Product Overview
For musicians that would benefit from an auto-accompaniment backing keyboard with libraries of professional sounds and styles from across the globe, Roland's E-A7 expandable arranger has just what they need. Making music is incredibly intuitive with its two LCD screens, choosing the styles on the left and the tones on the right with dedicated, quick-access buttons. If the 1,500 sound options aren't enough for you, you can import WAV files to create your own instruments, sample directly from the keyboard, and with the E-A7 Tone Manager (sold separately) you can use your computer to edit and organize tones, drum kits and more.
Seriously, the onboard libraries provide an incredible abundance of tone and style options. The tones of course include pianos, organs, brass, strings, but also offer authentic sounds from the musical cultures of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Every sound has been developed with the help of accomplished musicians in each of those scenes for incredible quality control. The backing styles are just as versatile, allowing you to play in truly any genre of music.
The layout is quick and intuitive enough to bring to a gig for a seamless performance. Six phrase pads trigger audio samples or MIDI phrases. Six sliders adjust the volume of various parts of the accompaniment. And seven buttons can be assigned by you to do whatever you need in an instant! All of this comes in a keyboard weighing just 18 pounds, making the schlep from gig to gig painless.
Vocalists will absolutely love the E-A7. The keyboard as a microphone input with dedicated volume controls that are simple to use, and an array of pro-grade vocal effects such as editable reverbs and delays are readily available. The onboard song player supports MIDI, WAV, and MP3 for jamming along, and when you use WAV you can use the "Center Cancel" feature to essentially make a karaoke track. The song player can also record your entire performance as a WAV and save it to USB memory.
Roland's E-A7 offers everything you need to create an entire performance experience, even if you're a solo act! Grab yours today.
Features
- Over 1,500 versatile tones from all over the world
- WAV file import and onboard sampling function
- Huge library of backing styles from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and South America
- Powerful arranger engine with direct control buttons and versatile, one-touch performance options
- 156 dedicated buttons for fast access to commonly used functions
- Logical dual-screen layout, with backing styles to the left and sounds on the right
- Microphone input with dedicated vocal effects
- Easy to carry and transport at 18 pounds (8 kilograms)
- Optional E-A7 Tone Manager (Windows/Mac) to create user tones and drum kits and more (sold separately)
Specifications
- Keyboard: 61 keys (with velocity)
- Sound Generator:
- Maximum Polyphony: 128 voices (varies according to sound generator load)
- Parts: 4 keyboard parts (UP1, UP2, UP3, LWR) + 16 song parts
- Tones:
- Preset Tone: over 1,500 tones
- Preset Drum Kit: over 100 drum kits
- *GM2 compatible sounds are included
- User Tone: 256 tones
- User Drum Kit: 128 drum kits
- Favorites: 50 favorite tones can be registered
- Melody Intelligent: Yes
- Styles:
- Preset Style: over 600 styles
- User Style: Unlimited number (storage on internal memory and USB flash drive)
- Style Controls: Intro x4, Main x4, Fill x4, Break, Ending x4
- One Touch Memories: 4 programmable registrations per style
- Style Makeup Tools: Instrument-oriented editing
- Style Composer: Yes
- Songs:
- Realtime Player: SFM (Format 0/1), KAR, MP3, WAV, MP3+CDG
- Tempo Change:
- 20-250 BPM for SMF (and Style)
- 75-125% for MP3 and WAV files
- Part Mute:
- Track Mute: SMF (and Style)
- Center Cancel: MP3 and WAV
- Song Chord Extractor: Automatic chord detection for SMF files
- Lyrics Display: SMF, KAR, MP3
- SMF Makeup Tools: Instrument-oriented editing
- SMF Mark & Jump: Yes (4 storable locations)
- Song (Audio) Recording: Format: 16-bit linear, 44.1 kHz, WAV
- Demo Song: Yes
- Effects:
- Reverb: 8 types (selectable via Makeup Tools)
- Chorus: 8 types (selectable via Makeup Tools)
- MFX: 84 types for keyboard types (selectable via Keyboard Part MFX), A & B for Style and SMF section (selectable via Makeup Tools)
- Master EQ: 6 presets + 1 user memory
- Master Compressor: 6 presets + 1 user memory
- Input Effect: Reverb 6 types, delay 2 types
- User Programs;
- Preset (Music Assistant + Preloaded data): Over 500 user programs
- User: Up to 100 user programs are included per user program set
- User Program Sets: Unlimited number (storage on internal memory and USB flash drive)
- Sampling/Sample Import:
- Format: 16-bit linear, 44.1 kHz, WAV
- Wave Expansion Memory: 128 MB for sampling/sample import
- Number of Samples: 512
- Multisample Function: Yes
- *Samples can be used as wave data for sound engine, and samples/multisamples can be exported to USB Flash Memory
- Scale Tunings:
- Memory Buttons: 3 user scale memories and equal temperament
- User Scale Buttons:
- Instant quarter-tone tuning of each note of a scale (C-B)
- Adjustable tuning range (-64 to +63 cent) for each button
- Tunings can also be saved to User Program memories
- Others:
- Pads: 6 pads for triggering phrases and tones and Stop Pad
- *Tempo-synchronized with Styles or SMF with support for chord detection
- Style/Song Finder: Yes
- Controllers: Assignable Lever, Assignable Switch x7, Assignable Control Pedal, Part Level Slider x6, Multifunction Pads
- Display: Dual Graphic LCD (160 x 160 dots x2 with backlight)
- Connectors:
- Phones Jack: Stereo 1/4" phone type
- Output Jacks (L/MONO, R): 1/4" phone type
- EXT In Jack: Stereo miniature phone type
- Input Jacks (L/MONO or MIC, R): 1/4" phone type
- Pedal Jacks (HOLD, EXPRESSION, CONTROL)
- MIDI Connectors (In, Out)
- USB Memory Port
- USB Computer Port (USB MIDI)
- DC In Jack
- Speakers: 2 x 10"
- Rater Power Output: 2 x 12 W
- Power Supply: AC Adapter (included)
- Current Draw: 1,500 mA
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 5-3/8" x 41-3/16" x 12-9/16" (136 x 1,045 x 318 mm)
- Weight (excluding AC adapter and music rest): 17 lbs 7 oz (7.9 kg)
