Roland JUNO-DS88 88-Key Synthesizer

The ultimate gig-ready keyboard workstation with pedigree, Roland's Juno-DS88 builds on the company's long history of cutting-edge, era-defining sounds and the heritage of the prestigious Juno line. The 88 weighted, progressive-hammer-action, ivory-feel keys give a piano-quality playing style, and the keyboard's versatile synth eingine runs the gamut from realistic concert piano sounds to in-depth wave synthesis and sample manipulation.

Fans of the previous-generation Juno-DI will find all 1,000 of that keyboard's sounds included here, along with great-quality new piano and organ sounds and waveforms. There's also a wave expansion slot, which gives users the opportunity to download more waveforms from the Roland website, keeping the synthesis options bang up to date.

The Juno-DS88 is a keyboard performer's ideal instrument, being light to carry and a delight to play, and providing the option of battery power for optimal flexibility. Alongside the eight octaves of keys there are host of dedicated knobs and sliders, performance pads for launching samples and an eight-track sequencer so you can build up complex sequences and create loops on the fly. There's a microphone input with vocoder and autopitch functions (the latter is capable of everything from subtle pitch correction to an idiosyncratic auto-tune-esque warble), and an onboard reverb.

If you're eager to get straight to jamming you'll find a seemingly endless array of easy-to-access presets within easy access, and if you're into in-depth sound design, you can get hands-on and tweak parameters to your heart's content with the onboard editing functions, and import your own samples for manipulation within the synth.

Professional keyboard players will fall for the Juno-DS88's realistic-feel keys, which also make it a great instrument for learning to play. And if you're after a studio MIDI control surface, the Juno-DS88's inbuilt DAW control mode allows you to manipulate your favourite music-making software via the keyboard's front panel.

So for versatility, musicality and sheer playability, the Juno-DS88 is a keyboardist's ideal all-in-one workstation.

• Gig-ready instrument with pro sounds, enhanced performance features, and battery-powered operation
• 88-note Ivory Feel-G Keyboard provides weighted-action feel in a lightweight design that’s easy to transport
• Includes all the sounds from the popular JUNO-Di, plus newly updated acoustic and electric pianos, additional organs, and other stage essentials
• Wave expansion slot enables users to download new sound waveforms, available for free at Roland’s Axial website
• Sample import function for playing user WAV files on the JUNO-DS88’s keyboard
• Easy sound manipulation and editing with hands-on knobs and sliders
• Eight Phrase Pads for triggering samples and audio songs stored on USB memory
• Mic input and dedicated Reverb, Vocoder, and Auto Pitch effects for impressive vocal performances
• Intuitive eight-track pattern sequencer with non-stop recording for quickly developing song ideas
• USB audio/MIDI and DAW Control mode
• Also available in 61 keys