History
My first Roland keyboard was the E-70. A very nice keyboard, but the limited number of styles
was a disadvantage. I had some style cards, but they were very expensive...
The noise level was a drawback as well and it needed an update soon...
E-86
The next keyboard was the Roland E-86, with many new features, like the disk drive
and the user styles. Of course, many new samples were a very good addition, too.
The sound quality was significantly better than the E-70. I started to record songs on
my DAT machine with it.
In 1995, I saw the G-800 first and it did not take long for me to replace
the E-86 with the G-800.
G-800
The G-800 is quite an improvement, when compared with the E-86. The range of the keyboard
is larger (the E-86 only had 5 octaves) and there are quite a number of extras.
It simply feels better and it reflected ideas (that I shared with Roland), like the separation
of the tone and user (performance) memory selection.
New samples help to prevent the 'bored with the same sound' effect. The new drum samples are
superb!
G-1000
The G-1000 did not convince me. Although there were some improvements, one of the things that I
did not like, was the shared tone/memory selection. On the E-86, this led to regular mistakes.
So, I decided to keep the G-800.
Hints page
On my G-800 hints page some ideas can be found.
Styles
Check the Styles directory. Some nice
styles for you as a little gift for visiting my page...
MIDI files
Have a look at the MIDI directory. Some
MIDI files that play well on the G-800 (All found on the web, some edited).
Links