Editing Roland Octapad (section)

==Roland Pad-80==
[[Image:Roland Octapad II Pad-80.jpg|thumb|300px|Roland '''Octapad II''' Pad-80 (1989)]]
The second model, introduced in 1989, was the Pad-80 Octapad II. Again the Pad-80 was an eight pad [[MIDI]] controller that allowed for various types of MIDI sound sources.<ref name="p8">Page 8, Roland Pad-80 operation manual</ref> Improvements in this second model included the ability to play up to three notes per pad,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/octapad-ii/3985|title=Octapad II|magazine=Sound On Sound|date=October 1988|pages=10–11|issn=0951-6816|oclc=925234032}}</ref> and velocity switching, which allowed the user to stack or alternate between the assigned notes depending on how hard the pads were struck.  This feature became useful for creating more realistic sounding drum parts, and in addition allowed drummers to play melodic instruments with greater ease.  These new features were groundbreaking at the time, and are still utilized in Roland's electronic percussion today.

The memory was increased, allowing up to 64 different patches internally and another 64 patches to be stored on a Roland M-256E memory card.<ref name="p8"/> Further improvements to the [[MIDI]] specification included the control of modulation, pitch bend and aftertouch using a foot pedal, along with full System Exclusive (SysEx) capability.<ref name="p8"/> The Pad-80 had a patch chain function that allowed a series of 32 patches to be arranged in any sequence, eight of these chains could be stored in memory.<ref name="p8"/>