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From the Community
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Audio Demos
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Compatible Sound ROMs
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EPROM Archive
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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 ROMs04EPROM Archive05Parts & Components06Modifications07Owner Registry08System ComponentsManufacturer
Roland
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Specifications
- Dates
- 1986–1991
- Price
- $318US(1986)
- Effects
- No
- Hardware
- Main panel features a simple LCD display, 15 buttons, 2 knobs, 16 trigger pads, 2 outputs for left and right/mono, headphone jack, and tape input/output.
- Keyboard
- 16 pattern keys
- Polyphony
- 8 voices
- Oscillator
- N/A
- Audio sample
- 8-bit unsigned PCM data, with a 25.00 kHz sampling rate
- Manufacturer
- Roland Corporation
- Storagememory
- Patterns: 48 user, 48 preset. 6 Songs.
- Synthesis type
- Digitalsample-based
- External control
- MIDI in/out, start/stop foot pedal jack.
- Velocity expression
- No
- Aftertouchexpression
- No
