Roland System-8 – historic turning point?
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Now, with the System-8 it’s the exact opposite: the pre-set controls of the bender-area (which you’re LOOKING at, so
to speak) reflect in no way the actual bender-performance which has been saved along with the sound. So our
question: what’s to be preferred? A permanent pre-set (always available, but not savable) … or individual settings
sound-per-sound (which may require constant correction of the faders, since their settings are not permanent)?
The more modern system (that of the System-8) may give you greater flexibility, since the required
bender/modulations-lever-settings will probably vary from sound to sound. What you lose, though, is spontaneity. If
you’re looking to use the bender for filter movements — jollyily switching here and there through the sound
programmes, for instance —, you’re going to find yourself having to constantly “correct” the slider settings in the
bender area (or, alternatively, to save the identical performance for all the sounds). That means putting in a lot of
extra work …
