I love the pattern sequencer... that would have made the FA-08 series even more complete...

Compared to the next step up, and thats the FA-08, it misses the super natural acoustic sounds, the strong effects section, the 16 parts normal sequencer and some more settings..

The FA-08 (or 06) is the real beast, it leaves every Roland arranger beating in the dust.. it can load all teh soundsets of the Integra 7, has a much better keybed, and can be bought for less then the BK9. Current price is around €1200 for the 88 key..


I think all the latest Roland posts and Revival of the brand by Donny indeed shows what this company can do, yet they dont do it for arrangers right now...






This video shows the Jupiter 80, almost 4 years old now, but yet fierce competition for the new upcomming Montage, they are two pretty much alike instruments, both performance beasts made for live jobs in a band..