Dave Smith’s 5-octave semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch features 16 voices of polyphony, dual DCOs, integrates a 2-/4-pole resonant low-pass Curtis filter, offers waveshape modulation, bi-timbral operation, built-in effects...
The Sequential Prophet XL is a polyphonic analog synthesizer created by Dave Smith Instruments. It is the first in a series of synthesizers that combine the classic sound of the Prophet-5 with modern features and technology. The Prophet XL features a...
EOS B2000 is an extremely rare synthesizer which embraces the functionality of a workstation and an arranger. It used to be produced for the domestic market of Japan, although all the inscriptions on the housing and the display information are in...
The Roland SH-2000 is a monophonic analog synthesizer released by Roland in 1972. It features two oscillators, a low-pass filter, and an envelope generator. The SH-2000 was one of the first synthesizers to feature a built-in spring reverb unit, as well...
The Roland SH-1000 is an analog monophonic synthesizer released by Roland in 1973. It was the first synthesizer released by Roland and was the first commercially available synthesizer in Japan. The SH-1000 featured one VCO (voltage-controlled oscillator)...
The Roland JX-305 is a groove synthesizer released in 1996. It features a 61-key keyboard, a built-in sequencer, and a variety of sounds and effects. It is capable of producing a wide range of sounds, from classic analog synthesizers to modern dance and techno sounds.
JD-800 is a Roland’s digital synthesizer launched in 1991. The instrument provides 24 voices when one tone is used and reduces the polyphony to 6 notes when 4 tones are active (a patch can include up to 4 tones). The synthesis is based on proprietory...
D-70 is a 30-voice polyphonic synthesizer developed to be a stronger competitor on the market where Korg M1 became a hit. It was devised to be a successor of D-50/550 but actually represents an upgraded U-20 with which it has more in common. The...
Roland E-80 release took place in 2007. E-80 was designed to offer a massive set of functions: a 76-note keyboard features a 128-voice polyphony, a large selection of sounds (drums, electric guitars, basses, samples of the 88-key piano), and an...
JD-XA released in 2015 became the first synthesizer made by Roland, which featured the latest technology of combined sound synthesis. The creators named their brainchild "crossover synth", which is poetically equivalent to the "crossroads of the two...
