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<t>Hi<br/> <br/> Question's in the subject line. Just wondering if it's possible to set up the V-Synth/GT to use it as a Live control surface. I understand that the faders and knobs send sysex data - but as a midi novice, I don't really understand whether this actually means it's impossible or just ...

I think that it is interesting that Dan mentions the new keytar has supernatural sounds onboard - including not just brass but strings!

Is this not very strong evidence that a supernatural strings ARX is on the way for Fantom G?

k

<t>Dan says "more to come". <br/> <br/> I am curious: to those who have been to NAMM in the past, do companies like Roland really work in that way - holding back on product announcements until the second, third or fourth day? Introducing new things to their booths as the show progresses? But if they...

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<r>Don't think this has been posted yet - Arx 3 has been announced, it's brass.<br/> <br/> V-Synth GT gets an update to V2 - looks incredibly unexciting to me...<br/> <br/> Here's the NAMM 2009 link: <URL url="http://www.roland.com/products/en/goPrd.cfm?sName=&sEvnt=0000001020&sRange=&sR...

<t>Yes, piaknowguy, we did get a big update for the Fantom X - but I still find it amazing that we were charged £50 for it (in the UK - I think it was $50 in the US?). To add insult to injury, when I got around to doing the audio update a year after it was released, it was no longer for sale. Not on...

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If I am reading that article correctly, the journalist refers to Namm demos of SuperNatural string, brass and reed instruments. I had understood that currently there are only two example of SuperNatural technology - drums and EPs.

Anyone care to comment?

K

Roland US are offering $200 rebate on X6, 7 and 8. Plus, with the X8, they are throwing in a free SRX12 board. So, perhaps it's true - the fantom x line is coming to an end.
K

Really pendulum? You mean there is no way of importing AIFF/WAV as things stand? What if Roland take ages or even fails to come up with the OS update - would that mean there is no way of getting external samples into the machine? If so, that seems quite an important thing to me...

K

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Could GT owners confirm whether the 28 note poly is per tone, or shared across both tones? I understood the latter to be the case, but read a review in a magazine that seemed to imply that each tone has it's own 28 note allocation.

Thanks
k

<t>Hi<br/> I've owned a Yamaha AW2816 audio workstation for two years, and find it an absolute pig to work with - the interface is just so complicated... It totally gets in the way of workflow for me, having to get out the manual everytime I do anything.<br/> <br/> So I was wondering, are there any ...

<t>Thought people might like to know that there is a review of the V-Synth GT in this months Music Tech magazine. First one I've seen...<br/> <br/> It gets top marks, although to me the article read more like a repeat of the specifications than a critical appraisal. Also, unless I read incorrectly, ...

<t>I spent a little time with a GT on demo here in Belgium, and it seems pretty clear that AP can only be used with a set number of built-in waveforms. <br/> <br/> On the plus side, this means that you are free to use a Sine with the Violin phrasing model to get unusual sounds, but on the minus side...

Just thought that I'd add that apparently Kurzweil synths can modulate sample start point in realitime. I used to have an EPS16+ which could do this too - it was an interesting thing to play around with, and much missed on all the k'boards I've had since.
K

<t>I'm sorry if this sounds like a whine, and as a professional composer I can assure you I make music. But it's simply not the case that the GT is 200% of the original V-Synth. Which is not to say that it isn't a lovely instrument - like all V-Synths, it certainly is that. <br/> <br/> Just that I t...