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Well, at least make copies of your sample data before you sell.  You 
could alway pick up a compatible device down the road and I know of 
some Mac programs which will read Roland formatted diskettes: DSound-
PRO and SMAC (both shareware.)

Regarding price: I did a quick search on eBay for "Roland W30" - 
nothing turned up. I did a 'Search Completed Items' and found one W30 
sale from three weeks ago. The reserve price was on the LOW side :-(  
I did a quick search at Harmony-Central and found one for sale for 
$350 (which is more in line with fair market value, IMO.)  I suppose 
your asking price would depend on how quickly you want to sell it.  
You may want to check the classifieds at Sonic State, Dancetech, or 
better yet rec.music.makers.synth & rec.music.makers.marktetplace.

Hope this helps.

regards,
Jon

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Gerry  Bolda" <tam_ger@h...> wrote:
> To be honest, the W30 sounds really great, but is very limited as a 
> sampler.  No real time mods, slow disk drive, low memory.  Great in 
> it's day but now with all the newer (much smaller samplers) 
available 
> it has to go.  Plus i dont' have the room for two keyboards, and 
it's 
> one less item to haul around for gigging.  The keyboard is super 
> sensitive, and it's easy to hit two keys if your not careful.  
> However i'm sure once it's gone i will have found a use for it :)  
I 
> still have this nagging little voice saying "you'll be sorry you 
sold 
> it"
> 
> To answer you question about the SCSI mod, no it has not been 
changed.
> 
> Any idea what one of these things (W30) might fetch on ebay?
> 
> Gerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, jondl@j... wrote:
> > Hello Gerry - welcome to the list.
> > 
> > Time to retire the Roland W30, huh? Well, since you're on the AN1x
> > list 
> > you're going to get an overwhelming vote for an AN1x - and I'd
> > concur, 
> > it makes a terrific MIDI controller - but there are a few things 
to 
> > mull over first.
> > 
> > 1) The AN1x keyboard feels completely different than the keyboard 
> > mechanism used in the Roland. The Roland mechanism is lighter and
> > more 
> > organ like in it's action.
> > 
> > 2) Obviously the Roland Pitch/Mod bend thingy would be replaced 
by 
> > dedicated Mod and Pitch wheels. While they feel adequate to the 
> touch 
> > they are by no means as robust as the mechanisms used on the 
> current 
> > Euro-V/As. FWIW, I've never liked the feel of the Roland 
Pitch/Mod 
> > thingy and prefer dedicated wheels.
> > 
> > 3) The Ribbon Controller on the AN1x is excellent but the one on 
> the 
> > CS6x is much improved, IMO. The Assign Knobs are great! Very 
useful
> > and easy to program.
> > 
> > Aside from all that are you certain you want to replace a Sampler
> > with a Virtual Analog? Personally, I think the combination of 
> Sampler +
> > V/A is the way to go - that's what I've done. Still, you have the 
> MC505
> > for a ROMpler/Drum Machine/Sequencer combo so you'd have an
> > effective and flexible setup, IMO.
> > 
> > While on the subject of W30, I assume you're hip to the SGroup 
page
> > at http://www.generalconcepts.com/sgroup/ Did you ever get the 
SCSI 
> mod 
> > done to your W30?
> > 
> > regards,
> > Jon