The Yamaha EX5 represented upon its release a groundbreaking advancement in synthesizer technology, combining multiple synthesis methods in a single professional workstation. As Yamaha's flagship model in the EX series, it integrates four distinct...
The Korg Wavestation EX is a keyboard synthesizer released by Korg in 1991. It is an enhanced version of the original Wavestation, featuring a larger waveform ROM (4Mb instead of 2Mb, 119 new waveforms), bigger quantity of effects (+8 effects). Owners of...
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The Roland W30 is a compact yet powerful music workstation that combines an eight-part multitimbral sampler with a sophisticated sequencer, creating a complete music production system in a single unit. Unlike many workstations that are...
The Roland Alpha Juno 1, introduced in 1985, is an analog polyphonic synthesizer. Produced until 1987, it was priced at US$895/ UK£575. It uses soft touch buttons and a single dial for programming, but the optional Roland PG-300 programmer made every...
The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler) is a 16-bit sampler and synthesizer workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was one of the first samplers to feature a built-in hard disk drive for storing samples and sequences. It also had a built-in...