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“The XPS-10, a keyboard developed to meet diverse market needs”
Roland has developed and marketed numerous keyboard products over the course of its history.
Throughout repeated cycles of development, we have received numerous requests and opinions from our customers,
and have always endeavored to produce the best possible products.
Although our aim is to create products that can be used by customers in any region across the world, the needs of
customers can dier between countries and regions.
Thus, we began development focused particularly on the needs of countries in Asia and Central and South America.
This is the XPS-10.
In developing the XPS-10, we started by carefully researching the required functions and frequently-used sounds for
customers in each country.
The rst thing we learned was the favorable opinion held regarding the sounds of existing Roland products.
It became clear that the sounds of the Roland XP series and JUNO series are used in a variety of situations, and are
considered indispensable standard sounds.
The XPS-10 contains many of these standard sounds.
We also received many requests for “the sounds of local instruments” specic to each country and region.
Although our previous keyboard products had provided a diverse array of sounds such as piano, strings, and
synthesizer, it now came to our attention that the provision of ethic instruments and local instruments of each country
and region had not been entirely satisfactory.
In order to meet the needs of each country, it would be ideal to provide all of the sounds of local instruments, but since
local instruments are innumerable, it is impossible to build all of them into the unit.
Thus, we have provided a “Sample Import” function that allows the customer to import the necessary instruments into
the XPS-10 and play them from the keyboard.
The “Sample Import” function lets every customer freely import their favorite sounds into the XPS-10 so that they can
be played on the keyboard.
We also provided “AUDIO PAD” buttons that make it easy to play backing tracks or sound eects to support live
performances with a small number of performers.
This is not simply performing on the keyboard while background music plays; rather, “AUDIO PAD” lets you play back
sound eects just by tapping a pad, so that you can switch backing track phrases or loops just as if you were
performing those phrases.
“AUDIO PAD” is designed to make backing performances easier and more eective than ever.
Another strong request was that the unit be light in weight.
We rethought the design of this keyboard to make it light and strong, with the result that the XPS-10 is the lightest of
Roland’s 61-note keyboards.
As we mentioned above, customer needs are varied.
It may be impossible to answer all requests.
However, we believe that we must continue to conduct market research and trial-and-error in order to respond to
every request.
The XPS-10 is the fullest possible embodiment of currently-available technology, functionality, and sound.
The greatest encouragement we can receive is for you to use the XPS-10, and experience satisfaction and enjoyment
that were not available from previously existing products.
The XPS-10 development team