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...
The System-8 synthesizer is a kind of a virtual analog synthesizer that manages user-loaded audio libraries (PLUG-OUT), in addition to those already pre-installed initially. There are 3 instruments based on this technology - System-1 mini synthesizer,...
The Roland JV-90 is a synthesizer keyboard released in 1993 by Roland Corporation. It is a part of the JV series of synthesizers and is based on the Roland JV-880. It is a 28 or 56-voice polyphonic synthesizer with multitimbral capability. It features a...
AX-1 is a Roland’s velocity sensitive 45-note keytar produced from 1992 to 1994. The keytar is not a standalone instrument is a MIDI controller devised to manage sounds of external devices. David Sherriff and Andrew Leggo were responsible for the design...
D-10 has taken the synthesis core features from D-50. The synthesizer was priced quite reasonably. D-10 is capable of multitimbral operating and included a rhythm machine function. The instrument comprised several types of reverb. The engine was a bit...