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Roland has announced a couple of new MIDI keyboards: the A-49 and A-88. While these are part of the same range, each model is designed to appeal to a very different kind of user. The 4-octave A-49 is ...

Portable instruments that run on AA batteries have been popping up for a while now. There's the Roland Boutique line, Korg's Monologue and even the iRig Keys I/O from IK Multimedia. Now Akai is ...