I want to be fair to all the keyboards so I will wait for an in depth review of the BK-9. However, these few things are obvious after only a short period of time.
1. BK-9 has no internal speakers - would have been a nice feature.
2. BK-9 scroll bar is still not a great way to select menu options
3. The Key feel is more like a piano than other keyboards I own.
4. The BK-9 OS is not very user friendly - rate me as a Roland Newbie
and I find it very difficult to figure out how things really work.
5. So far the styles from the BK-7 will not load and play - might be I am
doing something wrong - I'll continue to work on it.
6. Also, I can't get most of the G70 and E80 styles to load. Maybe someone
can provide advise.
8. Preset styles, I have auditioned all of them, over use organ sounds which
are also very much out of balance with accomp sounds.
9. I very much like the weight of the unit but would have been happier with
a 61 key version with speakers. (I am not a pianist)
10. Again, why don't the manufactures use standard plugs for the
power supplies.
Today, all day, I will spend whatever time it takes to learn how to edit and save both rhythms, and performances. Oh yes, why can't you edit or delete the factory songs and music assistant?
One other very important thing to know. You MUST format your thumb drive
on the BK-9 not on a computer before using it to save ANYTHING because the format creates folders for various things you might save.
Updating the OS to 1.06 was very simple with good instructions from Roland and it did take 20 minutes to complete. Oh yes, The BK-9 startup time is very fast - The PA900 startup time takes forever with the S950 a bit better than the PA900.
So, I am off to spend the day with my new toy - more later.
Deane
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