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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

1. "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

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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

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