Product: Edirol PCR-80
Price Paid: 380 (CAN)
Submitted
04/01/2005
at
07:56am
by
Martin Bournival
Email: zarzy at hotmail<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
9
Very easy. Manual simple and helpful.
Features
:
9
The keyboard action is a bit weird, but I use it as a second keyboard, so it's ok. The most important features about this keyboard are the sliders and rotary controllers. I use it to control Native Instruments B4, and you can set the sliders to operate just like real drawbars. Plus, you can plug in an expression pedal and a footswitch for leslie. There are also push-buttons that you can set to control other parameters. The 9th drawbar would have made it complete.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
5
It only has velocity offset, and no velocity curves, which is bad.
Reliability
:
8
I use it without a backup. Had it only for 2 months though, so I can't really tell. I don't know if I like the fact that I can see the printed circuit board between the keys.
Customer Support
:
9
I've emailed Edirol about the "drawbar" setting and they emailed back shortly after to tell me how to do it.
Overall Rating
:
9
If lost or stolen, I would buy the same one. I had originally bought a Midiman Radium, which I returned to the store because it gave me stuck notes and it didn't have velocity curves. Although it doesn't have velocity curves neither, this one has better features (push-buttons, plugs for footpedals). It is definitely worth the extra bucks over a Radium. It feels less like a toy and more like an instrument.
