Roland Va 76 Zip Drive

Purchasing the VA-76 was not a small matter. At the time of purchase it was running about $4900.00. I must say I enjoyed it and from time to time incorporated many of its' features into some of the songs I played. It took work but as time went on I learned tricks and ways to operate the keyboard with ease. My problem is that the zip drive has stopped functioning. It seems to format but won't read.

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I wonder if anyone else has had this problem and if they have any advice for me. Other than that I find the machine to be workable and enjoyable. I purchased the unit about five years ago in Toronto Ontario at Long and McQuade Music on Bloor Street. It cost about $4900 but I had a credit and two keyboards to trade in on it so my expenditure was much less. I really like the sounds and the factory patterns on it's zip disk. They are easy to work with. The features are easy to access and enjoyable to work with.

I don't like the Zip Drive. I should have realized that this machine requires it's zip drive to be working for all the functions to be worthwhile.

I don't like the sounds of the piano function. The weight is a bit much for me but it is built strongly and can take a fair amount of shipping around. I'm pleased I purchased the VA-76 and have had much success on stage with it. The idea of setting up entire shows ahead of time is great. It works well with the AX=1 and the FC-7 peddle. I love the machine.

If only I could solve the zip drive problem. This review was originally published on. So as not to be redundant, please refer to my previous review on this actual keyboard for purchase details. Editors Note: Author has noted that this is an update to a previous review. It has been a little over a year since purchasing the VA-76.

I was much too generous in my initial review when I said that it will take about two years before the contacts begin to act up. The reality is that it only took this model 6 months to start messing up.

First it was one note, then two. When the third note went bad I wanted to throw the keyboard in the ocean! I knew I was faced with the tedious task of disassembling the whole thing, which I did somewhere around last November(03)in preparation for the busy holiday season. Unfortunately, the repair did not last long. One of the lower 'F's' that I had previously cleaned went out again.

And so I opened it up AGAIN. Workforce Recruitment Program. Driver Entourage Wheels/ Download. I cleaned it once more. The key went out again at the next gig!

This time though, instead of the note screaming out at full velocity, it required that you pound on it to get any sound. I'm afraid the problem is more than just cruddy contacts.

Why in the world should I have to send a virtually new instrument to the shop?I've been putting up with that situation for 3 months now. I guess I'm waiting for more notes to go bad to make my repair efforts worthwhile. I hate that I have to compromise my playing, especially after the substantial investment placed in this dubious instrument.

Aside from the lousy contacts, the VA-76 has been holding up OK. For about 2 weeks I made a concentrated effort to become knowledgable on the VariPhrase feature.

I had a little fun with it while working on an old do-wop song, but for the life of me I can't seem to find any other real-time use for it. The number of steps required to make it work far outweigh its usefulness, at least for me. I would have been much more satisfied with a simple voice harmonizer that follows my left hand chord voicings. To make up for the reduction of buttons on the front panel, I ended up purchasing the FC-7 floor pedal to access those functions. It appears to me that Roland designed this board to be used with the pedal, even though it is considered an 'option', and a fairly expensive one as well. I was able to purchase one on eBay for around $150 The touch screen is doing OK so far, although there is an area in the upper left corner that appears hazier than the rest of it. It wasn't like that in the begining.