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#495805 - 04/27/20 03:37 PM Roland BK5 sounds good...
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#495807 - 04/27/20 04:04 PM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: Dnj]
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Great tune ... used to perform it all the time when I was working steady at an upscale Italian restaurant here in RI ...
Had a couple that used to come in pretty late on a Saturday night, sit at a table in a back corner, have a couple of cocktails and go at it ... She was really good looking - so was he - but she just looked a few years older ... played this song every time they were there ... wink
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#495808 - 04/27/20 04:08 PM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: tony mads usa]
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Tony on the KN6000 or Pa900...?
love that song..


Edited by Dnj (04/27/20 04:11 PM)

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#495809 - 04/27/20 04:15 PM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: Dnj]
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#495819 - 04/27/20 06:52 PM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: tony mads usa]
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Originally Posted By tony mads usa
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Thanx... Am I allowed to say.. Would love to hear it sometime ?

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#495821 - 04/27/20 07:07 PM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: Dnj]
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I would really have to dust off that Kn6000 ... but we'll see ...
Might have to find that couple again too, for the inspiration ... laugh2
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#495830 - 04/28/20 07:01 AM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: Dnj]
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Having had a bk-5...it’s hard to believe Roland still has it as a current model. Especially, with the much more capable and better sounding EA-7. Also, the price difference is not that great.

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#495831 - 04/28/20 07:03 AM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: jingleman]
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Originally Posted By jingleman
Having had a bk-5...it’s hard to believe Roland still has it as a current model. Especially, with the much more capable and better sounding EA-7. Also, the price difference is not that great.


Yes it is amazing but it must be selling for them to have it still on the market....it is still a very capable arranger as you can hear in the video.

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#495832 - 04/28/20 07:37 AM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: tony mads usa]
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Originally Posted By tony mads usa
I would really have to dust off that Kn6000 ... but we'll see ...
Might have to find that couple again too, for the inspiration ... laugh2


Great now you have a reason and plenty of time
to connect with the KN6000 again fire it up baby....
thanx buddy

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#495836 - 04/28/20 08:09 AM Re: Roland BK5 sounds good... [Re: Dnj]
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I would guess that Roland still shows it as current on their website because many retailers and distributors still have them in stock. It may be part of their sales/marketing agreement. IMO Roland's biggest problem is that they don't seem to have an equal share of "shelf time." Every keyboard store is loaded with Yamaha, maybe Casio, and occasionally Korg. It's been YEARS since I've seen a new Roland for sale in a retail store.

I had a BK-5 for a short while. I liked it better than the Prelude (although the Prelude has a full sequencer, if this matters to you.) The BK-5's control layout is pretty good for real-time use. It's less bewildering than the E-A7.

One feature it has which the E-A7 lacks, is that it depicts the inversion of the current chord on a graphical piano keyboard at the bottom of the display. Despite having two screens, in photos of the E-A7 I don't see anything like this. Not sure why they dropped this useful feature, but Roland has a long history of dropping some features and then adding new ones.

Last year I saw a few BK-5s sell for insanely low prices on some popular auction sites. A few years from now the BK-5 will make an excellent budget arranger for someone just getting started. Much better than a new Casio or PSR!


Edited by TedS (04/28/20 08:13 AM)

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