Both Roland and Korg can do the music you want to do, arrangers not withstanding.

I know the Roland G70 can except one expansion card (of which there are many in the Roland sound library) at one time. I think Korg has something similar also.

Korg has the edge on sound editing but Roland has good compression and eqs which are good for the type of music your doing.

One of the good things about the Korg is that it has a sampler. You can also import wave loops and sync them with styles.

For me, one of the biggest negatives about the Korg is the touch screen. Unless you are very comfortable, that could pose some problems for easy operation. But then again, on the Korg you can remap drum kits to your liking.

I think that using the style creation tool is a good way to start making the type of music you are making. A style is basically a looped pattern and depending on how many variations, fills intros and endings Korg and Roland gives the user; you can have well over 12 parts to a song quickly created. The only down side is that the amount of tracks you can use in a style is limiting. Unless Korg or Roland has it different, they are usually just 8 style tracks.


Because of the hard drive and the sampler I like the Korg. Because of the lack of the touch screen I like the Roland.

I like the fact that both are still adding new features and updating their OS to satisfy their user’s needs. Unlike Some keyboard manufacturers who promise that their keyboards’ OS and features can be upgraded, but don’t actually do it. Instead, they release a newer (but not different) hardware version of the keyboard that just includes the software upgrades that should have been on the older keyboard.

But I digress.
When it comes to which sounds better, it really is going to come down to you testing out both Korg and Roland keyboards and figuring out which one you like and which one would best fit your music.

Happy shopping.