Posted by: Diki
Chord Sequencer on G-70 - 06/17/05 01:29 PM
I finally got to play a G-70 (I have G-1000, had G-800 and RA90) with the new OS and WOW! - what a lot of potential. Editing seemed much more powerful and control goes to a whole new level, the sounds (much debate here, a lot from people who haven't even heard it, yet!) well worth the upgrade, some real killers.
BUT...... two real bonehead changes from the G-1000/800 etc. Firstly, I've already posted about the dropping of the Break Mute button (a pause until the next bar).... unbelievable!!
And, secondly, it seems Roland have finally done away with the Chord Sequencer altogether, thereby dooming all who play this keyboard to soloing with one hand only, or giving up interactivity and having to use sequencing (kind of defeats the whole arranger mentality).
Perhaps some clever guy/gal out there has figured this one out........ Can this older function be duplicated in some way using the sequencer? It's main attraction was you could record your chords as you played them, and when you got to the end of the section just hit play (on the Chord sequencer section) and it would loop seamlessly, press stop (ditto) and the arranger would continue vamping that last chord, press play (ditto) and it would continue. It just remembered the chords, so you could even change styles, or trigger fills and variations in different places each time round, something you obviously (please prove me wrong!) can't do with the main Sequencer.
So, anyone else with thoughts or tips about missing G-70 features and workarounds, please post here (I believe we've all heard too many 'this keyboard s*cks' postings to need more of that, just tips and workarounds, please!!)
BUT...... two real bonehead changes from the G-1000/800 etc. Firstly, I've already posted about the dropping of the Break Mute button (a pause until the next bar).... unbelievable!!
And, secondly, it seems Roland have finally done away with the Chord Sequencer altogether, thereby dooming all who play this keyboard to soloing with one hand only, or giving up interactivity and having to use sequencing (kind of defeats the whole arranger mentality).
Perhaps some clever guy/gal out there has figured this one out........ Can this older function be duplicated in some way using the sequencer? It's main attraction was you could record your chords as you played them, and when you got to the end of the section just hit play (on the Chord sequencer section) and it would loop seamlessly, press stop (ditto) and the arranger would continue vamping that last chord, press play (ditto) and it would continue. It just remembered the chords, so you could even change styles, or trigger fills and variations in different places each time round, something you obviously (please prove me wrong!) can't do with the main Sequencer.
So, anyone else with thoughts or tips about missing G-70 features and workarounds, please post here (I believe we've all heard too many 'this keyboard s*cks' postings to need more of that, just tips and workarounds, please!!)