Roland EA7 Organ Jamming ..

Blues patch from Roland Arranger Keyboard E-A7 with dual Blues percussion/B3 sound.
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I love that Beringher mixer in the back.

There is a feeling these days that over the last year or so, bad behavior is becoming 'normalized'. I think the same thing is happening to bad music. I think we are losing our sense of 'quality' and that we have become more and more accepting of the poor and mediocre 'product' that has been put out there for public consumption. By 'product', I mean quality of sounds, creativity in arrangements, and quality of performance. But yeah, I liked the Beringher mixer too.

chas

love the sign. Okay, back on topic. I didn't love the 'Hammond' sound on the EA7, but as an arranger, it's probably a good bang-for-the-buck.

chas

Not digging the organ sound as much as the "Style"
I wonder if the EA7 styes are backwards compatible with my BK9 ? And does it have full size keys ? I thought they were smaller.

Chas the EA7 has amazing organs sounds your only hearing one here and quality video and audio input isn't the best here either.

listen too a few of these in the demo..

Like I said, great bang-for-the-back and yes, the sound is much improved and some of the styles sound great ('cool blues' style sounds song-specific for that Gary Moore tune) but the 'B3' sound is still a long way from the TOTL clonewheels. It's like someone took a great-looking hunky guy and turned him into a Eunuch; looks (sounds) great on the outside, but no b---s. But not much worse than the 'Hammond' in most arrangers. Maybe I'm super critical because I listen to great hammond sounds every day.

One other thing. In most, but not all, of these demos, the strength of the demos is largely based on a great 'RIGHT HAND'. But in fact, how many arranger players play that well? Your results will most definitely vary.

chas

Bill, the styles will play in the BK9.... you will have to find a substitute drum kit for some styles.... since the E-A7 has more, newer kits not found on earlier arrangers..

I saved the styles from the E-A7 (not an easy adventure).... Let me know what styles you want and I will email them to you..

Bill let me also add that many of the older Roland Styles really sound terriffic in the EA7 also....sometimes just a few tweaks in the makeup tools and your on your way....
The EA7 definitely flew under the radar bypassing many who have no clue what it's all about,
...I thank Fran for opening MY eyes...

I liked a lot about the EA7, but there were too many compromises to suit me. No text display, no real Break/fill, tiny screens, no vocal harmonizer, ugly wall wart power supply, limited guitar sounds. . .and more.
It does sound good though, and I love many of the Roland styles. All the old ones worked fine, with a little adjusting.

Did you know Behringer makes a Synth now?
http://www.proaudiostar.com/behringer-deepmind-12-synthesizer.html

Thanks Donny,
This is actually the first EA-7 demo that I enjoyed.
The Style was great.
All the other demos I heard so far made the EA-7 sound tinny.
I thought to myself why is Donny giving up the great sounding PA4X for this tinny sounding EA-7.
Now I get it
Eric

Eric thanx,......most Ea7 demos are being used with onboard speakers hence the tinny sound as with most arrangers speakers,....but if you EQ CORRECTLY AND PlUG IT INTO A QUALITY SOUND SYSTEM LIKE A MAUI 5 OR 28 ETC, ...LET ME TELL YOU IT SOUNDS AS GOOD AS ANYTHING ON THE MARKET...it certainly can hold its won against the big boys if you know how to set it up...I have been singing with a TC helicon harmony singer hooked top the Ea7 for FX & VH and it sounds really good with my system..for all else I use a laptop also, lyrics if needed,etc,..the EA7 has a great Smf Mp3 player & superior makeup editing tools and sampling too, multipads, & I am getting used to using two displays too it makes sense also ....it's keeping my excitement and interest level up there,....glad I held back on whats on the market NEW for now...not saying I wont add another arranger or whatever down the road if it excites me,....but for the money, sound, features, lightweight, all the buttons, sliders, etc, & navigation for playing live its a winner for me. Enjoy what you buy and play..

Donny,
There is soooo much great stuff out there: Arrangers, PA's, Laptops, tools, tools, tools to make great music.
We live in amazing times.
Love it
Eric

Yes for sure Eric.....
& MORE to come in the future too embrace it all !!

Actually...

Next to the deepmind, they have several other models comming soon/ just out..

A Minimoog model D clone..
An OB-x oberheim clone
The Neutron
And offcourse the string/vocoder instrument..

And there are much much more comming..
Real Analogue, for a few 100 dollars each...

Check them all out
http://keyszone.boards.net/board/32/new-keyboards
They are all listed with small introductionary video’s

Thank you for the link to the demo Donny.

I really envy your ability to be able to buy and sell your keyboards so easily. I used to love being able to try out new gear, then be able to sell it, when I tired of it. Alas those days are long gone. Trying to sell, all too hard.

Back on topic, if you want a true Roland Organ experience
You need to start looking for a used AT 350c





Next to a top knotch organ, it also has a huge selection of super natural sounds



Its the last of Rolands organ range
And the ultimate combo organ
And its not even expensive if you can find a used one.

I agree and being able to get them to next day's job is mind boggling

Roland definitely has some really cool gear in so many facets..thanx for the demo I enjoyed them..