Electro Harmonix Synthesizer & Sequencer and Vocoder

Electro Harmonix guitar Synthesizer the EH vocoder is under vocoder.. same design as the guitar synthesizer.. the EH series including a sequencer and FX boxes EQ etc.. and of course the well known bass synths mini synthesizer line top:electro harmonix drm16 EH7450 1978 simple preset drum machine.. has matrix like variations from the rhythm selected with 2 knobs, Vari 1-4 and (funk,disco,rock,misc) also cymbals (long/short and wood block switch), very old style sounds with „piuuu tom“ , space drum switch on the back.. EH Electro Harmonix Synth overview / überblick..

Test: Roland JX8P Polyphoner Analogsynthesizer

Roland JX8P Polyphoner Analogsynthesizer BACK TO Roland MENU / zurück zum Roland Menü! Ja, simmer den heut scho’ Vintage? Es begab sich in 1984, dem Orwell Jahr. Die Oberflächen der Synthesizer veränderten sich. Eingabe der Parameter mittels eines Datenreglers und 7-Segment-LED-Anzeigen waren nun „in Mode“ gekommen. Dies machte Firmen möglich, bisher teure Geräte günstiger herzustellen. Konkurrenten seinerzeit waren andere Polyphone wie der 2 Jahre zuvor erschienene Korg Polysix, SCI Prophet 600 etc. Just in der Welle, da sich die Junos und Jupiters größter Beliebtheit erfreuten und Yamaha seit kurzem den…

Roland Variphrase V-Synth, VP9000, VariOS

– the Roland Variphrase Synthesizer Series ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – if available) Roland VP-9000 variphrase sampler 6voicesmore on variphrase synthesizers and audio workstations read on here: VP9000 pic thanks to plasmatronthis is very much like the vsynth and variOS, but only the „core“ technology, no filters but also with variphrase samples.. means: play samples with no time change ,stop in a sample etc.. use the „vproducer“ software to get some sort of variOS functionality, they are cheap used now… (compare variOS , VP9000 ,…

Roland Digital Synthesizer Fantom, D, JV, JD, XP Series

– the Roland JV, JD, Fantom Synthesizer Series Rompler and Sampler + LA Series D50, D10, D20 etc. ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – if available) Roland LA Synthesis Series – D10/D110, D20 , D50/D550 -> 1986 this series was a big seller: the D-50 was the flag ship: it consists of a pre-JV1080 and pre JD880 structure of 2 DCOs that can be ringmodulated or bass boosted. it also introduced samples and the digital filters. more on structure and synthesis: see JD800/JV .. W30 –…

Roland Alpha Juno 1 + 2, MKS50

– the Roland Juno + Alpha Juno Synthesizer Series ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – if available) JUNO SERIES its simple user interface and the absence of ringmode, crossmod or any other „dirtmaker“ is responsible for the juno’s sound that always sounds „good“.. but is also reduced to the minimum. it has DCOs (one DCO plus SUB with pwm,saw,noise), it’s not as versatile like the jupiter series but this may be the cause for the name: juno a moon of jupiter?.. it’s LFO has one waveform…

Roland Jupiter-Series + Promars

– the Roland Promars + Jupiter Synthesizer Series ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – if available) Roland Jupiter series Jupiter 8 – Jupiter8 – Ju8 – Ju8 built: 1981 (mks80 is QUITE similar but racked): JP8 audio demo AUDIODEMO some audio by myself on the mks-80 (racked Jupiter 8) jupiter8_mks80.mp3 more audio here at visiomedia (thanks frank!) Filters: lpf 24 and 12dB/oct., 2 PWMable VCOs but you can use ONE waveform per VCO only, crossmodulation, no midi but some have dcb (a roland interface), very classic…

Roland Modular: System 100, System 700, System 100m

Roland Analog Synthesizer – the Roland Modular Synthesizer Series ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – if available) THE ROLAND MODULAR LINE ROLAND SYSTEM100 – made in 1976 LARGE VIEW SYSTEM 100 here/ grossbild Roland System 100 Schematics System 100 .. the Roland System 100 consists of 101 basic unit, the „expander“ 102, the sequencer 104 and mixer 103 it is very very similar to the sh5. 1)the expander and basic unit provide a 12dB/oct. LPF and the typical non-vc or dynamically modulated hpf (fixed for just…

Roland SH-Series + CMU Series

Roland Analog Synthesizer – the Roland SH Synthesizer Series CMU810 + CMU800 – Computer Synth Module BACK TO Roland MENU / zurück zum Roland Menü.. ROLAND SYNTHESIZER images (click the pic to enlarge it – where available) Roland Synthesizers Roland History – the Roland SH seriesRoland was founded in 1972 by Ikutaro Kakehasi, Japan (prior companies: Ace (drum machines: and electronic organs) and kakehashi musen), first synthesizer: 1972 – mr kakehashis biography is available as a book from robert olsen, sh1000 (and sh2000, a bit more advanced) preset synthesizer with…