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I have
a VP9000 sitting in its box on my desk.
I'll
let you guys know what I think, when I've plugged it in.
The
manual looks like it was made by the same people who wrote the SP-808
manual - not a good sign; I don't speak pidgin english
well.
bIz
Given Roland's track record, the sort of technology found in
the VP9000 will probably appear in future Roland/BOSS products at far
lower prices. Probably with far less control allowed to the user as
well, but you get what you pay for. :)
I have no problem with keyboards like the Triton. It's
still up to the craftsman to make his art, not his/her tools. I mean,
there are people out there doing crazy things like ripping open Speak N Spells
and bending their circuits to transform them into new musical
instruments.
Paolo
How bout the VP9000, Roland's new phrase
sampler/time-pitch-groove-formant shifter? Super-pricey, but perhaps
kind of unique and novel. Aren't we all sick of the current mainstream
designs with the heavy emphasis on specialized application for timely,
trendy styles of music. I like dance music and so on a LOT, but love
open-endedness and cultural innovation much more. It was these kinds
of flexible designs that gave rise to the interesting shift towards
electronic-experimental-cerebral-yet-physical music culture. But the
companies seem to want to let marketing decide on design, like so much of
our culture, and they really are selling out the future in favor of the
present. I'm excited about my Nord Modular on its way, for these
reasons.
People also seem to criticize the
all-purposeness of things like the Triton or JV-2080, and so forth, but the
expense of the VP-9000 makes me wish it were more generally
useful.
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