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Roland Corporation is a manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi[?] in Osaka on April 18, 1972, and was named
after the French epic poem, Le Chanson de Roland[?].
Roland use a number of additional brand names for their products:
- BOSS[?] (guitar effects pedals, effects units, rhythm machines)
- Edirol[?] (Desktop Media Production or 'DTMP')
- Rodgers Instruments[?] (electronic and combination pipe organs)
- Roland Digital Group[?] (Roland DG).
Roland company slogans:
- Inspire the enjoyment of creativity
- Be the best rather than the biggest
- The Roland Family - Cooperative Enthusiasm
A few noteworthy products:
- Roland Jupiter-6[?]: First Roland synthesizer to support MIDI
- MC-303[?] The first non-keyboard drum machine, sample based synthesizer and sequencer combination bearing the now generic term "Groovebox."
- MC-505[?] Successor to the MC-303 with more powerful synthesizer and sequencer. Featuring "Megamix."
- MC-909[?] 2002 Successor to the MC Groovebox series featuring a full 16 track sequencer and sampling built in.
- Roland RE-201[?]: Renowned 'Space-Echo' machine - arguably the most popular tape-echo produced
- Roland SH-1000[?]: Claimed by Roland to be Japan's first commercial keyboard synthesizer
- Roland SH-101[?]: Monophonic[?] synthesizer designed to be worn hung around the neck with a strap, with an optional modulation attachment that protruded like the neck of a guitar
- Roland SoundCanvas[?]: One of the first General MIDI synthesizers
- Roland TB-303: Defined the "acid" sound for rave music
- Roland TR-808: One of the first and most popular of the programmable drum machines and the sounds that are particular to that machine have become pop music cliches, heard on countless recordings
- Roland TR-909[?]: Was (during the 1990s) and arguably still is the most popular drum machine for use in modern Electronic Dance Music
- Octapad
External links:
- Roland Main Site (http://www.roland.com)
- Roland Japan Web site (http://www.roland.co.jp)
- Roland US Web site (http://www.rolandus.com)
- BOSS (http://www.bosscorp.co.jp)
- Roland DG (http://www.rolanddg.com)
- Edirol (http://www.edirol.com)
- Rogers Instruments (http://www.rodgersinstruments.com)
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