From stateofmin@aol.com Fri Jan 14 18:39:27 2011
Subject:Re: ROLANDS NEW DOUBLE MANUAL!!!


I agree 100%. The flexibility is an asset in many musical situations. As for me, I am sick and tired of carrying multiple boards to a gig and welcome a board that can be used as both a serious piano, ep, clav and organ at the same time. Actually, I would hope it would also have strings, horns and synth sounds so there would be no need for any other board on stage. I can't stand playing piano on a synth action. On the other hand, I am not that bothered playing organ on a synth action which isn't exactly like a Hammond. Of course, I am more of a piano player than an organ player.

Rick



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter J. Previte, Jr.
To: CloneWheel
Sent: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 2:20 pm
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: ROLANDS NEW DOUBLE MANUAL!!!




A while back, I had mentioned about the possiblity of having a single instrument that would have two keyboards. The lower would have piano-like keys (and touch) and play piano/e.piano/clav/etc sounds (and organ lower manual registrations). The upper keyboard would have more of an organ/synth shape (and touch) and trigger organ/sample/synth sounds (B3, Vox, brass, solo voices, etc).
Such a keyboard would be that elusive all-in-one instrument. Farfisa tried doing this back in the 70's with their double-manual "VIP" series.
I'll give Roland credit for at least taking a stab at just such an instrument.

Peter

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, skookum44 wrote:

From: skookum44
Subject: [CWSG] Re: ROLANDS NEW DOUBLE MANUAL!!!
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 1:52 PM

Whoa.....tough crowd.
None of us have yet seen or played this instrument
(or even had the opportunity to scope out The Manual).
I (for one) bet that this thing kicks ass!.....in the right hands.

It's being marketed to the Lowrey/Thomas/Kimball/etc. crew.
Try to look past that.
Forget about all the "crap" on it that you "don't like/would never use", and dig on the good stuff!

As we all know, the current VK8(M) engine is no slouch. This'll likely up the ante.
With a full set of drawbars for each manual, there'll undoubtedly be every conceivable flavour of V/C, Leslie, reverb, presets, EQ, MIDI, etc., etc., etc.

4 octaves on the upper manual,
5 (and change) on the lower,
and a choice of the number of bass pedals
gives you plenty of "real estate".

The trump ace for this rig is Roland's state-of-the-art SuperNatural Acoustic and Electric Pianos, as found in their top-of-the-line digital pianos. (major clue: lower manual extending to low A)

A guy could use this to be rippin' and dancin' to any "B" he could cook up. And then some.

Again: I'll bet that this thing kicks ass!.....in the right hands.

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