Roland D-550 Rackmount Sound Module/ Tone Generator
D-550 is a rackmount version of Roland’s popular D-50. The unit features fewer controls though the circuit is identical. D-550 is based on the capabilities of one of the most popular digital synthesizers not only ever created by Roland but ever emerged...
The successor of Matrix series, however, has a feature that strongly distinguishes Matrix-6 from its predecessors: the synthesizer's voices use digitally controlled oscillators (DCO). To build the voices Oberhiem used a specialized chip CEM3396 which...
Black (well, gray at least) page in the history of Oberheim. This synthesizer is difficult to associate with Oberheim, for which there are a number of reasons: First, Tom Oberheim did not take any part in the development of this product. Second, this is...
The Roland JV-35 is a digital synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1993 and discontinued in 1996. It was the successor to the Roland JV-30 and was part of the JV series of synthesizers but based on the SC-55 Sound Canvas sound engine. It...
In the early 80's all serious synthesizer manufacturers had to try hard to stay on the market after the release of the Prophet-5 synthesizer. The first attempt to grab his bite of the niche was made by Oberheim when he launched OB-X synthesizer, the...