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Roland EM-10

“Creative Keyboard” (auto-arranger)

Thanks to the blindfolded Goddess of Luck, I won this keyboard in a raffle at a Mars Music (great store unfortunately no longer in existence) Keyboardist Night years ago. It is comparable to the Casio CTK-601. This is a useful auto-accompaniment keyboard, capable of some respectable sounds and rhythms.  It sits at the lower end of the EM-series, but holds its own compared to its bigger brothers and sisters.

Roland EM-10 audio demos

Roland EM-10 specs

Other useful features found in this keyboard include:

  • Metronome button
  • Transpose button
  • Chorus/Reverb on-off button
  • Arrangement mixer
  • Style Manipulator (a great feature, allows to mute/add parts and exchange parts with other on-board styles, effectively mixing and customizing your own rhythms
  • Keyboard velocity on-off button
  • One Touch button (automatically recalls preset accompaniment and sound setting suitable for the style chosen)
  • “Intel”ligent harmony button (adds harmony to the solo voices, played automatically as you play the melody)
  • “Organ” mode (EM-10s’ for “split” section L+R)
  • Variation button that allows to recall variations of the standard GM set on board, for many sounds (i.e., pressing preset tone A57 (SyBas101) and then the Variation button, allows to get access to variation sounds “SyBass3” and “SynthBs1”
  • Powerful on-board speakers
  • Colorful panel scheme.

This keyboard is both GM (General MIDI) and GS (General Standard), and features “Style Morphing” (style manipulator).

Bottom line:  an inexpensive keyboard with quality GM sounds, interesting rhythms, and all-around fun to play – perfect for the beginner, intermediate player, or for piano-bar, and entertaining at family parties.

Roland EM-10 photos

Roland EM-10 manual

Roland EM-10 specs

Year of release1999
Polyphony 24-voice
MultitimbralityYes, 16 parts
Sound generation method PCM
Preset memories 8 user
Music styles64
MIDIin, out
Keyboard61 keys
Sound expansion capabilitiesno
Sequencer2-track
Arpeggiatorno
Effectsyes: reverb and/or chorus
Velocityyes
DisplayYes, backlit
Aftertouchno
OptionsRH series headphones
DP-2, Db-6, or BOSS FS-5U footswitch
KS-12 keyboard stand
MIDI/Joystick cable
Dimensions960mm x 380mm x 128mm
Weight

Roland EM-10 factory reset

Power on while holding down the USER PROGRAM/WRITE button

Roland EM-10 links

www.roland.com

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