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From the Community
From the community
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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
- Dates
- 1980–1983
- Price
- US$1,195£765¥150,000 JPY
- Effects
- Individual level, tuning,attack, decay, and tone controls for some sounds
- Keyboard
- 16 pattern keys
- Polyphony
- 12
- Timbrality
- 12
- Manufacturer
- Roland
- Storagememory
- 32 patterns, 768 measures
- Synthesis type
- Analogsubtractive
- External control
- DIN syncin/out
