Roland Corporation

Japanese electronic instrument manufacturer, founded 1972 by Ikutaro Kakehashi.

Collections: Music
Type: Organization
Creator: Ikutaro Kakehashi
Subjects: Instruments

Founded in Osaka in 1972 by Ikutaro Kakehashi, formerly of Ace Tone, Roland built a broad synthesizer line from the semi-modular System 100 (1975) and the professional System 700 (1976) through the Jupiter-8 (1981) and the digital D-50 (1987).

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Roland Corporation INSTRUMENT
Roland D-50
Roland's 1987 digital synthesizer, combining sampled attack transients with synthesized tones.
COMPUTATION INSTRUMENTS MEMORY
Roland Corporation INSTRUMENT
Roland Jupiter-8
Roland's 1981 eight-voice programmable analog synthesizer.
INSTRUMENTS
Roland Corporation INSTRUMENT
Roland System 100
Roland's 1975 semi-modular synthesizer system.
INSTRUMENTS
Roland Corporation INSTRUMENT
Roland System 100M
Roland's fully modular expansion of the System 100 concept.
INSTRUMENTS
Roland Corporation INSTRUMENT
Roland System 700
Roland's 1976 professional modular synthesizer, its most expensive instrument.
INSTRUMENTS

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