Roland ran a promotion asking users to send in their stories using their equipment. This submission by Mark Warr mentioned me directly. This article was original published on the Roland & Me blog. They do mention they edit the stories for format and clarity.
I composed and recorded an entire album, Pictures on Water, on a Roland JUNO-G with expansion boards. The audio quality was so good that I was able to send the digital audio files directly to the mastering engineer, Nick Landis.
Two other albums, One Glance and Restructure used a Roland XV-5050 and a Roland JV-1010. The latter was an early rompler whose sound I still love. The XV-5050 gives you the world at your fingertips with S/PDIF out. Hard to beat that. I couldn’t have realized my musical ideas without Roland gear. Thank you.
Mark Warr