Hi

No new Roland Arranger at Namm, so we have to wait for the Frankfurt Messe.

Regards
Tin

BR-900CD Ver. 2.0 - Digital Recording Studio -->
C-30 - Digital Cembalo -->
CD-2e - SD/CD Recorder -->
DP-990MC/-990SB - Digitalpiano -->
E-09W - Keyboard -->
Fantom-G6 - Workstation -->
Fantom-G7 - Workstation -->
Fantom-G8 - Workstation -->
FR-2 - V-Accordion -->
GT-10 - Guitar Effects Processor -->
GT-10B - Bass Effects Processor -->
HPi-6s - Digitalpiano med Digiscore -->
HPi-7s - Digitalpiano med Digiscore -->
Juno-D LE - Synthesizer "Limited Edition" -->
Micro CUBE RX Gitarrförstärkare -->
Micro CUBE BASS RX - Basförstärkare-->
MT-90U - Music Player -->
RD-300GX - Digitalpiano -->
RD-700GX - Digitalpiano -->
SA-100 - Stage Amplifier -->
TD-9 - V-Drum modul -->
TD-9K - V-Drum set -->
TD-9KX - V-Drum set -->
TU-80-WH - Tuner & Mentronom -->

Tillbehör:

ARX-01 - SuperNATURAL Expansion Board -->
ARX-02 - SuperNATURAL Expansion Board -->
MA-MBR-S - Fodral för Micro-BR -->
CB-CD2e - Bärväska för CD-2e -->
CS-15R - Stereomikrofon -->
CYM-10 - Cymbal Parts Set -->
KS-G8 - Klaviaturstativ -->
KS-STG8 - "Överhylla" till KS-G8 -->
M-UF1G - USB Flashminne -->
MDS-9 - Trumhage -->
RH-D30 - Monitorhörlur -->
RH-D20 - Monitorhörlur -->
RH-iE3 - In-Ear lur -->

Tin,

our sorces say, your gonna have a longer wait for Roland's new arrangers to appear....probably next years NAMM is more like it.

No Donny it will appear at Frankfurt

I hope your right regarding a NEW Arranger keyboard......wait & see

I'm not sure about Roland anymore, They were so popular 10-20 years ago. They had some great keyboards in the past. The last thing that they made was great, was the G1000. anything after that I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.

I think it all depends on whether you PLAY an arranger, or use one as an mp3 karaoke machine...

Roland are definitely the last holdout in the mp3 player game, which maybe shows that they still think their customers actually want an arranger, rather than an mp3 player to play over, and recent reviews of the E60 and a long line of happy G70 users are testimony to many still happy users...

I had a G1000 prior to my G70, and if you liked THAT, basically, there is but one thing that was better on the G1000... Yes, you guessed it, the Chord Sequencer...! Virtually every single other aspect of the G1000 was considerably improved, with piano, drums and B3 arguably the best of ANY arranger out there.

If you liked the G1000 so much, I am curious to find out what, exactly, about the G70 is such a turn-off? It only weighs 3-4 lb. more, has vastly improved sounds, better navigation, more variations and fills, probably one of the best harmonizers out there, vastly improved style and SMF editing, amongst many other things.

Perhaps you only heard one back before OS3, which revamped the styles and added much better OTS and EQ capabilities (amongst other things)? Basically, if you want to sound like a live band, rather than a CD, it is still arguably the best arranger out there. It isn't perfect, but nothing is. Unless you are limited to lightweight arrangers (in which case, you can't like the G1000 either), it is, IMO, the best 76 around. The PA2X is a contender, but I still give the nod to Roland for the drums, piano and B3, and the vastly greater number of fills.

Just forget mp3 playback and recording (which will probably make an appearance on the next G-series, despite my contention that an arranger doesn't need one!), and the G70 still holds it's own, sonically, with anything out there...

JMO, yada, yada, yada...

I hope Roland besides the Mp3 player which to me is nice to have but not necessary when using a laptop also etc etc .....but Roland needs to incorporate some Pads to make their styles more interesting....like guitar strums, piano arps, string parts, & percussion too......makes for more style flexibility mixing & matching on stage or in studio work.

Roland has been there,,done that..when it comes to pads [E-500 and E-600]..For my personal needs..I really don't want them...they are just a trifle gimmicky to me..The better idea was the drum variations with in a style from the G1000..that covered the percussion angle..the other pads that were on the PSR-2100[that I owned]..are useless to me..

I hope Roland stays the way they are..with realistic sounds and edit tools...Just add the MP3 player for those of us that sees the value in an on board player..

You folks see how often Donny and I view things so differently...He dumped the G70 and I don't have interest in a PA800....and we still appreciate each other's views... even though he is so....wrong..