Originally posted by Peter Lowden:
Is your keyboard the EXR-5 been out only a very short time?
Yes, it hit the stores last October, or sometime around that (may vary depending in which country you live)
I think you hit the nail on the head earlier in our debate, it looks very much like the MD2 Mode has only become available recently and is not available on the VA7.
I did some "Googling" myself too on the VA-7 specs, but I found no information about variable arranger settings like the EXR-series has.
What surprises me is that Roland UK Tech Dept did not mention that the new range ie: the EXR-3 & EXR-5 has this new feature for Single Fingered chord recognition.
Well that's exactly what I meant in my reply this morning: If Roland told you that Roland uses a different approach by definition, the information you got was incorrect or at least not complete. Maybe because the guy you talked to assumed that you wouldn't be interested in a new feature in the lowrange boards since you were talking about a VA-7.
On the other hand, I find it quite likely that Roland will implement this MD1/MD2 thing in the new "flagship" boards as well, maybe even in an upgrade for the VA-5/7, like you suggested. I do not have access to information about developments in that area, so I can't answer your question about that, I'm afraid. Maybe Fran knows more?
Regards,
Bart
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