street priceThe Roland MKS-50 was an analog synthesizer module released by Roland in 1986. The MKS-50 was basically an 1U rack-mount version of the Alpha Juno. It has the same synth engine and architecture, with some added features like 16 programmable chord memories, and the ability to store velocity, volume, panning, de-tune, portamento and other similar parameters within each patch.
Tags: hybrid synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Sound Module/ Tone Generator | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| Rackmount, 1U | |
| Archetype | |
| Hybrid, Digital+Analog | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 6 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillators per voice | 1 |
| Sub-Oscillators per voice | 1 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Saw |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | White Noise |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 64 |
| User-defined Single Voice | 64 |
| Filter | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 24dB | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Attack | |
| Decay | |
| Sustain | |
| Release | |
| Effects | |
| Chorus | |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Portamento | |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| External controllers | |
| External Control Panel | |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal | |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1986 |
| Production ended | |
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