Hook up a midi controller, a roland xv 5080 to a midi interface and then to a pc computer11/12/2022 I'm hoping on the Fax series you can change entire Studio Sets without dropouts, as this is one of the best features on the fantom G series. I'd be interested to know how that works on the FAx series, as on the Fantom G Live Mode can change 8 layers with FX with no dropouts but Studio Mode can't. I'm glad you covered the patch remain feature. I have no idea if there is the equivalent on the new Roland. For example, the Yamaha master mode is very important to me. Of course, there are many things besides "ease of use" to consider. For example, from the video, doing a simple split looks more intuitive. If I was starting from scratch (no knowledge of either), this would look a lot easier to use than the MOXF6. I just got my MOXF6 and have several years of Motif-line knowledge under my belt, so I wouldn't jump for this right now. For the same price as the MOXF6 you get much of the same functionality plus a sampler and a nice color screen interface. I think they will sell a lot of these (assuming the keyboard action isn't horrible). But it does look a hell of a lot easier to use! I'm not looking for a replacement for my MOX8 just yet. And I think if I were looking right now and this was I available I think this has more to offer than the former. This thing is aimed squarely at the MOXF & Krome. but maybe this is the sign of the market.Īt £1299 I don't think this is the flagship - this is their MOXFĪgreed! but there really is a lot here for the price. I am not sure how many G8s were sold… I never saw anyone play those live for sure… same story with the Motif XF… though I have seen a few Kronos' though not many 88 keys all told.ītw, Aidan, I understood from another forum that the street price was £1,299 pounds which would mean the MSRP would be somewhat higher… perhaps that is wrong though… £1,299 is a high price for a product. Maybe the sales of such high end products from Roland has diminished in recent years though…. Thanks for that! Seems that this new FA series has a whole plethora of features which would be welcome in a high end flagship product. It sounds like the FA contains the SN synth tones, the XV-5080 PCM tones, and a subset of the SN acoustic tones. (The effects structure of the I7 is different from the Jupiters, so even though it has all the individual SN tones of the Jupiters, you can't necessarily duplicate all the Jupiter sounds as programmed.) Also a high quality PCM GM2 soundset, though I don't know if those sounds are unique or are drawn from the other PCM libraries already resident. Integra 7 = same as above, plus some new additional SN acoustic tones, plus those (PCM) from the XV-5080 and all 12 SRX cards. Jupiter 80/50 = SuperNatural acoustic and SuperNatural synth. How does this compare with the JP80 in terms of the sound engine? I have never really fully understood the difference between that and the Integra. How does this compare with the JP80 in terms of the sound engine? I have never really fully understood the difference between that and the Integra.Īs for aftertouch, if my old cheapo Emu USB controller has it and my old Novation KS4 (which actually was one of the best key beds ever for me) then I think lack of aftertouch is more a product differentiation exercise than pure cost cutting. For sure the spec of this is somewhat higher than the old G8. So maybe we have seen the last of workstations as flagship products. I felt a twinge of gas watching the Sonic State video. Jazzers may own a very different synth than rockers will, perhaps.įunnily, I still miss those Roland multi-timbral performances with pads and orchestral sounds. I would guess over successive products you could shrink the size (and unfriendliness) of the core onboard library. The whole idea of downloading additional sounds means more customization. The molded plastic reminds me of the RD64 and A88. Yeah, I think all the manufacturers are finding more ways to create value in the sound engine, while making the interface cheaper.
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