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Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
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Parts & Components
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Modifications
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Owner Registry
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System Components
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01From the Community02Audio Demos03Compatible Sound ROMs04Parts & Components05Modifications06Owner Registry07System ComponentsManufacturer
Roland
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Specifications
- LFO
- 1 triangle/square/sawtooth/random
- Dates
- 1981–1985
- Price
- ¥980,000JPY$5295US£3995GBP
- Filter
- 12 or 24 dB/octaveresonant lowpass,non-resonant highpass1ADSR envelopefor VCF
- Effects
- None
- Keyboard
- 61 keys
- Polyphony
- 8 voices
- Attenuator
- 1ADSR envelopefor VCA
- Oscillator
- 2 VCOs per voice
- Timbrality
- 2
- Manufacturer
- Roland Corporation
- Storagememory
- 64 patches
- Synthesis type
- analogsubtractive
- External control
- DCB (on later models)
- Velocity expression
- No
- Aftertouchexpression
- No
