Comments on: Roland’s VIMA Concept Keyboard: Digital Media Hub and … Karaoke Workstation?

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:07:35 +0000

I’ll tell you who would buy – me and my husband! I LOVE this product! Our home is a ranch with very narrow halls and smaller, narrow rooms. There’s no way a baby grand would fit and we even were having trouble figuring where we would squish a standard acoustic console. This is just right not to mention the sound is astounding!

Plus my husband can learn how to play on it without having to drive to and pay for lessons.

And with lots of nieces, nephews, grandkids and parents celebrating milestone wedding anniversaries, it’s the perfect instrument for us to put together lasting memories to share at family celebrations.

I haven’t owned a piano in over 25 years; ours is being delivered tomorrow and I can hardly wait to get started!!!

By: ralph son herdrich

ralph son herdrich — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:23:31 +0000

Is there a brochure available on the Roland Vima Concept Keyboard?If so,I’d like to get one in the mail.This thing is absolutely fascinating!I’d love to have something like this!My address is shown below.
1054 Evergreen Drive
Carol Stream,Il.60188-9176
usa

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By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:43:17 +0000

Hey velocipede,

Thanks; that was exactly what I wondering. I still wonder who they imagine buying it in the US, though from the demos I’ve seen I think they’re aiming it at the iPod crowd.

It’s funny, what you describe at the Roland area is pretty close to what NAMM is like. People pretty much avoid the keyboards and head straight for the other gear. The VJ equipment doesn’t surprise me, either; I think that’s a niche market. Those customers are out there; maybe they just don’t come to the shows.

By: velocipede

velocipede — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:47:34 +0000

Hi Peter,
I was at the Musical Instrument Festival in Ikebukuro today and got to talk to some Roland reps about the VIMA. I asked them who they thought would buy it. The answer was wedding sites, some families and fukushi shisetsu (literally, welfare facilities, meaning public places for people, mainly elderly, to hang out). I think they may have a market in Japan, land of karaoke. Wedding parties are typically held in hotels, and the program often includes slide shows of the couple and singing by various people. I can also see this thing being popular in fukushi shisetsu. A lot of people in Japan can actualy play from a score and karaoke itself replaced guitarists and pianists who played in bars. I can imagine some karaoke bars also getting these things.

However, in the Roland area, not many people seemed to be interested. Everyone was crowded around the V-drums and Boss pedals. Surprisingly, the VJ stuff did not seem to be getting much attention either. It may have been because the crowd was more rock’n'roll oriented, given the preponderance of guitar manufacturers and sellers.
Aaron

By: Damon

Damon — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 02:46:28 +0000

Think I will wait for the Arturia emulation

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