With the economy the way it is.., I think Roland is going to focus more on the budget market. The two latest from Roland were the GW-8 and the Prelude. One a budget performers arranger (with limitations of course).., and the other essentially a copy of the GW-8 (minus a few things) for the home player.

This economy is turning to utter crap and it's happening worldwide. Companies have gotta cut back in some areas. Plus arranger sales are so low in the USA compared to the global sales that it wouldn't surprise me if Roland completely put the US on the back burner in terms of arrangers. The RolandUS site alone shows how little Roland really devotes to their arranger line. Just email RolandUS with some deep technical questions about the upper line arrangers and see how eager they are to respond and respond nicely. Ask them anything about the workstations and the techs are tripping over eachother to be the one to answer your questions.