The new Roland technical strategy does not speak to me either. The book is from Roland’s 100M modular system and written in the late 1970’s or early 80’s. That

The new Roland technical strategy does not speak to me either. The book is from Roland’s 100M modular system and written in the late 1970’s or early 80’s. That version of the System 100 was menuless, entirely analog, and patched with some basic normals and wires. I came across the book because my Eurorack is mostly Behringer System 100 modules because they are cheap as am I. === I picked up a VS880 for about $100 last year and use it as my primary multitrack recorder because I prefer not to use general purpose computers for creative work anymore and it’s a hobby. I have a ZuluSCSI plugged into the back and record to an SD card on that. This year, I made a commitment to learn how to use it…not much point in selling it…and do more recording. What I like about it is not the menus. It’s that being the first in the series, the design brief seems to have been a better tape machine and alternative to ADAT. Later models were competing with DAWs. Because the VS880 is fanless, I can leave it on all day while I do other things (e.g. take a nap). Of course it works for me because my musical ambitions are very unambitious.