Roland
Roland is a small Japanese company that makes synthesisers. They had something of a golden age between about the mid 1970s through to the mid 1990s. They also have a subsidiary that chiefly makes guitar effects pedals, Boss, and one that makes things such as portable audio recorders, Edirol.
Quotes
I always knew that the Roland stuff would stay in tune and all the Moog would always be all over the place.
— Hans Zimmer, 1999[1]
References
- "Hans Zimmer" Analogue Modular Systems, Inc., 1999
Further reading
Deep dives
- "The History of Roland: Part 1" Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Nov 2004
- "The History of Roland: Part 2" Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Dec 2004
- "The History of Roland: Part 3" Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Jan 2005
- "The History of Roland: Part 4" Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Feb 2005
- "The History of Roland: Part 5" Gordon Reid, Sound On Sound, Mar 2005
- "Roland Filters" Florian Anwander
- "Roland Choruses and Ensemble Effects" Florian Anwander
Downloads
Documentation
Catalogues
- "Roland catalogue" Roland, 1975
- "Roland catalogue" Roland, 1976
- "Roland General Catalogue, Volume 1" Roland, Mar 1977
- "Roland General Catalogue, Volume 2" Roland, Sep 1977
- "Roland General Catalogue, Volume 3" Roland, Jun 1978
- "Roland General Catalogue, Volume 4" Roland, May 1979
- "Roland General Catalogue, Volume 5" Roland, Dec 1979
- "Roland Keyboard Catalogue, Volume 1" Roland, Oct 1980
- "Roland Keyboard Catalogue, Volume 2" Roland, Oct 1981
- "Roland Keyboard Catalogue, Volume 4" Roland, Oct 1982
- "Roland Keyboard Catalogue, Volume 5" Roland, Feb 1983
- "Roland Keyboard Catalogue, Volume 7" Roland, Sep 1984
- "Roland catalogue volume 1" Roland, Aug 1985
- "Roland catalogue" Roland, 1987
- "Roland catalogue" Roland, 1988
- "Roland catalogue" Roland, 1989
Roland: Boss | DCB | Edirol | JV-1080 | Juno-6 | Juno-60 | Juno-106 | MC-4 | MC-8 | MC-202 | MPU-101 | R-8 | RS-101 | RS-202 | SH-5 | SH-101 | SN-R8 series | SN-U110 series | SO-PCM1 series | SR-JV80 series | System-100 | System-100M | TB-303 | TR-606 | TR-808 | TR-909 | U-110 | VP-330 | W-30