Special "black" edition of lightweight, gig-ready synthesizer from JUNO series that offers pro sounds, enhanced performance features and battery-powered operation. It features a 61-note velocity-sensitive keyboard with synth action and includes all of the 1000+ sounds from the popular JUNO-Di, plus newly updated acoustic and electric pianos, additional organs, and other stage essentials. The Wave expansion slot further enables users to download new sound waveforms, available for free at Roland’s Axial website The synthesizer’s front panel provides an expanded array of hands-on knobs and sliders for creating patches and adjusting sounds during the performance, while the rear panel features jacks for connecting hold and expression pedals at the same time. Eight Phrase Pads are provided for triggering samples and audio songs stored on USB memory. The Sample import function further allows user to play WAV files on the synthesizer’s keyboard. Other features include a microphone input with dedicated Reverb, Vocoder, and Auto Pitch effects for impressive vocal performances, and intuitive eight-track pattern sequencer with non-stop recording for quickly developing song ideas. The synthesizer also provides an USB audio/MIDI interface and the DAW Control mode for use with a computer and any DAW software.