Will Roland ever release an updated FA, based on the new Fantom?

Joined
Sep 23, 2020
Messages
6
Reaction score
0
It's been more than 3 years since the release of the new Fantom and while it is impressive synth/workstation, it's quite pricey.
Do you think Roland will ever make a new FA-line similar to what Yamaha did with Montage and MODX? Fantom Lite of some sort?
I couldn't find any news or even rumors about such...
 
Joined
Sep 6, 2017
Messages
5,717
Reaction score
3,088
Location
Lancashire, UK.
They are not alone Korg and Yamaha have ageing keyboards in the low to mid range, only Korg’s Nautilus springs to mind.

The FA is good but limited in certain features, I did spend hours trying one about three years ago but decided not to buy due to its age, it is the same with the Juno, good but old.

There is the NAMM Believe in Music event in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed, if not then then hopefully the full NAMM in the Summer
 
Joined
Sep 23, 2020
Messages
6
Reaction score
0
Yamaha MODX is hardly aging and is a best seller. If Roland can offer something new similar in the way how MODX is a stripped down version of Montage, I will be greatly interested. Nautilus is nowhere near that price, while cutting way too much from Kronos to be worth it, and now with Kronos 2 practically retired, Nautilus should be Korg's flagship, which is sad.
 
Joined
Sep 6, 2017
Messages
5,717
Reaction score
3,088
Location
Lancashire, UK.
They are not alone Korg and Yamaha have ageing keyboards in the low to mid range, only Korg’s Nautilus springs to mind.

The FA is good but limited in certain features, I did spend hours trying one about three years ago but decided not to buy due to its age, it is the same with the Juno, good but old.

There is the NAMM Believe in Music event in a couple of weeks so fingers crossed, if not then then hopefully the full NAMM in the Summer
That should have read ……. Korg and Roland have ageing keyboards
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Members online

No members online now.

Forum statistics

Threads
13,994
Messages
86,231
Members
13,099
Latest member
Ionbel

Latest Threads

Top