Roland AX-1 Keytar w/manual AX1

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ROLAND AX-1 Strap on MIDI Keytar w/Original Owners Manual and Roland Strap Features The Roland AX-1 has a pitch bend ribbon and a touchpad-like expression bar on its neck. It also has a sustain switch on the back of its neck for ease of playing. It has 45 velocity sensitive keys. It does not produce its own sounds put must be plugged into a midi device in order to be played. The keytar was followed by the Roland AX-7. Midi Functionality This instrument functions as a MIDI controller; it produces MIDI messages that are sent to an external synthesizer or sound module. (Thus it produces no sound on its own.) It is fully compatible with General MIDI, General MIDI Level 2, and Roland's own GS MIDI implementation. It has both MIDI in and out ports, and can store up to 32 patches. The Roland AX-1 The industrial design of the Roland AX-1 was done in a basement studio in London, U.K. by two designers, David Sherriff and Andrew Leggo, who ran a small design studio called Space Logic. The electronic design and engineering was done by Roland, Italy. Notable Users Henrik Klingenberg of metal band Sonata Arctica plays an AX-1. More recently, Jake Hallman , pianist for Eric Lee Beddingfield and County Line was seen playing an AX-1 at several live shows, a rarity in Country and Southern Rock Music. French Maestro Jean-Michel Jarre has used read more

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