You COULD save Chord Sequences on G800/G1000, and load them up (it's what your 'Riff' feature needs AT A MINIMUM), but, as I said, I never met anyone that did...
The main point I may not have described correctly is that the CS had its' own controls. The Play/Stop/Record buttons were all dedicated (although with modern touch screens, and programmable buttons, no reason why you couldn't use the screen or sequencer buttons as double duty - unlikely you'd ever use both at the same time).
You know, the more I describe the CS, the more people understand its' value. I am just amazed that such a useful, interactive, no-brainer concept didn't garner a HUGE following, and a legion of copiers after Roland dropped it (after all, a LOT of Roland exclusive features got copied in the early days by other manufacturers
). Maybe it's just one of those features that rewards the better player, not perhaps the base user of arrangers
And, if you guys are interested, here are some ideas for ways to improve it even MORE...
http://www.roland-arranger.com/smf/index.php?topic=376.0 In these days of 'looper pedals' for guitarists and the like, and programs like Ableton Live, that simplify creating hands free accompaniment, it seems strange that arrangers, the FIRST easy accompaniment tool, are still mired in the paradigm that the chords MUST be played, tying up your LH relentlessly, at ALL times. I don't want to go SMF completely, even with Markers to allow a bit more structural freedom, I LIKE playing in style mode. But when that means you can't do so much because of the drudgery of re-inputting repeated chord patterns over and over again...
What's a boy to do?
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