Roland EM-55 Interactive Keyboard

Roland

Posted 2002-04-15

The EM-55 Interactive Keyboard offers beginners and pros thousands of top-quality Roland sounds and hundreds of musical styles-all in a compact, 5-octave keyboard with a built-in sound system. But this new kid on the block also makes performing music fun, thanks to new Session Partner Pads for triggering live phrases and a D-Beam controller with 50 ready-to-use templates. Features: 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard brings new interactive features to an affordable price 64-voice/32-part multitimbral sound engine with 3,559 Tones + 116 drum kits Up to 128 onboard musical styles (64 ROM styles and 64 via floppy disk) Helpful Music Assistant with setup templates for 100 popular songs Light-sensing D-Beam with preset templates for controlling various functions New Session Partner Pads for triggering phrases and muting parts Create cool DJ mixes using DJ Pads with 64 realtime phrases 16-track song recorder for recording performances or loading Standard MIDI Files Game function (Guess the Tone and Guess the Chord) helps students learn about music using interactive games Built-in stereo sound system and 3.5" floppy drive

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