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New EM-25/15 Creative Keyboards from Roland

March 13, 2001

EM-25 (top) and EM-15 Prototypes

The EM-25 and EM-15 Creative Keyboards take interactive music-making to entirely new levels of fun. Loaded with Roland sounds, a variety of musical styles and new educational games, these affordable keyboards make playing music easy through dedicated buttons and an icon-based LCD. The EM-25 goes even further by adding a 3.5" floppy drive for playing back Standard MIDI Files (SMFs) and saving performances.

The major features of the EM-25/15 are:

Breakthrough-priced arranger keyboards with 61 velocity-sensitive keys and genuine Roland sounds
Professional 16-part multitimbral sound engine with 226 GM2/GS-compatible sounds and 9 drum kits
Easy-to-use; large icon-based display and dedicated function buttons
Onboard arranger with 64 music styles and unique Style Morphing/Style Orchestrator functions
3.5" floppy drive for loading Standard MIDI Files and saving User data (EM-25 model only)
New Game function helps students learn about music using interactive games: Guess the Tone, Guess the Style, and Chord Finder
Built-in stereo sound system

Keyboards with Style

Whether you're looking for drum and bass accompaniment or full-blown arrangements, the EM-25 and EM-15 deliver with 64 new professionally programmed styles ranging from Rock and Pop to jazz, Latin, Contemporary and more. A unique Style Morphing feature allows users to create new styles by combining elements from two different styles, while a Style Orchestrator makes it easy to select the instruments desired.

Professional Roland Sound

The EM-25 and EM-15 are not just arranger keyboards, but professional-quality synthesizers with a 16-part GM/GS-compatible sound engine. In all, there are 226 genuine Roland sounds-from realistic piano, strings and brass to acoustic bass and synthesizer sounds-plus nine dynamic drum kits. And with eight types of reverb and chorus, you can customize any of these outstanding Tones to your liking.

Easy to Play

Boasting a completely redesigned user interface, the EM-25 and EM-15 are so intuitive, even beginners can start playing music quickly Both models feature a large, graphic LCD with easy-to-understand icons, making it possible to view a variety of performance information simultaneously including Tone name, Style name, song tempo and more. And with dedicated Piano, Organ, Arranger and Drum buttons, entire performance setups can be changed directly without confusing menus.

Performance-Friendly Functions

With the EM-25's built-in floppy drive, you can load commercially available SMF disks and quickly save performance settings. Additionally, the EM-25 and EM-15 make it easy to adjust the relative levels between accompaniment and melody using dedicated buttons, while their compact design is perfect for musicians on the go.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.rolandus.com/.

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