New Roland Gear Sept 1st

[drewzle]

i was getting a manual (for a camera) printed at a place, and i noticed the guy had a really huge printer (like, for bus shelter-sized prints) that said Roland. same font & everything. i got talking to the guy and he said, "oh yeah, for these kinds of printers, this company is the world leader." i told them they're known for making musical gear and he had no idea.

dude wasn't a fool. totally knew his printer world, but didn't know roland's other side.

all that to say: i think Roland are just rolling out new giant printers.

fantastic story man! i never realised Roland were involved in printing

it's like Yamaha - famous to me for their synths and groovebox/sequencers...but then some people only know them for their boat motors! WTF? such disparate industries

[PHeMoX]

What Roland makes printers?

[baritone]

i want a machine that writes the song for me


haha just kidding, but some people....

haha...nice one!

[baritone]

damn, I actually hope they don't trump the SP-555 in any major way. Mine hasn't even arrived yet. I will have had it for less than 2 weeks when this new gear is released...

[hurlingdervish]

damn, I actually hope they don't trump the SP-555 in any major way. Mine hasn't even arrived yet. I will have had it for less than 2 weeks when this new gear is released...

dont worry, they haven't really done anything like that before

each machine still holds up on its own

555 forever

[baritone]

fantastic story man! i never realised Roland were involved in printing

it's like Yamaha - famous to me for their synths and groovebox/sequencers...but then some people only know them for their boat motors! WTF? such disparate industries

Yamaha is famous to me for making top quality saxophones. Come to think of it, they are the only company that I can think of that has a professional line of EVERY single acoustic band and orchestra instrument. Their saxophones aren't my favorite--a little too "smooth" sounding--but if I had to use one for the rest of my career, I'd have no worries.

[IIIII]

just started at a new job that uses a roland printer. its dope... it printed a 9 foot banner in less than 10 min. wonder if there are any akai printers to compete?

[PHeMoX]

It's probably a market where Akai already disappeared from.

[cartesia]

they wouldn't listen to their customers... we told you akai.. nobody wants a printer that only prints on circular pieces of paper!

[PHeMoX]

Yeah, and we need more colors than white only.

[wax inspektor]

... right now I don't give a flying shit 'bout new roland gear anymore...
got a 'date' with a 303 in sum hours... maybe I'll take her home... just need to make sure that she isn't that worn out like my current bitch, who already needs some plastic surgery...

[fauna]

just started at a new job that uses a roland printer. its dope... it printed a 9 foot banner in less than 10 min. wonder if there are any akai printers to compete?

sure, the printer is dope, but for some reason there's no pitch function on it....

[fauna]

it's like Yamaha - famous to me for their synths and groovebox/sequencers...but then some people only know them for their boat motors! WTF? such disparate industries

it's true. yamaha's corporate symbol is three overlapping tuning forks. yet dudes get a yamaha motorbike (or ride-em-lawnmower) and are surprised the company also makes musical gear!

[wax inspektor]

Just one more day...

[ellaguru]

what is the sp-404SX???????
is this the new sampler?