* The few styles I heard were very good and sounded very "sharp and tight" if that makes any sense to you, but its the best way I can describe them. Fills and intros are very interesting. Didn't get to really go thruogh all four variations but its nice to have that much choice for a song.
CON;
* This is personal opinion but for me I didn't like the keyboard. I'm a big guy and I have big hands. It wasn't the slight narrowness of the keys so much as the shortness. I could probably get used to it in time but that was the only dissapointment in the unit I found.
I felt the same way about the styles, finding them as good or better than G-70 (more
"detailed", if that makes any sense) and nearly every one I tried seemed to be balanced well against the others.
The key size was also a bit disappointing to me, as I have large hands as well...this was also one of the reasons I had issues with the Korg MicroArranger, but at least the BK-5's are
relatively full sized.
Overall, I think the BK-5 is one of Roland's better efforts to date, but, I really would like them to re-enter the Top Of The Line arena again...as always, competition between manufacturers benefits the user/player more than it does the companies, and Roland certainly has the resources (and also the available content with those great SuperNatural voices) to compete very well.
Ian
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