Re: Roadmap of updates needed
23 Oct 2019, 13:51Benny: part of the trick is to follow the updates....On Ebay, for example, any keyboard I am slightly interested in, I always write to the seller and ask what is the current operating system of their board.
This is an important issue for me, and it is amazing how many people sell these keyboards on Ebay and don't list what their OS is.....Oh, they paste on the usual propaganda sheet from the manufacturer, but really, I would bet that by far, the typical Ebay buyer that spends serious money on a keyboard knows a lot about the instrument already, and merely wants to know the current version that it has.
Even whey you buy them new from people like Sweetwater, et al, if it is not listed you must ask them: never assume that they are selling keyboards that have been updated to the most recent specs.
I have no doubt in my mind, that a year or so from now, Roland will add the Supernatural family of sounds, remove the limitations of the sequencer, etc., not to mention improve the common bugs mentioned already on these forums. That will be a more ideal time to purchase this keyboard.
Last year I went through the process of fully updating my Kronos, and it was a royal pain in the arse, that took both time and money, as, the memory had to be expanded first. A quixotic quagmire ( how you like THAT alliteration, lol) of confusing terms, it took quite a while and help from Korg forums to finally do it properly. In this case, it was an older keyboard, and it went through some serious changes since I had bought it, but if I were buying any keyboard today, whether used or new, I would want the latest OS already installed.
This is an important issue for me, and it is amazing how many people sell these keyboards on Ebay and don't list what their OS is.....Oh, they paste on the usual propaganda sheet from the manufacturer, but really, I would bet that by far, the typical Ebay buyer that spends serious money on a keyboard knows a lot about the instrument already, and merely wants to know the current version that it has.
Even whey you buy them new from people like Sweetwater, et al, if it is not listed you must ask them: never assume that they are selling keyboards that have been updated to the most recent specs.
I have no doubt in my mind, that a year or so from now, Roland will add the Supernatural family of sounds, remove the limitations of the sequencer, etc., not to mention improve the common bugs mentioned already on these forums. That will be a more ideal time to purchase this keyboard.
Last year I went through the process of fully updating my Kronos, and it was a royal pain in the arse, that took both time and money, as, the memory had to be expanded first. A quixotic quagmire ( how you like THAT alliteration, lol) of confusing terms, it took quite a while and help from Korg forums to finally do it properly. In this case, it was an older keyboard, and it went through some serious changes since I had bought it, but if I were buying any keyboard today, whether used or new, I would want the latest OS already installed.