SYSTEM-500 Complete Set was the novelty of 2015, which was greeted and saluted by fans with "Roland’s back finally" shout outs. System-500 is the result of Roland and Malekko Heavy Industry (known for its synthesizer modules and guitar effects)...
Jupiter-4 is a synthesizer launched by Roland in 1978. The monotimbral instrument offers one VCO per voice. The oscillator generates triangle, square, and square with PWM, there’s a sub oscillator included. One LFO produces sine, square and ramp (ramp...
JD-XA released in 2015 became the first synthesizer made by Roland, which featured the latest technology of combined sound synthesis. The creators named their brainchild "crossover synth", which is poetically equivalent to the "crossroads of the two...
In 1977 ARP released a new version of its most successful synthesizer - the Omni Mk2 - on the synthesizer market. Inside the synthesizer, everything remained almost unchanged, but outside it got a new branded color scheme "orange + black" and a...
The legendary LM-1 Drum Computer by Roger Linn became the first digital drum machine capable of reproducing samples of real drums. Its excellent sound helped to revise and change the music of the 80's. The LM-1 is the first digital drum machine to...
DrumBrute is a drum synthesizer with a fully analog audio path. This machine is designed to give the musician a deep and versatile setting of 17 drum and percussion instruments. The instrument has an intuitive sequencer with the ability of step recording...
The Cyclone Analogic Drum Drone TT-606 is a drum machine and synthesizer designed to produce a wide range of sounds. It features a built-in sequencer, a variety of analog drum sounds, and a unique “drone” mode that allows you to create complex rhythmic...
LinnDrum, or LM-2, went into production in 1982. LM-2 is an updated version of the LM-1, with added crash samples and cymbal rides. Unlike Roland TR series, the drum machine used 28-35 kHz samples of real acoustic drums. Thus, LinnDrum appeared to be a...
Vermona DRM-1 MK2 drum synthesizer was released in 2001. 5U device is designed to be placed in a rack. The device doesn’t have a built-in sequencer, and instead, the sounds respond via MIDI input/thru or gate signals. Thus, the module requires to be...
Drum Station released in 1996 became the first drum synth clone of the legendary drum machines TR-808 and 909. The instrument recreated the sounds with stunning realism thanks to analog modeling (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals). In addition, it...
