Colin, you used to own a Roland G70 what would you say in the light of Tom's assessment? I wasn't even aware there was a Roland keyboard with built in harmonizer.
Colin, you used to own a Roland G70 what would you say in the light of Tom's assessment? I wasn't even aware there was a Roland keyboard with built in harmonizer.
God Bless, Don
"Discontinued" does not mean unavailable and certainly is still a wonderful unit. Probably could get it at a discount now on eBay also.
I Have the Roland/Boss VE 20 but it's not very user friendly for a singing keyboard player. The pedal you step on to engage harmony if kept depressed switches to advancing through the presets. Then you have to hold it depressed again to return to its harmony ON/OFF function. I could not use it for performance. Maybe for recording.
On the discontinued Roland, here's part of the promo literature..................
Generate vocal harmonies instantly — no vocal skills required
And here is another demo. I thought it was a touch robotic in Donny's original demo but check this out! The fellow goes on about the keyboard so you might want to fast forward to listen to the machine-like harmonies.
It sounds ok, but that is actually the thing that I don't like about harmonizers.All these harmonies sound lifeless and too sterile. ..
That's what you get when it's ALL the "SAME PERSON VOICES".... vs Separate Singers,.....it loses all dynamics. Just like an Arranger KB vs playing with a band. But when alone we do what we have to.
Indeed! Those other guys are a pain some time but they sure were dynamic. One time years ago when I was a much younger man I was doing a guitar/beat box gig when some younger guys who already had their amps and drums setup on the stage behind me asked if they could back me on a couple of numbers. Wow! After playing on my own for so long, playing rhythm guitar and singing with a real band was like "dying and going to heaven". Talk about dynamics!!!! DYN-O MITE!!!!!!!
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