Copied from the newest 4Sound catalogue. 4Sound is a large Danish music store. The major points from the text are:

Price: € 2100
76 keys
1700 sounds
22 SuperNatural sounds
70 drumsets
Virtual tone wheel organs
540 styles
1000 music assistants
5 MFX blocks
Mastering effects
Intuitive panel layout
Double LCD display
Professional 16-track sequencer
Rhythm composer
Microphone XLR input with dedicated reverb
Composite video out for song texts and images
Roland Wireless connect and iPad apps

Source: 4Sound Instrumental 09 2013

2,100 x 1.28 = $2,688.00

That's the Euro to Dollar rate. Yikes!

Don’t forget Denmark has a 25% VAT rate (Sales Tax) so you will need to remove this first and then convert to dollars, finally adding your local VAT (Sales Tax)

€2100 – 25% VAT = €1680

Conversion €1680 x 1.28 = $2150.40

Add your local tax to $2150.40 get a true conversion price

Bill

Ok, were is the SAMPLER? WHAT? no sampler? they are back to what? forward technology? or another ROMPLER?

It looks to me...that Roland is responding to most folks "wish list"...76 keys, good sounds and styles, lightweight, mic input......and price point..

Sure there are a few folks that would use a sampler...mostly for novelty sounds...rarely if ever do you find a user sample of any quality.....and with the pallette of sounds from the factory, most needs are covered...

Roland could have a BIG time winner, especially if they used the Juno Stage keybed..

I bought the Roland BK-3 and was extremely disappointed - returned it.
If I buy the BK-9 it will be from a store with a very liberal return policy.

Deane

We can add the assignable D beam to the list...


When I use the Prelude (with the band)...I have the drum roll on the D beam and when you release the D beam it has a kick drum and crash...very much an attention grabber...I really wish I had this on my G70 D beam option...but NO, I have to use a drum kit and play the roll and crash manually

If this option is on the BK9..it is another positive..

Well, I believe that Europe and the Middle East are the biggest buyers of arrangers and you have to have and make your own sounds,and not be satisfied with what the factory gives you,Roland super natural sounds and Yamaha Super Articulation sounds just don't take you to the next level or bring you back to the game of arrangers, for me although I have all the brands, KORG is on top followed by KETRON, everyone else is just reinventing the tire. KORG surely does give you a lot for the money just wish they had 1 gig sampler instead of 512 megs. We have 2013 and arrangers should go beyond sampling and audio drums should of been the norm and 15 gigs of sampling ram, I hope that Roland is listening? because for me they are a great company, but they dropped the ball when it comes to arrangers.
We constantly write about the same things over and over and every year the same at NAMM

I agree with you....I know that the sound library (Roland) does include many sounds from Europe and Middle East....can you give us examples of sounds that are still required...maybe they could be available on factory expansion cards..(of course the new line from Roland doesn't have access to cards)

I figured it would be around the $2599/$2699+ mark for a TOTL arranger. Compared to Audya, Tyros, PA3x this is a steal with all those features.!!