Hey Inray! I hope I don't fall in to that category of those who don't research subjects.

I've had Roland's for many years. it's to the point that I can almost easily tell if a sound on a record was derived from a Roland synth or not. I AM a musician who has been bought up studying Classical and Jazz (Julliard (while in High School) and various other institutions). I DO know what rare European pianos sound like.

My point is not that the new XV's suck. I just don't have the need to upgrade to them in the way that a D50 user might. The reason for this is because I noticed that a lot of the "new" sounds are already present in some of Roland's other modules and synths on the market today.

As for the new CPU and DSP, that is apparent. I'm not surprised by that. I have no need for it though. People talk about latency problems, and I haven't really experienced that yet, and I write BIG arrangements on my XP.

With all that said (drum roll), if Roland comes out with XV workstations, I'll be one of the first to save up and get it. The SRX boards are very appealing. - Oh yeah, with all of that background, I still choose to compose Pop and Hip-Hop tracks.

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