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Yea, Art... I dont see it really getting any better. The ball is in Rolands court now. They have their work cut out for them.

<t>Well, Dan did a good job of keeping people informed and interested. When he disappeared... I pretty much knew that Roland had dropped support for the Fantom, as Dan was its biggest fan... just not from an employee standpoint, but from a musicians. I talked to Dan, quite a lot, when I first bought...

<t>"As a past Fantom G user and now currently a Yamaha Motif ES and XS user, I can tell you that the problem is very simple with the Fantom G. <br/> <br/> Here it goes: Bad Marketing and Support. Period!" <br/> <br/> Not to mention using their archaic sound library. They really need to figure out so...

<t>I have both a Mac and PC running Windows 7. Both have their +'s and -'s. PC has a ton of flexibility in software with the fear of viruses and spyware, the Mac has very little flexibility in software with less of a threat of viruses, etc... <br/> <br/> For music, if you are using your machine for ...

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7074116 I want everyone to watch this video. It gives you an idea at just how fast loading sounds in the Neko is and just how quick and easy it is to layer sounds and record songs on this thing. On top of that, listen to the Piano patches included with it. Out of the ...

<t>thextreme1: <br/> <br/> I think you missed what happened over at open labs a while back.. <br/> This is an old video and Jim does not even work there anymore... <br/> <br/> A couple of big support issues were posted here where Open Labs could not even determine the problems even with internet con...

I think even with the news that they are still producing units... we arent going to get any more OS updates or ARX cards. I think J nailed it, when he said that Roland thought they had something more powerful then they really did and the more they dug into the V series... the more they saw what coul...

<t>I will second Arts statement above. I have ever type of DAW you can think of. I have the Roland VS2400CD, The Fantom G, The Alesis Fusion and Sequel, Pro Tools and Cakewalk. There is no substitute for a software solution. You will spend 100x the time working in a hardware environment. In Pro Tool...

<t>After looking at all of the specs for the newer keyboards. I think I am going to go with the Neko Qx6. $4000, 10,000 sounds, Basically a complete studio with support for all of the DAWS and VST's and every sound I could ever want. I didnt realize they had a cheaper model out. The original was $70...

<r>I hardly believe that Roland is working on a massive ARX release. If that was the case, they would have talked it up to the community to build hype and Dan wouldnt have disappeared. I think they tired of throwing money at updates, which werent bringing in any new sales. What is the point, busines...

<t>"Personally I think it would be totally foolish for Roland simply to think that the answer is to release another workstation, when for 10% of that engineering money they could transform the views of the customer base and breathe new life into FG sales. " <br/> <br/> I totally agree... but you kno...

<t>"1) DROP ARX ... few champion it, and it seems almost worthless from an outsider's perspective as to what's needed/necessary in a workstation ... must have been quite expensive to develop ... <br/> <br/> 2) DROP the big screen ... waste of money, never seemed useful from my perspective ... go bac...

<r>Considering Dan left the forums and he wont email me back about questions on the G... I am guessing this is true and has been for quite some time. My guess is, the new Motif took them by surprise and they are scrambling to make up the difference with their own line. <br/> <br/> What they dont kno...

<r>I have the same combo of keyboards. One really compliments the other, because if there isnt a sound in the G that is decent, there is in the Fusion and vice versa. The Fusion is a recording beast! It is a shame that Alesis created it and basically dropped support on day 1... Almost like the Fanto...

<t>@ extreme1 Why are the Fantom G and a VS series recorder such a powerful combo? (Your opinion and what Dan says) <br/> <br/> The VS 2400 has everything built in. When I say everything, think of it as Pro Tools on an external unit. It isnt quite as feature rich, but it gets the job done without ne...