The Roland AX-Edge is a

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, which was introduced and released by

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in September 2018. Being an installment within Roland's keytar lineage, it is the successor to the Roland AX-Synth.

Features

The keytar synthesizer introduces customizable edge blades (a silver Edge Blade for the black model and a gold Edge Blade for the white model), which is a distinction from other keytars. The

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memory function and

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, along with

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are included. The keyboard has 49 full-sized keys with velocity and aftertouch, with 256 notes of polyphony. Vocoder, Mic Input, and 500 preset tones are present - which can be switched seamlessly without unnatural sound cut off. However, the synthesizer does not have the

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controller, which was added to Roland's preceding keytars.

References

External links

Roland AX Edge - Step into the spotlight
on

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