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Roland EP-85

Digital Piano from Roland belonging to the EP series

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Published on 01/30/13 at 12:14
88-key piano with lots of jack connections (2 headphone outputs, right output, left output, right input, left input, sustain pedal, damper pedal), and three MIDI (in, out, thru).

8 classic sounds (97), piano, ep, organ... pretty decent... ...for its time.

One chorus and one reverb effect.

No editing, as far as I know.

UTILIZATION

Very nice keyboard, much similar to a real piano than other digital pianos. It's light enough but you can still feel the action mechanism under your fingers. Being a pianist, I find its keyboard very intuitive, the keys are well proportioned and do not slip.

Having rescued it from the junkyard, I never had the manual!

I have never been tempted to configure MIDI, it starts directly on channel 1, so I adapt my MIDI setup consequently. It's a very good master keyboard.

SOUNDS

The sounds aren't very useful, given their age. I recommend it exclusively as a master keyboard!

OVERALL OPINION

I've used it for a year, more or less. I love its keyboard, its robustness (I've taken it on tour several times and it has endured all sorts of abuse — liquid, dirt, drops, welding, etc.), and it can be easily repaired when there's a problem.

The snag is its size (88 keys, it's as wide as a piano!) and weight (it's heavy as a whale), which make it very impractical to transport in a car.

I saved it from the junkyard, so it cost me nothing (apart from the tin to repair a couple of things), so its value for money is pretty interesting!