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I bought mine about eight months ago (used). I used to own a Casio CZ3000 which I had for about five years but wanted something just...different and with drum sounds! I bought a Yamaha CS1x but couldn't get on with it so sold it after ten days and bought the XP instead.
I haven't regretted a single moment since I first switched it on. Apart from the preset bank - where the GM sounds are quite usuable - there's a good deal of capacity for user-editable sounds.
The actual programming interface is sort-of analogue-based so you can access the filter, envelope etc and the two assignable sliders on the front help to make things easy, although they'd be even more useful if you could edit parameter values with them (otherwise you need the + and - buttons which can be a bit slow).
Apart from the actual sounds, which are pretty varied and quite interesting, you're able to use up to sixteen in a Performance which can also be saved. As with the Sound Canvas series, you can switch on and off MIDI reception of each channel. This is handy because if you're like me and have other gear receiving on other channels, the thing blasting away on all sixteen channels at once as well as all the other gear can make things hard to control!
I'd say it was quite a good all-rounder.There's a large selection of pads, basses, strings, pianos etc. Roland have extensively sampled some of their classic machines including the SH-101, TB-303 and Jupiter 8 synths. For those seeking the classic Roland TR-808 and 909 sounds, they're hear too and damned good they sound too.
Physically it's very slim and light but it's robust enough. I expect my upgrade path to move onto its bigger XP-30 and XP-50 brothers but the XP-10 is a winner too. If you see one cheap - and they can be had for under £100 used now - buy it.
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