I was in a Broadway Mood so I fired up my Roland EA7 selected
EPIC MOVIE Style which has an Amazing long Intro & Ending. What I also enjoy is that the same Intro & Ending is different depending if you Play it in a MAJOR key or MINOR key!.....what I have done is recorded the same Intro & Ending on my Roland EA7 in
BOTH Major & Minor keys and listen to the differences of both, I think you will enjoy it!...




Roland EA7 EPIC MOVIE STYLE

I realise these are both stock intros, but I had the misfortune to listen to these after that performance of 'Somewhere' by Pete Shaw on his Pa4x.

That's not to knock the EA-7, and it may not be comparing apples to apples. There is a difference in price after all.

Exactly my point at 3x the price LESS then a KORG Pa4x or Genos etc, ....Roland styles have very unique intricacies driven by the chord structure played major or minor,.... I know there are not many Roland fans here on SZ but that's ok,...who are we to judge right?..

The old Roland orchestral expansions from the 90s SR-JV02 and 16 and SRX 06 would blow these sounds away completely... Really not a good advertisement of the E-A7.

Can't really tell the quality on IPad speakers but it is an impressive Arrangement. on a gig You could take a nap while that's playing

Bill try it with headphones.....to get the full effect.
can you post the BK9 version of this styles if you can?..

Nice!

But as you know, this is not any new feature at all, it is, and has been like this at many keyboards for a long time, not only at Rolands.
Some styles has huge difference between major and minor intros, others not as much.
Another fine thing is that the different intros sometimes can be great as bridges etc.

Yeah Donny, I'm surprised you didn't know that (or thought it was unique). ???????

chas

Korg does that. Still, it was very pretty. There's a lot to like about the EA7 at that price point.
I remember making styles on the Korg PA80, and there were SO many variations and options, in both major and minor keys. I made a few styles but it would have taken days to make one and completely use all the options.

Sounded great to me! Thanks for sharing.

Of course I know of this style feature in chord structure...
many have it but ROLAND does it better then anyone else IMO..
I'm always hearing things going on within the styles when I'm changing chords, or inversions, turnarounds, modulations, etc, etc, ever since my early Roland days with the RA90, G1000, EM2000, G70, E50,E60, Bk5, units etc,.. ...these things really inspire your playing.....

Thanx Zuki I though so also,....I would like to hear some other EPIC movie styles from Genos, SD9, Korg Pa, if anyone is willing to post them.

That's one of my favorite style on the E-A7. Thanks for sharing Donny.

Thank you Jimmy your very welcome .......you can do so many things using this style for sure as with so many others too........

here's minor and major intros of Epic Ballad by PSR-S950 https://app.box.com/s/vc79yer7bzovc60jzo03l86dsv3njj14

Kabinopus Thank you for letting me remember this Epic style when I had my S950,... sounds terriffic and it allows you hear the importance of STEREO too especially with the Cymbal crashes! ...

Donny, I am going to get on your case....

You edited this EA7 style in Mixcraft .. didn't you?

You have a knack for cutting out the low frequencies and bringing the high frequencies to a bit of harshness...

In this style demo it lost it's character... dynamic loss is noticeable when I compared the same style played on the G70..

This style with the 36 measure intro and ending... sounds way better than the Yamaha offering posted..


Why not record direct from the EA7 .... don't edit the eq, and let the folks here how it was designed to be heard..

Maybe it is your monitor system or those aging ears catching up to Gary

I know you prefer less bass and you like bright highs... maybe too much for average listeners..

Give it another go.... I can recall it sounded better to my good ear than your demo..

Fran can you post the G70 version?

http://francarango.homestead.com/DR000245.mp3



36 measure intro and 18 measure ending... 29 parts..

Recorded to Tascam DR 07 from G70..

Fran that sounds way more "fuller". It would have been better if you didnt say what keyboard it was from to leave people guessing its just as good if not better than anything that a current keyboard can produce.

Fran excellent thanx

Can someone post a Ketron version of a style like this?

Here is a Ketron Movie pat.. recorded to Tascam dr07 and playback source are soundfonts..

There is a hangup but you can get the idea..