Roland E09 Keyboard Arranger
By Dan: Learn About Us on with Comments 38
Today we are going to review the Roland E09 keyboard. The E09 is a keyboard that is built on the very popular and successful E. series of Roland keyboards.
The look and feel of this keyboard including the sound patches really hints at the fact that this keyboard looks like a professional keyboard arranger. But its low price might be a tad on the low end which would make you think that it is cheap in construction. Nothing could be further from the truth when I tested this keyboard out.
The E09 has been rebuilt from the bottom up and no longer resembles the baseline E. series keyboards. Essentially the E09 sound bank comes complete with wholly different sounds and musical styles featuring styles from Western, Middle East, and Asian countries. The new sounds are completely compliant with GM2 standards.
For an arranger keyboard and a little bit surprised at this keyboards features only 64 notes of polyphony. Because this keyboard is meant to be used to compose and arrange music and particularly to create complete orchestrations, polyphony.
I liked what I saw with respect to the effects section which features 47 different effects including eight different types of reverb and a types of chorus.
Some of the standard controls on the E09 include the ability to transpose 12 semitones up-and-down.
A 16 track MIDI sequencer with start/stop, Phil, variation, ending, and tap tempo round out the controls for the sequencer.
One of the features that I liked on the Roland E09 is the 130 preset interactive styles which come with Asian, Middle East and Western instruments. So you can use the presets to add rich and full arrangements to your performance.
Storage capacity on the E09 consists of 32 MB to store your WAV files.
The Good
The keyboard is feature rich for the price.
The Bad
For an arranger keyboard, the E09 should come with 128 notes of polyphony instead of the 64 notes that it comes with.
Get the Roland E09 at Amazon
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Hi Dan,
I am a former trumpet player that had to give up the horn due to heart problems. I play lots of big band music, what type and make of keyboard would you recomend? I don’t want to give up music totaly. Thought taking up the keyboard would be relaxing.
Ken
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Dan Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Hi Ken,
Given your situation I would recommend the Roland E09 because it offers a number of presets that add rich accompaniments to make it sound like a full orchestration. This keyboard is not expensive in fact they have a really good deal at Amazon. just see other people’s reviews.
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Dan,
Does the Roland E09 have a full rythym system with it. Someone told me it didn’t? Another words,all of the rythyms. It sounds liek something I would be interested in. Thanks again.
Ken
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Dan Reply:
August 29th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Ken,
the E09 does come with drums and rhythm section which adapts to the arranger style you select. The arranger section helps to fill in by adding some orchestration based on the music style you select. The rhythm section I believe is customizable.
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Does this roland E-09 has registrations.Like in yamaha models we can store the desired instruments in banks and switch to it with just one touch.Does roland has that facility.Help plz!!
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maliciousrex Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
yup2 it has 100 registrations but no banking. you can find how to register settings through the manual. you can download the manual through google just search it.
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Hi Dan,
I don’t want to give up totaly TRANSPOSE SYSTEM ALL USERS .
uday
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I want to know does Roland E-09 have USB connection or Can we connect it to computer with usb?
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djshuffle Reply:
August 16th, 2011 at 4:06 am
I have this model,and the only thing that I hate about this keyboard is that it doesn’t have usb port:|
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How are the string sounds? is there a string + piano souund?
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Nirmalya Reply:
May 21st, 2010 at 10:16 am
U can always use the dual option 4 that!!…..it has got a beautiful piano tone!!
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Hi Dan
I am playing a small casio keyboard for the last one year, I like a little bit classical styles. Now I want to go for a good one where I can also play beautiful piano tones, Can you please advise me..
Thanks a lot
Sam
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Dan Reply:
August 29th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Sam,
If you are just interested in piano sounds, then consider the Yamaha CP33 which is affordable and somewhat portable as well but has a great touch response for the price and value.
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iam looking at buying a keyboard to use in church. i have two options to get either a roland E09 or yamaha psr423. which one would be a right choice for me and why
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djshuffle Reply:
August 16th, 2011 at 4:08 am
I would prefer E-09,it is because Psr-e423 is more like a synthesizer.
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Hello
i Hav just purchasd e09 jst wnt 2 confirm does it contains arpeggiator function if yes thn can u plz tel me how I can use that function and also if we wnt 2 echo any voice hw can be done?
