Come on, folks. Here is one of the largest gatherings of arranger players on the web. How about some NEW ideas for arrangers (that NO-ONE has got yet) to springboard the year off...

Mine would be (amongst many!), a 'half-time, double-time' button (a la Steinberg's Groove Agent), that would push the drummer part (and bass part too, probably) into a 'half-time' feel (not halving the entire tempo, just halving the kick and snare, mostly), or double-time (great for those swing tunes).

No arranger has got this feature, yet it is more MUSICAL than most of the half-brained ideas they come out with...

Anyone else...?

Like that idea, Diki and I would use it all the time.

Just wonder if enough others would to make it a viable alteration.

Be neat, though,


R.

Great idea, Diki..."half time/double time" button would definitely be useful to me.

I would also want a half measure button on the Yamahas....AND physical sliders for the mixer section that would also be assignable(drawbars for instance).

Ian

I would like to see more breaks and fills. I'd also like to be able to easily mute accompaniment and or rhythm, say for a measure or so.

I love my Pa800 for now not much I would want to change....but here's one small thing...

Have the ability to have the
Style mode & Song mode be able to Play SIMULTANIOUSLY AT THE SAME TIME instead of having to switch modes....all the above mentions would be useless to me for my needs sorry.

Cass, your G70 covered those...but you sold it

Good news ..so will your new E-60

Diki, that 8 track audio recorder was only a $50 update on the fantom...So we only use the single stereo track to record...we don't have to use all 8 stereo tracks..For me I can see usefulness..Dead nights at the club..My band could put together backing tracks...Of course you are right, I would also have my laptop on hand to do the same thing..

The MP3 player will be a welcomed feature for me..here's hoping they take a page from Domenic..and allow us to change keys..too

Of course if Roland does it right...I won't need that laptop on the gig...

I also want larger media storage devices..[40 Gigs}...so we are not so limited to store audio files too..

A $4000+ arranger to do the work of a $200 iPod?

I know for all the karaoke acts out there, mp3 playback would be handy, but why an 8-track? OK, OK, throw it in for $50 more than a G70 costs now, cool. But I think it just shows a lack of understanding about what ARRANGER players need and want.

Fran, you yourself have a LONG list of 'why did they change THAT?!" from the G1000. I just think this is one more example of Roland not having the slightest clue about what is and isn't important to arranger users. Add all this bullsh*t to the G-series AFTER they've got the OS and MIDI features right, but not as a SUBSTITUTE for it...