That’s a strange description of the FP sustain down mode… the way it works in the BK’s is, you get no new chord until 5 notes are actually played simultaneously, no matter how many notes you play non-simultaneously while the sustain is held.

I don’t understand that ‘1-5 notes are struck’ bit. Is that verbatim from the manual?

The momentary Bass Inversion thing is cool, but I think it would be better as an option. There are times when I want the feature on all the time (in fact, full solo pianostyle mode you do want it on all the time, as your LH usually defines the bass inversion) and I’m not sure I’d want to have to hold a pedal down the whole time! One foot for sustain, the other for Bass Inversion on/off, you just tied your feet up…

I think it’s more a LH chord input feature than traditional two handed piano playing need, which makes it strange that the FP has it but the BK doesn’t. I also wish that Chord Hold worked as a momentary, which would allow even more pianistic possibilities. I think Korg and Yamaha have had this for quite a while.

There were times when I used to think Roland refused to adopt systems from other manufacturers out of sheer bloody mindedness! Decades of pleas for break/fills (common to all other brands, so not a patent issue obviously), multipads, samplers, chord holds, fill loops and other superior features went completely ignored, despite their obvious popularity with players.

That’s not to say that Roland didn’t have their advantages, but other manufacturers seemed all too willing to copy them while Roland plowed on in solitude. Probably contributed to their demise, in the end. You can’t force your users to like being stuck without basic features common to all OTHER brands.

Corporate hubris killed the arranger division at Roland.