From ccmacdon@rogers.com Sat Nov 02 06:09:58 2013
Subject:Re: RE: Polls?
I would have to side with Kieth on this one..
I think that the release of the VR-09 may be responsible for Ryan's attitude (because it's a 12 pound $999 drawbar organ that is aimed at the lower end of the market). However, to suggest that Roland makes toys is a tad silly. Since I've been a musician buying and selling dozens of instruments, I've had the pleasure of owning a number of Roland products (if I can recall correctly an SH-5, Juno 60, JX10P, D-50, and recently a Sonic Cell, GAIA, and VR-09) and they've ALWAYS been one of THE premier keyboard manufacturers.. Their digital pianos are excellent as are the Atelier home organs... The new Jupiter 50/80's are amazing keyboards, and the integra rack is perhaps the best rackmount hardware synth module on the market today. None of their products are toys... Unlike Casio and Roland who both sell $99 home keyboards.. Roland doesn't compete in the real "toy" Market!
Ryan if you're interested in understanding the reality of Roland keyboards over the years.. here's a pretty good chronological summary of JUST their synth line. It might serve as a bit of an education for those of you who aren't familiar with Roland over the years.
http://www.rolandus.com/blog/2013/02/21/roland-synth-chronicle-1973-through-2013/
By the way, as the moderator I have no serious plans to run a poll at this time. However, at some point I may want to gather some demographic data from the group... age, background, area of interests etc.. to help me understand direction and content for the group.
Regards,
Craig MacDonald
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From: Keith H Clark
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 2, 2013 8:42:08 AM
Subject: RE: [CWSG] RE: RE: RE: Polls?
Roland is one of the premier manufacturers of keyboard/musical instruments. They are one of the very few that music products are their only and main business. They make high end products as well as price competitive offerings, think Rodgers organs and Roland Atelier organs. Definitely not toys nor inferior to other market offerings. Their digital accordion products are an amazing new product. I work on all makes and Roland has a very good product, amazing considering price point. Their hard disc recorders are still in use in some studios as a main component competing very favorably with many other companies equipment costing tens of thousands more. This is fact, yours is opinion.
From:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of westside.rye@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 1:38 PM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CWSG] RE: RE: RE: Polls?
If you are not interested in polls why not just ignore them? I am personally not interested in Roland products as it is my opinion they are toys, so I just pass on any posts having to do with Roland products. It's rather simple really.
-Ryan
---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
If you are not interested in polls why not just ignore them?
-Ryan
---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Yes... Please, no more polls on this, it goes on and on. And you know what they say about opinions and a--holes....
Thanks,
Randy
---In clonewheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
Was long ago
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Il giorno 01/nov/2013, alle ore 04.12, ha scritto:
>>>>What do you mean by "again"? I don't see any polls anywhere?
>>>>-Ryan
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>>>>---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>>>>Again? :D
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>>>>Sent from iPhone
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>>>>Il giorno 31/ott/2013, alle ore 22.14, ha scritto:
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>>>>>>Is there any way to create a poll?
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>>>>>>I go to the poll tab but I don't see any way to create one?
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>>>>>>I think that it would be fun and interesting to have a poll on which clone is preferred.