re: VA 7, why not much chat?
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Senior Member
Registered: 02/23/01
Posts: 3849
Loc: Rome - Italy
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Hi Chalky,
yes I know that on the VA76 Roland has addressed (and solved) some of the problems of the VA7. Too bad that the VA76 is so much larger and heavyer than the VA7 and, in Italy, much more expensive too (about 3000 euros for the VA76 against 2100 euros for the VA7). Furthermore, I like the presence of internal speakers on the VA7.
Regards,
Andrea
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