The instrument is a successfully modified ARP Odyssey with MIDI in and USB MIDI introduced, separate headphone and balanced XLR outputs added, and a drive option devised for VCA distortion. The 37-note keyboard reproduces ARP Odysseys original synthesis...
The Roland JP-8080 is an impressive analog modeling synthesizer that builds upon the foundation of the JP-8000 while adding significant enhancements. Housed in an exemplary metal casing that replaces the JP-8000's "bendy plastic," this unit features a...
Released in 1982, Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer was originally devised as an instrument for solo guitarists at rehearsal and bands which didn’t have a bass player. Besides, it was meant to accompany TR-606 drum machine. More than 30 years have passed...
In 1985 at the music fair in Milan Prophet 2000 was introduced - the first sampler made by SCI. Compared to its predecessors (E-mu Emulator and Ensoniq Mirage), the synthesizer got the sample rate almost twice bigger (12 bits versus 8) and offered quite...
Prophet VS is the first synthesizer which applies vector synthesis method. Unfortunately, Prophet VS was produced only a few months before Sequential Circuits ceased its operating in 1987. Later (in 1990), this method was used by Dave Smith in Korg...