Edirol's PC-80 is probably the most unorthodox midi controller I've ever used, in that it has built-in speakers. Why did Edirol (or Roland, to be true) think that this bizarre idea was a good one? And were they right?
Well not my cuppa BUT the additional routing options could be useful as long as plugging something into the Headphone outs doesn’t mute the other outputs. You could try: Phono outs > Kp3 or DJ looper/ Audio interface at line level. TRs Headphone out 1 to a ‘shared’ band amp with Aux input or second channel. TRs Headphone out 2 to say an FX loop or external processor? If that sorta works do you think you would do another vid trying it out? Jb x
@@gearfacts i have not. it's just sitting on the stand in my room collecting dust right now because I cant find any way to use headphones with it, nor is there an documentation online on how to plug headphones in. also it doesn't want to work with my speakers so its useless
PC-80 is primarily a “USB Audio Interface” so most of its functionality requires a computer connection. Unfortunately the driver software is incompatible with modern operating systems
@@gearfacts Yeah, seems there is just alot of keyboards that would be nice to have, that do not even exist anymore or never got released in my neck of the woods lol. Kinda like that rare unicorn Casio "CPS210". a CPS 201 but with MIDI!
@@EzekielReed I would if it were cheap enough, but right now I just bought 3 samplers, 2 synths, a digital piano and soon a midi keyboard controller, as well as a vocoder, all in the past month so I will have to wait lol!
Better to just use a 'toy' keyboard that has built in pcm sounds, bigger speakers and midi in/out.. this thing is just for practise or beginners.. the fact it has such small speakers baffles me..
I hear you. The keys are really nice, so i guess a pro might possibly be happy playing it if they were content with all the other weird aspects... :) #gearfacts
