Re: Roland (was Old Guitar Synths)

[Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com>]

On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Clayton Gary Lehmann wrote:

> Take a number.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Walker [mailto:billwalker@baymoon.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:28 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Old Guitar Synths (was Re: Roland gr55)
> 
> <snip>  I definitely have a love  
> hate relationship with Roland, 

I've long felt that Roland tends to have near misses with respect to 
really great products.

Example: I got an SP-808 GrooveSampler and an HPD-15 HandSonic about the 
same time. They both clearly have more or less the same set of modeled 
effects. The SP-808 does a lot to let you do live manipulation of the 
effects using three knobs. The HPD-15 has three knobs, but completely 
misses that live effects manipulation might be something one might want to 
do with them.

I periodically swear off Roland equipment and then end up buying it 
anyway. I figure the Boss Noise Suppressor I just got will do what it does 
and I won't have this frustration. On the other hand, one of the things 
that holds me back from picking up a DD-20 + SL-20 combination is the 
thought that I'm going to get frustrated with something stupid Roland will 
have done somewhere.

Mark