Hi, I have an old and beloved Roland A-90 EX and I think it's on it's last legs (especially with an annoying bug that shifts the piano down half a step mid-playing!). I'm an amateur piano player who doesn't know much about MIDI or creating complex stuff. HOWEVER I like playing a lot of variety (as in patches) and am drooling over the RD-700SX. With the understanding that the A90 is a much older piano and of course the RD-700SX is "better", do they compare well with each other? In other words, if I were looking for a piano today and the A90 in the past was a great piano for me, would I be looking at the RD-700SX? I'm not exactly sure what I'm asking about since I don't know all the different options out there. I'm pretty much looking for something as standalone as the A90, I never had to add any modules or anything else. Just plug-in and play. I hope my question makes sense. Rich
For some reason, on Tuesday 01 November 2005 09:15, emrys said: > Hi, > > I have an old and beloved Roland A-90 EX and I think it's on it's last > legs (especially with an annoying bug that shifts the piano down half a > step mid-playing!). I'm an amateur piano player who doesn't know much > about MIDI or creating complex stuff. HOWEVER I like playing a lot of > variety (as in patches) and am drooling over the RD-700SX. With the > understanding that the A90 is a much older piano and of course the > RD-700SX is "better", do they compare well with each other? In other > words, if I were looking for a piano today and the A90 in the past was > a great piano for me, would I be looking at the RD-700SX? > > I'm not exactly sure what I'm asking about since I don't know all the > different options out there. I'm pretty much looking for something as > standalone as the A90, I never had to add any modules or anything else. > Just plug-in and play. I hope my question makes sense. > > Rich I have an A-90 EX with a VE-RD1 card and love it. I'm /guessing/ the trouble is in the sound card. (That card is underneath the glass plate in the middle of the control panel.) If you don't want to replace the card, maybe you're looking for a fresh change of instrument. I've never played the RD-700. -- _____ _ _____ _ |_ _(_)_ __ ___ ___ |_ _| __ __ ___ _____| | ___ _ __ | | | | '_ ` _ \ / _ \ | || '__/ _` \ \ / / _ \ |/ _ \ '__| | | | | | | | | | __/ | || | | (_| |\ V / __/ | __/ | |_| |_|_| |_| |_|\___| |_||_| \__,_| \_/ \___|_|\___|_| Where words fail, music speaks. - Hans Christian Andersen
