I have had many keyboard workstation over the years from Ensoniq to Yamaha Motif series and When I discovered the Roland Juno DS I had to know more about the FA series. This is NO light weight keyboard as far as sound quality, pattern sequencer, step sequencer, sampler, and most of all performance & Vocoder! I was hesitant to buy this at first considering the fact that what else could you possibly do or add to a workstation at this point.
Roland has taken the "WORK" out of workstation. Right out of the box without reading the large book in print I just started recording.
This is as good as it can get.
PROS:
You don't need a DAW or computer to do serious recording or final mixdowns
Dual sequencer modes, Linear & step
Vocoder (A really good one)
Pattern phrase sequencer
Printed book! (yes a book)
Connects seamlessly to Reason, Ableton and many others
16 track full sequencer with everything you need including loops
Chain patterns, songs and sequences together to make a large or complete song
Full Arpeggiator
"I" beam for model synthesis & vocoder
Live vocal recording
Massive FX library with routing and well defined digital mixer with fine tuning
Long power cord
FA Face plate layout top cover for sampler
Full onboard sequencer tools, copy, edit, step, erase, erase track, insert, delete, undo, reorder, bounce in/out, punch in/out, quantize step and full quantize all notes and ranges
Instant real time recording as you play it records and you can keep on recording until you turn blue in the face
Trigger sampling (love this feature)
Voice capture for vocoder (love this feature)
You can control you Zoom R8 with the FA
Versatile & lightweight to carry around
They have updated the OS version 2.0.3 and it gives you a tons more options including DAW tools and chain sampling
CONS:
The Jog wheel could be a bit better (it is really stiff) when turning to select sounds or patterns
The clear black finish is hard to see the lettering in a darker environment
| Dimensioni prodotto | 100,84 x 29,97 x 10,16 cm; 5,49 kg |
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| Numero modello articolo | FA-06 |
| Colore | BLK |
| Numero di tasti della tastiera | 61 |
| Dimensione | 61 teclas |
| Dimensione schermo | 5 |
| Peso articolo | 5,49 Kilograms |
