This won't make roland very happy but i recieved 2 EM55's last week and kept them for 4 days and then returned both of them.
First of all, no style editing on a $800.00 keyboard ($999.00 retail) is crazy! Also, it looks just like the low end EM15 and EM25. The VA3 I sell for $795.00 and it is much more pro then the EM55. The only good thing i liked about the EM55 is the ability to turn on one extra track which has 8 variations . It was easy to mute accomp. parts via these buttons, but not worth the extra money to do this. These are like the pads on the Yamaha keyboards. Other than that feature I was very disappointed and won't sell these keyboards until they come down to the $500.00 price range (in my opinion this will happen in the next months). Truly, if anyone likes this keyboard, I would recommend the VA3 instead.
Regards,
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California