NEW! E-80 Version 2 with MP3 playback function
Have you ever imagined a keyboard with sounds so real and music styles so alive that it seems like a real band? A music workstation that allows you to play at your best your favourite songs? And how about an attractive industrial design that is a pleasure to look at and use. Now stop looking for such a keyboard! It’s time to discover the latest Roland Music Workstation: the E-80!
*A variety of “lively” sounds
*Breathtaking musical contents
*High quality playback of your SMF
*Powerful onboard speaker system
*Attractive cosmetic design
*Vocal Harmonist built-in
*Guitar Mode
*User-Friendly interface
*2 x Expansion slots
*Text and Image Viewer
*Mastering Tools
*An easy computer connection
A variety of “lively” sounds
A first-class selection of sounds have been “captured live” including stunning sampled Guitar and Piano sounds. The E-80 features electric and twelve string guitar, 88-key split stereo-sampled piano tones and timbres that change according to finger pressure.
Newly sampled drum kits (Rock, Pop and Folk to name a just a few) have a realistic, natural resonance and various “one touch” sampled drum articulations such as Cymbal Roll bring sophisticated drum styles to your performance.
Breathtaking musical contents
The E-80 comes with more than 350 styles created by a team of international programmers. All these styles sounds incredibly “live” and are expertly mixed and mastered. Each tone and drum instrument has individual EQ, along with three dedicated multi-effects for the overall Style/Song.
High quality playback of your SMF
Enjoy the new sound potential by playing back your favourite Standard MIDI files, which will play back flawlessly thanks to the powerful new technology within. Moreover thanks to the Song Makeup Tools editing you can easily customise your songs using the intuitive graphic interface.
Attractive cosmetic design
Even the most demanding aesthete will be surprised by the brand-new cosmetic design of the E-80 music workstation.
The outstanding new cosmetic cabinet comes from a top Italian design studio. Truly, the E-80 is a treat for the eyes and the ears.
Vocal Harmonist built-in
The E-80’s Vocal Harmonist has over 80 different settings plus additional effects and features, including Voice-FX, Auto Pitch, Singer, Vocoder, Small/Ensemble and Talk.
User-Friendly interface
The E-80 features many switches, buttons and sliders on its control panel ensuring that the most commonly used operations can be accessed quickly and simply. A full-colour graphic touchscreen means that this is one of the easiest keyboards to operate currently available.
NOTE
The Media Memories that have been tested by Roland and found to be compatible with E-80, E-50, E-60, G-70 V-3 keyboards are listed here:
-Sony* 64Mb, 128Mb , 256Mb (pro 2) (Memory Stick)
-Hitachi* 2Gb, 4GB (Microdrive)
-Kingston* 512 (Compact Flash)
-San Disk* 1G, 32Mb, 64Mb, 128Mb (Compact Flash)
-Hagiwara* Sys 64Mb (Compact Flash)
-Silicon* Power 256 (Compact Flash)
-Trascend* 128 MB (Compact Flash)
* All trademarks listed up are properties of their respective owners.
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 Powerful onboard speaker systemThe E-80 delivers incredible, hi-impact sound thanks to its powerful four-speaker, bi-amped sound system, complete with a Bass Reflex System and a Digital Bass Enhancer.
The E-80 also provides the “Speaker Modelling” to easily change the sound character of the speaker just by pressing a switch.
Finally a dedicated switch allows you to disable the built-in speakers if you need to connect to an external amplifier.
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 Guitar ModeThe acclaimed Guitar Mode function is now available together with dedicated Guitar Mode button. Guitar strumming and various articulations can be controlled directly from the keyboard for both realtime performance and programming (on User Style Composer, 16-Track Sequencer and external software Sequencer).
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 2 x Expansion slotsThe E-80 provides two SRX expansion slots, allowing users to expand and customise the internal sound set to suit personal taste.
Roland’s SRX and SR-G01 expansion board series offers a wide selection of the highest quality sounds produced in some of the world’s top studios.
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Text and Image ViewerThe E-80 is able to import and show both (.TXT) and image files (.BMP) and by connecting to an external monitor your E-80 can easily display text, lyrics, photos and slideshows.
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Mastering ToolsFor detailed sound control, the E-80 provides powerful mastering tools (Parametric EQ, Multi-Band Compressor) for Accompaniment (Style/Song) and Solo parts.
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An easy computer connectionUSB applications
A USB connector allows files (Styles, Songs, User Programs, Bmp Images, File Text) to be exchanged with PC or MAC and also provides MIDI communication.
DATABASE MANAGER bundled!
The E-80 uses the “G-70 DATABASE MANAGER” software, which allows you to manage Songs, Styles, User Programs directly from your computer.
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