Thanx
Sabby
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robert o' rourke Reply:
October 10th, 2011 at 5:56 am
hi I have just bought an e09 i was wondering if you can use the arranger & song controls
to alter playback. rob
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Helo,
I have Roland E09, i also have MIDI & GM tones with me seperately in my notebook. Is it possible to upload and save in E09. If yes , how can any one explain. As far as i know..E09 can accept only GM2 tones. Please advice how to upload.
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RAKESH Reply:
May 18th, 2011 at 5:01 am
I WANT STY DOWNLOAD IN ROLAND E09
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Hi,
I have Roland E09. Apart from DP Series Pedal..is there any other model which performse well..i am looking for volume pedal..
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When reading this post it reminded me of something I read the other day in a Yamaha Book, would there be any chance I could have the authors email address, Great blog thanks for the infomation.
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Dan Reply:
November 8th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
you can reach me at dan@piano-keyboard-reviews.com
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HI…
I WANT TO BUY TWO PROFESSIONAL KEYBOARDS FOR CHURCH PURPOSES.
PLEASE ADVICE ME, AS I AM CURRENTLY THINKING OF ROLAND E-09 AND YAMAHA PSR-S550B
THANK YOU
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High Plains Thumper Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 3:30 am
If you want something that will have greater flexibility, try the Roland GW-8. I have its predecessor, the GW-7. It has the capability of downloading different styles to it through USB from PC. I purchased the GigaStylesCollection CD from E-Bay, an outfit from France that has a PC styles sampler player and over 1,000 styles on it that are professionally written. Roland also has free software with both to convert midi files to styles, so you can roll your own. The workstation has also built in styles that sound great. I have about a dozen and half styles already downloaded, that vary in genre from country folk, western to classic jazz, which can be quickly called up.
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Hi Dan
i want to buy a keyboard with a good piano voice and also oriental.
i think Roland E 09 has an excellent piano sound…….hasn’t it?
and is it oriental or not?
plz reply i really need ur advice.
thank u very much
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i have a roland exr5s – i downlaoded an asian music style. the file is in sty format. Can this keyboard accept beats or not?
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Dan, necesito que me aconsejes,por favor,para saber que teclado de arreglos comprar. Hasta ahora estoy entre: Roland E-09 y Korg Pa500. Aguardo tu ayuda.
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hi Dan, can i use my Roland E-O9 as a MIDI controller, if yes what do i need to connect it to my computer?
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Dan Reply:
July 12th, 2011 at 6:06 am
Yes you can use the E-O9 as a MIDI controller. As long as there is MIDI In/out ports which the E-O9 has you can use it as a controller. What you will need will depend on what you want to do. If you just want to control other keyboards then you will need MIDI cables. If you want to use your computer as a recording studio then if your E-O9 has USB then you can connect your keyboard to computer using USB otherwise you will need USB to MIDI connector. Years ago I had what was called an MPU-401 box that connected my keyboard via MIDI to my computer. Today I use a high end external sound card that has USB connectivity to the computer and MIDI In/Out for the keyboard. I recommend the external sound card such as EMU which works great with my Yamaha CP300. If you are looking to do studio quality work converting your MIDI files to audio for mastering and mix down then I highly recommend the external sound card. They are relatively cheap. If you are only looking to save and playback MIDI files then you won’t need the sound card.
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Margelis Reply:
July 25th, 2011 at 7:00 am
Hi Dan , I am wondering if the Roland E 09 is what I need . I want to produce my own material at home and perform on my piano with what I have pre recorded on the Roland before . So that I will alwas play the piano part life but with a huge backup of other instrument that I have pre recorded and saved in the roland . Will this work ? Or should I look to get something else ? How many songs can I save on the Roland E 09 ?
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does roland E-09 has USB port And does it comes With a stand?
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i would like to know how can I save my creations using roland e09. It can only hold one song??
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Hi, can you please send me patch list of E09 on my e-mail?? i really need one, Thanks..
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Dan Reply:
August 20th, 2011 at 9:21 am
You can download the manual which has the patch list in it. Download from here http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/om.cfm?PRODUCT=E-09
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Please tell me, which sound better, the EXR-7 or E09?
Thank you
Dedy Suardi Indonesia
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hey guys i just want to know when was the roland eo9 manufactured [what year when first produced]
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Ken Enos Reply:
December 4th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
I bought the E09 last December, and am very happy with it. The piano sounds are great, and the organ sounds are not bad at all. I have been taking lessons weekly,and progressing a lot. I will have to move up to a 88 keyboard down the road. Not sure which one yet, it is like startign all over. I think you will enjoy the E09.
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