| Features | |
| Keyboard | 61 keys |
| Year Made | 1982 |
| Original List Price | $?? |
| Polyphony | 8 (without autoplay) |
| Mulitimberal | 1 |
| Tones & Patches | 3 tones for 2 voices |
| Type of Synthesis | Analogue (DCO's) Synthesis |
| Effects | eq |
| Sequencer or Arpeggio | Arpeggio & Auto Play funtions |
| Drum Sets | none |
| MIDI | none (auto play sync out) |
| Outputs | 2 |
| Backup | n/a |
| Options | Sustain pedal, Arpeggio on/off pedal |
| My Comments |
| I'm not sure what I was thinking but I had been watching and wanting this keyboard for a while. It doesn't have a terribly wide sound selection but there was something different and interesting about this unit. So as I said I had been watching it on ebay for about 2 years. Nobody wanted it but the seller continued to list it. He had lowered the price, but not much, then one day ebay offered a 20% coupon and it made it almost fall into my price range, although I think I paid alot more for this than I should have, but prices for analogues continue to soar. Well I guess I owned it for 8 days, not physically, but the seller said it has some unspecified problem and cancelled the transaction. So very disappointed. But It does mean I have money to put towards something else. So 5 years later, I bought another one. Lol, so when I first turned it on, I thought it was going to explode! The transformer buzzes so bad, I think I will have t replace it. Aside from that it is well used, but in good shape. A couple of the keys weren't working to start, but it was just dirt and neglect, within a few moments of playing on them they started to sound again. So the sounds ... well. Definately not the most versitile keyboard I have. In fact I hav almost the same sounds with my EP-11. Except there are a few more comtrols to noodle with and of course there are 2 channels. You can tune/detune each channel. there are the 3 different pianos ( basically more treble-y and harpsichord sounding). There is the range in feet, 16 or 8, and channel 2 has 5 2/3 which is a nice fifth. A sustain control (release for ADSR people) for each channel, and also a channel mix balance. Then there is a simple EQ (5 bands) that you can bypass for each channel. That's it for sound altering controls. As far as performance, it has an arpeggiator with 4 controls. There is a level, rate (speed), 4 Variations, and 4 beat types (3,4,8,16). This can also be controled by Roland's DIN Sync. Oh and lastly there are 2 volume sliders, one is for the output, the other marked monitor, is for the crappy built-in speaker. So it is a really quirky analogue, hmm, not a synth, but definately not a piano either. |
I rate it 
I bought it for 383$C, 280$C I owned it from 8 days in april 2018 ,May 2023 Current PrePay value n/a |
| condition of my keyboard
1 
cosmeticaly Don't know
electronically  It
seems to be in great shape from the pictures
2 
cosmeticaly Looks in good shape.
electronically  Just that really bad buzzy transformer.
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| Status
2023: It sits, for now under the 3 tier keyboard stand. |
| Resources
I got the manual from roland, but I doubt there is much out there worth looking at.
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