A "workstation" keyboard, the JW50 features a 61 note velocity & pressure sensitive keyboard with built-in sequencer & disk drive.

Specifications include

• 24 voice polyphony & 16 channel multi-timbral operation
• GS format sound capability
• 317 preset tones / 128 user tones
• 9 rhythm sets
• Reverb/delay (8)
• chorus (8)
• "Compu-Mix" section w/ 8 sliders
• 3.5" DS/DD disk drive
• L/R outputs plus headphones
• and hold & expression pedal inputs.

The sequencer section includes 16 tracks and 48,000 note capacity, clock resolution of 120 ppq, realtime or step record, and backing functions. The backing function helps the user compose by allowing the creation of four part accompaniments. Users create up to 4 measure basic parts called a block, by selecting one of 30 preset music styles and adding a chord progression. A complete accompaniment can be created by chaining a total of 10 different blocks into 128 song parts. There are 50 preset chord change sets made of chord progressions (plus user).

JW50 - MSLP - $1995