I just became aware of the E-50 a couple of days ago. I think it is a bit of a bargain...high definition touch screen,high quality sounds (Roland in my opinion always comes up with the best sounds,compared to ,say,Korg), modern features like USB and really nice sequencer. I checked the manual in detail. It seems a genuine bargain,not just a good keyboard.

The only thing I want to moan about is that Roland should do some desktop versions of these brilliant keyboards. The reason being the fact that with a desktop version,you retain basically the whole machine minus the keys,and you can match the unit to a master keyboard of your choice,such as hammer action keyboards (if you are into this kind of thing).

A few years ago Roland came up with the very nice VA Arranger keyboards,and did not do any desktop version either...come on Roland! (by the way,does anybody knows if there some 'wish-list'for users on Roland sites? I want that desktop thing badly.)

I am still forced to use my Yamaha QY-700 which,although is a powerful desktop sequencer,I would not prefer to an E-50 desktop version. It uses the same old floppy,the sounds are just XG standard stuff,certainly not a match to the E-50's killer sounds...
Everybody raved about the QY-700 screen,a nice one certainly,but the one on the E-50 is really great,it even shows the notation!

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