I can dream...

Spring 2004 will see the introduction of 3 new arranger keyboards. The Roland G1600, G1800, and top of the line G2000. These keyboards will have a large COLOR screen but will NOT be touch sensitive.There will be more buttons than you can count. Making a comeback will be Fill in to previous,half fill in,fade in fade out. Roland will for the first time in history include 3 intros, 3 endings and 6 variations. Except for the G1600, all will feature 76 note semi weighted keys. The E86/G800 tones will not be in these keyboards,instead Tone Map one will feature G1000 tones, Tone Map 2 will feature VA7 tones....and Tone Map 3 marked "new" will feature XV5080/Fantom tones. The G1600 and G1800 will have 96 mb PCM samples and contain 3600 tones. The G2000 will also have 3600 tones but will have 192mb PCM samples. These keyboards will feature the same 116 drum kits found on the VA7. The G2000 will be the first Roland arranger to feature 2 expansion slots and internal harddrive. All keyboards will now sport a 24 track sequencer. Sound editing will now be as good as any synth on all these keyboards. Gone is the variprhase which is now replaced by a harmoniser. An optional CD writer is also in the works for the G2000 that may be a standard feature. Roland is taking all options into consideration.