The instrument
The E-14 Intelligent Keyboard belongs to the 4th series of E synthesisers, which was on the market from 1995-1998. The first series with the models E-20, E-5, E-10 and Pro E had already appeared in 1997. In the meantime, Roland had changed the sound generation from LA synthesis to GS synthesis. The company flooded the market with the numerous E models, whose trump card was the ‘intelligent’ automatic accompaniment.
Details
The E-14 OR is a polyphonic, 24-voice synthesiser with a 61-key velocity-sensitive keyboard. The sound generation is based on the GS, the Generation Sound System. There is MIDI and built-in 2 x 3 W stereo amplifiers and speakers. There are 64 programmed music styles and 64 variations, 223 tones, 8 drum sets, 56 rhythms and 37 sound effects. The keyboard can be operated in Upper, Lower, Manual Bass, Arranger, Manual Drums and Effects modes. The effects are Digital Reverb and Chorus (16 bits), the control functions Master Volume, Pitch Bender / Modulation, Tune, Fill-In, Arranger, Keyboard Split, Transpose, MIDI Select, MIDI Part, MIDI Data, Kbd Velocity/Scale. The sequencer has six tracks to record 1 song.