Roland E09 is the one of basic piece in Roland keyboards series. It is a low price, stylish, 61-key and high sound quality keyboard. E09 is arranger i.e. it comes with pre-installed music patterns. The keyboard comes with Western, Middle Eastern and Asian Sounds. It has MIDI 2 technology support.
Here are some key Features of Roland E09 :
1) High Performance Speaker
Roland E09 comes with two 7.5W speaker with great quality
2) Pitch Bender / Modulation lever
Moving this lever left or right pitch of sound changes. The amount of pitch bend required can be set. This type of feature is required when fluent change of sound pitch is required such as in flute or sliding string of guitar.
3) Two Headphone jack
4) Tempo / Metronome
Tempo / Metronome is a speed / rhythm of song. It is measured in BPM (bits per minute). It is measured at tics per minute that is 1 tick/sec is 60 BPM. Generally song has 120 to 150 BPM tempo.
5) Tap Tempo
It is great feature that automatically detects the tempo on tapping button in the rhythmic and regular style of the song.
6) Style selection
As the E09 is a arranger it comes with about 100 pre-installed styles. They are categorized as
* Rock
* Pop
* Jazz
* Latin
* Traditional
* Ballroom
* World
7) Tone Category Button
E09 has tone category buttons categorized as
* Piano
* Organ
* Guitar
* Strings
* Vocal
* Sax
* Synth
* World1
* World2
* Drum
It has about 800 sounds + 70 drum kits. The above categorized buttons are for quick switching between sounds. Tone button can be long pressed to set it for setting the sound of same category.
8) Keyboard control buttons
1. Split
The keyboard can be split into two different sounds. For instance half part as strings and other as lead guitar.
The split point can be defined in the function button.
2. Dual
If we want to play some sound same as lead but in background then this feature is used. For instance, “flute as lead and strings as background”. The sound intensity can be set for both main and background.
3. Transpose
The keyboard can be shifted from original position to desired position. This is useful feature when runtime pitch changes are required and you have practiced the song on different pitch.
4. Touch Sense
Like other keyboard E09 comes with touch sense button that is jerk given while pressing key is detected and accordingly the sound intensity is played.
9) User Program
The whole keyboard status along with each and every function on the keyboard can be stored in the single button. There are 100 user program. This feature is useful while performing live.
10) Effects
The E-09 provides reverb, chorus, and multi-effects (MFX). You can change the type of each effect. You can also adjust the amount of reverb or chorus that is applied to the keyboard parts.
11) Save song
You can save one song with 16 different tracks. Drum kits can be used only at 10th and 16th track. One problem with this keyboard is tone effects cannot be applied while rerecording the song.
12) MIDI IN/ OUT
They are ports to connect keyboard with external MIDI devices. Musical Instrument Digital Interface abbreviated as MIDI is a technology for digital recording purpose.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION:
Keyboard
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61 keys (with velocity)
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Sound Generator
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Maximum Polyphony
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64 voices
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64 voices
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16 parts + Keyboard part
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Wave Memory
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32 M bytes equivalent
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Tones
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Tones: 614 + 256 (GM2), Drum Sets: 61 + 9 (GM2)
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Effects
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Multi-FX: 47 types, Reverb: 8 types, Chorus: 8 types
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Transpose
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-12 to + 12 (in semitones)
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Arranger
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Tempo
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20 to 250
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Styles
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130 Styles
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Band Orchestrator
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3 types: Drum & Bass, Combo, Full Band
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User Program
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100 program
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One Touch Setting
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2 setting / style
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Control
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start/stop, sync start, intro original, fill in, variation, ending, tap tempo, Melody Intelligence: 18 types, Music Assistant: 130 types
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Metronome
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Signature
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1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 6/8, 9/8
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Song Controls
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Tracks
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16
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16-track Recorder Mode
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4 easy modes (ALL, Keyboard, Single, Punch In/Out)
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Control
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start/stop, recording, reset, rewind, forward, marker A-B, repeat A-B
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Others
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Rated Power Output
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7.5 W + 7.5 W
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Speaker Dimension
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10cm
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Controllers
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Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever: 1
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Display
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Large backlit custom LCD
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Connectors
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Output Jacks (L/MONO, R), Headphones Jack 1/2, MIDI Connectors (IN, OUT), Foot Switch Jack
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Power Supply
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DC 9 V (AC Adaptor)
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Current Draw
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2,000 mA
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Accessories
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Music rest, Owner's Manual, AC Adaptor (PSB-1U)
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Options
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Keyboard Stand: KS-12, Pedal Switch: DP Series, Foot Switch: BOSS FS-5U
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Size and Weight
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1,045 mm 41-3/16 inches
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Depth
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320 mm 12-5/8 inches
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Height
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128 mm 5-1/16inches
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Weight
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7.3 kg 16 lbs. 2oz.
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REFERENCES :
Product Website
Price of the keyboard in INDIA is nearly Rs. 27000
Problems regarding Roland E09
1) Only one song can be recorded at a time.
2) Only parallel 16 tracks to record song.
3) NO effects can be applied while recording song.
4) Pitch Bend Setting does not get saved with user program.
5) Abrupt change in voice when key is pressed and user program setting are changed.
6) Run-time dual and split volume level cannot be changed.
7) Keys are little hard to press as compared to the other same range keyboards.
Roland E09 Demo
Price of the keyboard in INDIA is nearly Rs. 27000
Problems regarding Roland E09
1) Only one song can be recorded at a time.
2) Only parallel 16 tracks to record song.
3) NO effects can be applied while recording song.
4) Pitch Bend Setting does not get saved with user program.
5) Abrupt change in voice when key is pressed and user program setting are changed.
6) Run-time dual and split volume level cannot be changed.
7) Keys are little hard to press as compared to the other same range keyboards.
