Presented in 1980 by the Japanese manufacturer Roland TR-808 rhythm machine actually seemed to be, doomed to failure at the very beginning of its journey. It was the main competitor to the so much superior LM-1 Drum Computer on the market. Compared to...
Shadowed by more famous colleagues, TR-606 strikes back. The release of a miniature box with huge potential took place in 1982. Like its colleagues bathing in fame pool, the drum machine generates its sounds with a simple analog circuit. At first glance,...
The Roland SH-101 is a highly thought about monophonic analog synthesizer released by Roland in 1982. It is known for its simple yet powerful design, and its ability to create a wide variety of sounds. It is often used in genres such as techno, house,...
The Roland MKS-70 Super JX is a synthesizer module released by Roland in 1987. It is a rack-mounted version of the popular JX-10 and JX-8P synthesizers. It features two DCOs per voice, four-stage envelopes, and a 24dB low-pass filter. It also has a...
Super JD-990 is a module version of JD-800 though it features some specs not introduced in the keyboard prototype. The module was released in 1993. The instrument offers 24 voice of polyphony and its core is represented with digital sample-based...