Presented in 1980 by the Japanese manufacturer Roland TR-808 rhythm machine actually seemed to be, doomed to failure at the very beginning of its journey. It was the main competitor to the so much superior LM-1 Drum Computer on the market. Compared to...
Shadowed by more famous colleagues, TR-606 strikes back. The release of a miniature box with huge potential took place in 1982. Like its colleagues bathing in fame pool, the drum machine generates its sounds with a simple analog circuit. At first glance,...
SYSTEM-500 Complete Set was the novelty of 2015, which was greeted and saluted by fans with "Roland’s back finally" shout outs. System-500 is the result of Roland and Malekko Heavy Industry (known for its synthesizer modules and guitar effects)...
Two independent filters are placed in one 521 module. A voltage controlled filter can serve not only for signal frequency correction, but also for obtaining various "wobble", "quacks" and so on. Each of the filters has three inputs for signals with...
SYSTEM-500 530 DUAL VCA - two Voltage Controlled Amplifiers in one housing. In fact the unit represents two three-channel mixers. The control of the input signal level is carried out with small faders. With the same faders, the mixing of the control...
The analog module 540 of the new System-500 comprises two independent envelope generator units and one low frequency oscillator unit. The envelope generator provides control of ADSR parameters (attack, decay, sustain, release) - this allows receiving...
The module 572 combines three independent blocks - Delay, Phaser and Low Frequency Oscillator. The five-stage phaser has frequency and resonance tuning. There are two inputs for external control signals (CV), which can control the ratio of the dry signal...
The Roland SRV-3030 is a digital reverb processor released by Roland in the early 1990s. It is a rack-mountable unit that features 24-bit A/D and D/A converters, and offers a variety of reverb algorithms, including Hall, Room, Plate, and Gate. The...
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)...
