Originally posted by BlkNotes:
Has anyone on this thread heard the G-70 in person.
I own a G-70.
In particular, reference has been made that the sound have been heavily reworked/modified for the performance(video), and do not sound as good on the shipped g-70 product.
This is definitely false. On the contrary, mp3 conversion can cut something out from the original quality.
Further, the piano sound ( grand-x, I believe dervied from the fantom-x) I have been told is not very good in person . My assesment from the video is the contrary. So you see that their are conflicting veiws. And because the views are so diametrically opposed one can't explain them just by personal preference.
Yes, Piano sound is derived from Fantom-X.
I think that different opinions about piano sounds are not strange. It depends on what kind of piano sound do you like or need.
Those that had a Va-7/76 state that there is not very much improvement to the G-70, which would be shocking from a consumer stand point. Who would spend the extra money for a small change. This also doesn't speak very highly of roland if ~3-5 years has passed since the VA-7/76 has been released and they haven't been able to make great strides in the yop model arranger/workstation market even with all the advances in technology that have come about in that time period.
G-70 has a lot of new features, new sounds, new styles compared to VA-7/76.
If you don't need or like these new features, sounds and styles maybe you can say that it is not worth the extra money.