#1 treasure - maybe
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:57 am
Yesterday Sebastian came running in the house saying there was a keyboard out on the pavement with a note to say 'free to takeaway'. I said "but you've already persuaded us to buy you 3 keyboards for your computer, No more!". "No dad, not a computer keyboard"....so I was dragged out to have look.
well, wadyaknow..... A good(seemingly) condition Roland A-90.
I turned it on and the screen displayed everything it should and all the buttons worked and lit up and all the keys were solid action. mmmm.
I plugged the headphones in and nothing came out. mmmm.
an hour of googling later and I discovered that the A-90 was, and still is, a much respected midi stage controller......and with the addition of a plug in board it can be a stage piano. I downloaded the plug-in installation instructions and removed the control panel to discover this machine didn't have the plug-in installed, so the line-out and headphone sockets are not connected to anything. The plug-in in question is VE-RD1 and there are a couple for sale ob the web at £2-300. Sebastian was v.disapponted...
I am currently waiting delivery of a pair of usb-midi cables as I don't have any spare and the ones I do have are plumbed into the woodwork in the studio. Fingers crossed that the midi side of the machine works and I can rig him up a temp solution with his computer.....
I don't suppose anyone has a spare VE-RD1 that they don't want....
well, wadyaknow..... A good(seemingly) condition Roland A-90.
I turned it on and the screen displayed everything it should and all the buttons worked and lit up and all the keys were solid action. mmmm.
I plugged the headphones in and nothing came out. mmmm.
an hour of googling later and I discovered that the A-90 was, and still is, a much respected midi stage controller......and with the addition of a plug in board it can be a stage piano. I downloaded the plug-in installation instructions and removed the control panel to discover this machine didn't have the plug-in installed, so the line-out and headphone sockets are not connected to anything. The plug-in in question is VE-RD1 and there are a couple for sale ob the web at £2-300. Sebastian was v.disapponted...
I am currently waiting delivery of a pair of usb-midi cables as I don't have any spare and the ones I do have are plumbed into the woodwork in the studio. Fingers crossed that the midi side of the machine works and I can rig him up a temp solution with his computer.....
I don't suppose anyone has a spare VE-RD1 that they don't want....