Sheeple = sheep + people. In other words, people that blindly follow others and don't think for themselves. In a way, mr. obnoxious sound engineer is right. You're not likely to see a Roland self-contained multitrack in a stand-alone studio. But that does not mean you can't get professional results with your Roland. Look at it this way, your Roland unit records at (at least) "CD quality" which in electronic-speak means 44.1 KHz sample rate @ 16-bit resolution. Modern digital recording is so clean that SIGNAL you feed to it (mics and preamps) matters much more than the device to record it. I wouldn't waste another ounce of energy worrying about mr. professional sound engineer's opinion of your equipment. It sounds like you are using the right tools for what you want to do. Having access to ProTools or any other "magic" hardware or software doesn't guarantee a professional recording by any means.
