Hey, maybe Ed Diaz will check us out and this thread in particular. You gotta love the Roland Rep's outgoing and friendly attitude. Every time I see Ed in a Roland video he always seems to do a real good job in getting his message across in the product demonstrations he gives. Very informative and very friendly in his demeanor and he has pretty good chops too.

I had a strong hunch that Roland wouldn't be throwing in the towel on its high-end arranger line. Rumors start to leak and before you know it a lot of people start to take it as fact before they know the "real" facts. Ed's confirmation is a confirmation to my confirmation that I got a while back talking to Mike at Roland U.S. Tech. He was a little more subtle when I confronted him on the topic of a G70 successor, but even though his answers were a bit elusive and guarded I got a good feeling after talking to him that Roland will indeed come through with a new totl arranger keyboard in the not too distant future. I think Ed's words were right on when he said that Roland "want's to get it right" and my talk with Mike at Roland Tech alluded to that also in that it may be a while yet before we see it announced because Roland, apparently, is trying to do everything it can to make it "right" and provide a new totl arranger keyboard that will be a truly worthy successor to the G70 and also a notch or (leaps and bounds??) above the competition. I hope they succeed in their endeavor.

All the best,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 04-11-2009).]