I'm a "softie" for styles....especially Latin styles.......especially Roland Latin styles! I'd buy a Roland E-A7 just for the huge library of usable styles. In fact, at that price and weight I might just.......buy one! If I have to go through a "stiff" learning curve, I'd rather skip my PA3x and start my education on the E-A7. They should change the Model number though. It sounds like the number on some book binder in a library. Consider something like Roland KingKongKeyboard.

Yes, Roland has put out a very good and wide range of Latin styles. For a long I was searching for the very best tropical Latin styles. My Yamahas were too watered down for me. After I checked out all the YouTube style demos such as the one you posted ( Too bad there’s no where in Texas where you can actually try out arranger keyboards) I went for Ketron Audya. It’s fantastic for salsa, merengue, Cha-cha-cha, modern bachata, but it does seriously lacks in Cumbria, in regional Mexican styles and has nothing even usable for Tejano.
So now when play a gig that requires total Latin variety I bring my Yamaha par 950 with a some regional Mexican expansion packs ( which are superb) and my Audya cover to the tropical Latin. Perhaps a bit overkill for a little gig....

Anyways, Roland was very high on my list, probably second to Ketron, but Roland is first in the variety of Latin styles.

I am very encouraged by the new Yamaha Salsa expansion pack though...

What do you think?







https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8QDJDCkucrU

Maybe its me, but most of the "Brazil" sounds were more Mexican or Tex-Mex oriented.

Donny, are there many typical Brazilian and bossa and samba styles on board?

I didn’t hear that at all. Tejano for the most part is a bit like polka but a more aggressive drumming style. Also Tejano music is heavy on synths and accordion. Mexican music varies greatly according to the region .

There are so many factory Latin styles....here are a few bank pages you asked for,.....but I also have hundreds of Roland Latin styles from the G70, BK7, Etc, and namy other units that sound amazing also by just using the great MAKEUP TOOLS..

There are also many more Latin styles in the Ballroom Banks also..

Paul the EA7 would be a perfect match for your style of latin music...
and traveling with it just one KB under you arm is just heaven too..