Edirol PC-80 61-Key USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller

Manufacturer's Description for Edirol PC-80 61-Key USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller

Edirol PC-80
Here’s one case where “you-get-what-you-pay-for” doesn’t apply. We have a great deal on the Edirol PC-80 which offers a high quality, all in-one connection between you and your software. One USB cable powers a MIDI interface, an audio interface, a sweet feeling keyboard with 12 velocity settings, 2 speakers to monitor your work and a few knobs and buttons to tweak your sounds and sequences. The coolest button of all may be the software synthesizer button that calls up a soft-synth and immediately plays the sound through the speakers. So you feel like you are playing a sturdy Roland keyboard with great Roland sounds, but you are also completely hooked up to your computer with a single wire. Best yet, everything is ready for inspiration, whether at home or on the road. This is a great deal on a simple solution.

Unlike many compact USB keyboards, the PC-80 is designed to genuinely feel like a musical instrument. With 61 full sized keys, the PC80 features a keyboard mechanism derived from Roland’s newest technology. It's specifically designed to offer a wide dynamic range with incredible subtlety. The redesigned keys offer a better response to the player's touch, while also reducing mechanical noise and eliminating vertical shake in the key stroke. (Yeah, you can record a vocal while playing hard.) The PC80 also allows you to send different key ranges to different MIDI channels, effectively allowing you to split the keyboard among different instruments or layer multiple instruments. At this price why play a flimsy, cheap knock-off?

The PC80 is designed to adapt to anyone’s playing style by offering 12 settings for velocity. It includes four curves, each with the choice of soft, medium, and hard playing style. To further the expressive capabilities of the PC80, Roland included both sustain and Expression pedal connections.

The PC80 functions much like a soundcard, connected to the computer through USB. It offers incredible audio resolution up to 24-bit/96kHz. The PC80 offers stable low-latency audio drivers for both PC and Mac, for powerful performance. You can record using the two 1/4-inch inputs, play out through the RCA outputs, two separate headphone outs, as well as the super convenent built-in speakers. The PC80 is equipped with a Bass Enhancer as well as a sub-out for use with 2.1 speaker systems. The PC80 also includes Direct Monitoring, allowing you to hear audio your recordings with zero latency.

This premium GM2 software synth represents Edirol's finest set of GM2 sounds packed into a powerful, stand-alone application for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Mac OSX. When open, this synth can show up as a MIDI output device from your MIDI programs, offering you immediate access to incredible instruments, whether you’re using the PC80 for notation, music education, or for sequencing. The software synth includes a standard MIDI file player and a metronome, 256 different instruments, nine drum sets, multi-timbral playback of up to 18 parts, and 256 note polyphony: two parts, 128-note polyphony for the live playback, and 16 parts, 128-note polyphony for SMF playback.

Whether as the ultimate traveling studio (one cable and your labtop is all you need), or a kinder, gentler version of the toys people often put in their studios or even a useful little keyboard to keep in the apartment closet for when inspiration strikes and you don’t want to run to or power up your studio, the PC-80 is a limited time close-out that is worth a good look. Forget all the wires, connectors and boxes. There’s nothing like it. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Edirol products.

Hardware Specifications
Number of Audio Record/Playback Channels:
- Record: 1 pair of stereo
- Playback: 1 pair of stereo Full duplex (except for 96 kHz setting)

Signal Processing:
- AD/DA Conversion: 24 bits
- PC Interface: 24 bits

Master Volume Knob: Number of Audio Record/Playback Channels

Sampling Rate: 44.1/48/96 kHz

Nominal Input Level: -45--0 dBu

Input Impedance LINE: 15 k ohms; GUITAR, MIC: 680 k ohms

Maximam Output Level:
- Audio Output Jacks (L,R): +5dBu
- Audio Output Jack (SUBWOOFER): -2dBu

Output Impedance: 1 k ohms

Residual Noise Level: -80 dBu or less (INPUT MONITOR: OFF, MASTER VOLUME: MAX, IHF-A, typ.)

Connectors:
- Audio Input Jacks (L/MONO, R): 1/4 inch phone type
- Audio Output Jacks (L, R, SUBWOOFER): RCA phono type
- Headphones Jacks: Stereo 1/4 inch phones type x 2
- Hold Pedal Jack: 1/4 inch phone type
- Expression Pedal Jack: 1/4 inch TRS phone type
- MIDI OUT Connector
- USB Connector
- DC IN Connector

Keyboard: 61 Keys (with velocity)

Controllers:
- Master Volume Knob
- MIDI Channel Button
- Program Change Button
- Software Synthesizer Button
- Split Buttons (LOWER/UPPER)
- Direct Monitor Button
- Octave Shift Buttons (+/-)
- Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever
- Value Encoder
- Audio Input Level Knob

Display: 7 segments, 3 characters (LED)

Rear Panel:
- Power Switch (USB/OFF/DC)
- Audio Input Level Knob

Power Supply: DC 9 V (AC Adaptor) or USB Bus Power

Current Draw: 2000 mA (AC Adaptor); 500 mA (USB Bus Power)

Accessories:
- AC Adaptor (PSB-1U)
- CD-ROM (PC-80 Software, SONAR LE)
- USB Cable
- Owner's Manual
- Roland Software License Agreement

Options:
- Pedal Switch: DP-2
- Expression Pedal: EV-5

Software Synthesizer Specifications
Number of Part: 18 (For Keyboard: 2, For MIDI Player: 16)

Maximum Polyphony: 256 (For Keyboard: 128, For MIDI Player: 128)

Signal Processing: 32-bit Floating Point Processing Precision

Preset Tone: 256 Tones + 9 Drum Sets (GM2 Compatible)

User Tone: 512 Tones + 128 Drum Sets

Effects: Reverb, Chorus, Part EQ

Playable File Format: Standard MIDI File (Format 0/1)

Metronome Tempo: Quarter note = 20 to 250

System Requirements
Windows
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home/XP Professional/2000 Professional

Computer: Windows(R)-compatible personal computer equipped with a USB port

CPU/Clock: Pentium(R), Celeron(TM), Intel-compatible Processor / 1.2 GHz or higher (2.0 GHz or higher is recommended)

Memory: 256MB or more (512MB or more is recommended)

Free Hard Disk Space: 300MB or more

Macintosh
OS: Mac OS X v10.3 or later

Computer: Apple Macintosh computer equipped with a USB port

CPU/Clock: PowerPC G4/1.25 GHz or higher (G5 or higher is recommended)

Memory: 256MB or more (512MB or more is recommended)

Free Hard Disk Space: 100MB or more