Will these be ALL NEW Roland styles in this module OR just the "same ones" that are in the Prelude/GW8?

You find ONE arranger that has 'ALL NEW' styles in it, Donny, and perhaps this point might be valid. But from Yamaha to Ketron and all in between, you are NEVER going to find an arranger with ALL new styles.

Wish it wasn't so, though...

Why I said that is that I wasn't very impressed with the GW7,8 or Prelude styles.....thought maybe some slim chance Roland would have improved the whole style set. But I guess as intended by their demos for mostly Accordion players it's good enough to get by with.
The small display is a turnoff though. I hope it's successful for them.

If it will play styles from E series and G series, complete with OTS, then I'll be very happy.
DonM

To bad it doesn't have VH also.

If you were going to buy one of these what keyboard/controller would you use with it and why?
Hammer

I have an Edirol PCR-800 that I like a lot. I used it to control the Ketron Midjay when I had one. As I mentioned on PSR Tutorial, I have an M-Audio that is brand new that works fine. I like the Edirol better. You can have the M-Audio if you need one.
I could also control it with Roland E50, but that might be redundant.
With a light-weight controller and the Roland module, you would be looking at a TOTAL weight of 10 or 11 pounds!
Do you still have the E80? I miss mine, but it was just too heavy to carry around.
DonM

Don, I sold the E80 - only kept it for about 2 months. I had a room full of TOTL arrangers and really couldn't justify keeping it. Because of it's weight I would have never taken it on a gig.

hammer

Bill are you considering going module/controller now?

Hi Donny,
Yes, I am looking at using the new Roland Backing Module. It seems to me many of us spend a lot of money to play TOTL arrangers and most of the audiences I perform for could care less - it's the music and how it is played that gets their attention. So, as I get older(now 70) and often play 2 or three gigs a day I would like to lighten my load on gigs. Right now I am down to a Bose L1 Compact and my Tyros 4 plus all the supporting gear. Anyway, thought I would give it a try and see how it would work.

Hammer