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#235820 - 06/12/08 03:45 AM
Re: You dont have to spend alot on an arranger to sound good...
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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I always felt that the cheaper Roland arrangers still retained a few of the qualities that made the overpriced E and G models sound pretty good.
Many years a go, I used a Roland E-5 along with my Yamaha CLP-300, which had a nice flat top for stacking.
The styles were decent for the time, although, since then, Yamaha has really surpassed Roland in that category.
Let's hope that Roland does a serious revamp of it's accompaniment/style section on the next E and G series...that's if the latter ever sees the light of day.
Competition always improves the breed.
Ian
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Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#235824 - 06/12/08 08:49 AM
Re: You dont have to spend alot on an arranger to sound good...
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Registered: 09/21/00
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Exactly Ian...good points, Yamaha is on the right track with the S-series units, I'm dealing with its drawbacks using personal workarounds that allow me to perform in my comfort zone. Sounds/Style wise I'm satisfied for now. Ergonomically I'm OK with it but it needs a better angled or manualy adjustable DISPLY Screen, Navigationally I'm 50/50, it needs a better designed rear input layout, USB should be on the Front for easy access, MIC, In/Outs/Aux/Midi/AC/ etc, should ALL be to ONE Side not in the middle  to affect cable positioning when using a KB stand like the APEX deluxe. Feature wise I'm 50/50 eg: VH needs a quality upgrade, MFD needs to save Transpose & Registration info,improvements are needed. Even at a few hundred dollars more to have these things is definitly worth it. I'm trying to wait patiently.  [This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 06-12-2008).]
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