Hey Donny, thnx for posting.

At the beginning he is using a vocal harmonizer! Do you know if it is external or included on the BK-5?? If on the BK-5 that's a definate plus.

Don P

The Bk5 to my knowledge doesnt have a VH inside......I would assume since he's a ROLAND rep he is using the Roland VP-7.
Roland VP-7

Combined with the BK-5 would be a KILLER Rig for sure.
And another KOOL thing is it Vp-7 comes with the HEADSET Mic also.. Adrian Scott does a nice job on the demo..

I saw that demo Live at Namm it a pretty good unit fore the money , vp-7 on vocal harmony headset mic not included .

Finally! Someone who can really play is demoing this instrument.

I like what I hear.

Weak sounds would be the organ (at least the ones he played) and the rotary sim isn't very convincing.

The strings, pianos, electric pianos, brass, synths, are all very, very good!

The Sax, at least the one played, is disappointing, but for the price, this is one great sounding instrument.

AND...it has NORMAL SIZED KEYS!

Bravo!!!!

Missing an on-board harmonizer won't matter, as many (most) use outboard units, but the omission of a midi recorder (sequencer) is unforgivable in this day and age, especially with so many sound parts available for overdubbing etc.

Impressive demo...impressive instrument...very impressive price.

Blows the itsy-bitsy teeny weeny KMA into the weeds, and yes, I know it costs more, but it sounds like it's worth the extra bit.

All my opinions.

Ian

PS...I can see Fran taking the loot from the sale of his KMA and putting it towards this little gem.

Sounds like the GW 8

The style is close to the same but to my ears the Bk-5 sounds more fuller then the GW8....I hope this isn't a repackage?

If anyone can figure what the difference is between these two beasties, it's Fran.

Ian

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I think Roland is on a winner here, I hope that the time for the ever increasing cost to consumers for boards is going to come down to an affordable level where we can update on a more frequent basis. The sound was great certainly at the E80 standard, and nothing wrong with that. (I do wish someone had told the demoer to keep the head mic further away as it was distorted)

I liked it and at under $1k deffinately got possibilities,after all it's the performer that wins the audience over in the end, expensive kit, doesn't necesarilly mean better outcomes

Lets look at it this way..Under a $1000 instrument.Like Ian said too bad for no sequencer but still,it's made for live.Tyros 4 and Pa3x are in 4k Audya even more.Are they 4 times better than BK5..I think not.Roland misses some things in this unit but the prize is so low it doesn't really matter.Even these big guys miss things and they are 4x more.
Tyros 4 is missing whole synth engine.I am not saying it is bad, but we all know it's dumb down version in 4K instrument.Even midi set up is terrible.Any regular older synth has better one..Can you make your own SA voices? I don't think so..Drums are still so compressed it kills everything else for me..And I am talking about LIVE playing.
Pa3x has these things but it's OS is terrible to set up and too primitive.It should be simpler..Audya I don't even want to start what's missing.
And these are still at least 4x more money "professional instruments".
So I say BK5 should be a winner..I played with BK7m's styles and I love them.They are not better, but they are also not worse than T4 or PA3X.And still a lot cheaper.
At the end I will ad that I have Pa3x and T4..T4 will soon go.