FANTOM G 2.0 UPDATE
The Issue
Roland has discontinued the Fantom G workstation and all updates to it in favor of other ventures. However this is still a viable workstation built by Roland and still used by many musicians and producers. Korg introduced the Kronos workstation around the same time as the G and to this day still has updates and advances made for their workstation. A bit of a slap in the face to many of us who shelled out quite a bit of money on the G, and continue to use it even though it isn't supported anymore. Since there has been no direct replacement for the G, users of the G are still hungry for updates for what we see as still a valuable piece of music gear that can still be expanded and updated. There are members of the Roland community that have created some live looping advancements for the machine, as well as programs for sample and patch copying and other workarounds since the system hasn't had a recent update. Roland doesn't seem to understand that there is still a want to further enhance the G as there are quite a large number of users who still love the workflow and functionality of this workstation. Many of these users who also followed, put money into Roland products like the G and feel like they can not trust Roland if they do not care about the users of their products anymore and or is straying from fantastic advancements to a valuable machine. Roland itself has said their newest product the FA is not a direct replacement of the G, and many members of the Roland community still prefer or suggest the G as still far superior as a product. There is a Roland G user community on Facebook consisting of 2000 members who are even willing to pay for an update to the G. Some requested features for an update would be..
-Axial sound integration(if the FA can, why can't the G?)
-Updated sounds, Piano specific
-updated FX similar to the FA, or fx visualizer shown in Roland video
-Windows 10 update
-Live looping capabilities(one member has already created this as a project file)
-Sample to pad
-Better project/multisample patch transferring
Petition Closed
The Issue
Roland has discontinued the Fantom G workstation and all updates to it in favor of other ventures. However this is still a viable workstation built by Roland and still used by many musicians and producers. Korg introduced the Kronos workstation around the same time as the G and to this day still has updates and advances made for their workstation. A bit of a slap in the face to many of us who shelled out quite a bit of money on the G, and continue to use it even though it isn't supported anymore. Since there has been no direct replacement for the G, users of the G are still hungry for updates for what we see as still a valuable piece of music gear that can still be expanded and updated. There are members of the Roland community that have created some live looping advancements for the machine, as well as programs for sample and patch copying and other workarounds since the system hasn't had a recent update. Roland doesn't seem to understand that there is still a want to further enhance the G as there are quite a large number of users who still love the workflow and functionality of this workstation. Many of these users who also followed, put money into Roland products like the G and feel like they can not trust Roland if they do not care about the users of their products anymore and or is straying from fantastic advancements to a valuable machine. Roland itself has said their newest product the FA is not a direct replacement of the G, and many members of the Roland community still prefer or suggest the G as still far superior as a product. There is a Roland G user community on Facebook consisting of 2000 members who are even willing to pay for an update to the G. Some requested features for an update would be..
-Axial sound integration(if the FA can, why can't the G?)
-Updated sounds, Piano specific
-updated FX similar to the FA, or fx visualizer shown in Roland video
-Windows 10 update
-Live looping capabilities(one member has already created this as a project file)
-Sample to pad
-Better project/multisample patch transferring
The Decision Makers
Petition Updates
Share this petition
Petition created on February 22, 2016