street priceAX-7 is a Roland’s 45-note velocity sensitive keytar launched in 2001 and features more functions than its predecessor AX-1. Later it would be discontinued to give way to Roland’s AX-Synth.
The device still functions as a MIDI controller sending MIDI messages to other MIDI compatible instruments. The keytar supports General MIDI, General MIDI Level 2, and Roland's proprietory GS MIDI.
AX-7 allows for storing up to 128 patches which is 4 times more than AX-1 did. The unit is powered externally or with 6 AA batteries. There’s a 3-character LED display integrated. The volume control knob is featured as well as pitch bend ribbon, expression bar and sustain switch are present. Roland’s D-Beam infrared sensor is installed in the structure of the keytar.
The keytar was used by Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ozzy Osbourne’s keytarist Adam Wakeman and many others.
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Performance Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| Keytar | |
| MIDI Controller | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 2 part(s) |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI v2 (GM2) | |
| General Standard (GS) | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Size | 3.5 |
| Number of Keys | 45 |
| Display | |
| Display type | LED |
| Resolution: Symbols Count | 3 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| D-Beam Infra Red Controller | |
| Color | |
| White | |
| Red | |
| Production start | 2001 |
| Production end | 2007 |
| Production ended | |
AX-1 is a Roland’s velocity sensitive 45-note keytar produced from 1992 to 1994. The keytar is not a standalone instrument is a MIDI controller devised to manage sounds of external devices. David Sherriff and Andrew Leggo were responsible for the design...