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Roland Corporation

Japanese electronic instrument manufacturer, founded 1972 by Ikutaro Kakehashi.

Type: Organization
Subjects: Instruments Technology

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).

Works in the Library

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