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Roland XP-50
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Description

The XP-50 Music Workstation sets the standard in synth workstations, featuring Roland's ultra-fast 32-bit custom RISC chip and incredible user-expandability.



64-voice polyphony; 16-part multitimbral capability; 512 preset patches; 8 MB of internal waveform memory
32-bit custom RISC chip
Redesigned 16-track sequencer; 100 patterns
Accepts any four SR-JV80 Series expansion boards
40 insert effects in addition to digital reverb and chorus
Direct-from-disk playback; Realtime Phrase Sequencing
GM/GS Compatible
Note that this product is no longer in production. Similar capabilities can be found in the Fantom workstation.

Discussions

Roland JD-XA,... WOWZA.

...I see people referencing the JD-XA and the FA-06 in the same breath here. I used to have an XP-50 and loved it (until the buttons started to fail after 15 years of heavy use): 16-part multitimbral, 16-track MIDI sequencer (linear and pattern-based both), HQ sound engine for its time (same as JV-1080)....

Ultimate Keybed Thread(models and manufacturers listed)

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DIY Re-writable Roland SR-JV80 card with WiFi

Thank you for your testing, confirms my theory that it would behave somewhat similar. Also I noticed you are using the secretly released FW 1.10. I assume it works fine?

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