Posted on 16/10/2017
Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer
Personal experiences with the original Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer.
Ranum Electronic Music Life – Across 4 Decades.
Posted on 16/10/2017
Personal experiences with the original Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer.
Ranum Electronic Music Life – Across 4 Decades.
Posted on 23/08/2017
“King of the 80s sound”
4 decades of electronic music.
Posted on 17/05/2017
A different creature If you believe that a Roland Jupiter-6 is simply a boiled down version of the Jupiter-8, think again. The Jupiter-6 has got a different filter and synth engine. The addition of a true multimode filter (LPF/BPF/HPF) expands the sonic possibilities of the single synth engine. But the Jupiter-8’s ability to layer 2 different patches gives […]
Posted on 31/03/2016
Posted on 01/01/1995
I have created a fully integrated Logic Pro X MIDI sysex editor for the Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter MIDI Sound module. The editor mimics the functionality of the original MPG-80 programmer for the MKS-80 and adds several extra features: Simultaneous view of the Upper and Lower parts for easier layering of sounds Arpeggiator A Chase […]
Posted on 06/08/1985
The Roland MKS-70 is a rack mount version of the quite well-specified Roland JX-10 Keyboard. The JX series has a somewhat different architecture from the Juno and Jupiter series. It started with the JX-3P keyboard which had a different sound and approach. The JX-3P was followed by the JX-8P which expanded the feature set, and features a […]
Posted on 01/06/1985
This unit was one of the first commercially available MIDI-to-CV Interfaces to be produced. It has several operating modes, including Mono (4 Mono voices on 4 MIDI Channels) Poly (Up to 4 voices on 1 MIDI Channel) Used to control the Fluxic Modular System from Logic Pro X on the main DAW. Manufacturer: Roland […]
Posted on 01/04/1985
The appearance of the MIDI standard and MIDI equipped samplers and drum machines spawned a new segment in the musical instrument industry – the MIDI controller. Unable to produce any sound by itself, the controller acts as an interface between the musician and the sound producing units. Keyboard controllers (“Mother Keyboards” or “Master Keyboards”) were […]
Posted on 05/03/1985
The Roland MKS-80 was launched as a rack successor to the big and beautiful Jupiter-8 synth – the unofficial king of the 80s polysynths. The MKS-80 had several additions to the JP-8, with MIDI and Velocity response as the most important. This made the instrument a lot more expressive, than the sweet sounding but more static […]
Posted on 30/09/1984
Since the early days of electronic music, the Vocoder has always had it’s place. Originally invented to reinforce intelligibility of telephone calls, the vocoder was soon abused by electronic musicians to make synthetic voices and other spectral processing. Early albums such as Wendy Carlos’ “A clockwork orange”, “Tales of Mysery and Imagination” by Alan Parsons […]