Very capable, somewhat noisy at the controls when zip is active; noise is not heard thru outputs. Not recommended for use as a drum machine like an MV or MPC. Perfect for recording , matching and creating different grooves, riffs and other music and samples which can then be manipulated in a vast variety of ways 100 to 250 mb at a time. Easy to replace the Zip drive if necessary. Great sounding piece of equipment.
Verified purchase: No
Very outdated and one of Roland's biggest flops ever made. All samples are streamed from the ZIP DISK. There is NO MEMORY CHIPS! Even a little snare must be read from the ZIP...AND IT'S VERY VERY LOUD AND DISTRACTING. It's a nice concept but executed poorly. This really is a sampler without memory. It would have been better to have been built with a 5mb basic ram chip for your small samples (drums) and THEN the ZIP drive for longer.
Verified purchase: No
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