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Roland · Models
Roland is a Japanese maker of electronic musical instruments, including synthesizers, drum machines such as the TR-808, and the JC-120 Jazz Chorus, a benchmark solid-state guitar amplifier known for its built-in stereo chorus and produced since 1975.
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Roland SH
Japan
The SH series is Roland's long-running line of mostly monophonic synthesizers, beginning with the SH-1000 in 1973. It includes the popular SH-101 and continues into modern recreations such as the Boutique SH-01A.
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Roland U-20
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland U-20 is a sample-based (PCM) synthesizer keyboard released in 1989, built around Roland's RS-PCM sound cards. It offered realistic instrument sounds and multitimbral playback aimed at performing and composing musicians.
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Roland JX-03
Japan
The Roland JX-03 is a Roland Boutique desktop module that recreates the JX-3P synthesizer, offering its dual-DCO analog character in a compact modeled form.
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Roland Juno
Japan
The Juno series is Roland's line of affordable polyphonic synthesizers built around a single digitally controlled oscillator per voice and a warm chorus. It includes the Juno-6, Juno-60, and the popular, MIDI-equipped Juno-106.
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Roland Jupiter
Japan
The Jupiter series is Roland's line of flagship polyphonic analog synthesizers from the early 1980s, known for their bold, refined sound. It includes the eight-voice Jupiter-8 and the more compact, MIDI-equipped Jupiter-6.
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Roland XP
Japan
The XP series is Roland's line of sample-based synthesizer workstations from the 1990s, combining expandable sound libraries with onboard sequencing. It includes the XP-30 and the workstation-class XP-80.
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Roland SP-404
Sampler · Japan
The Roland SP-404 is a portable sampler line, first released in 2005, that pairs pad-based sample playback and recording with a bank of lo-fi and creative effects. Affordable and battery-capable, it became a favorite for beat-making, lo-fi hip-hop, and live performance.
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Roland MC-808
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland MC-808 is a groovebox released in 2006, combining sample-based sounds, real-time knob control, motorized faders, and an onboard sequencer aimed at electronic dance music production and live performance.
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Roland JD-990
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland JD-990 is a rackmount digital synthesizer released in 1993 as a powerful tone module relative to the JD-800. It expanded the JD sound engine with more waveforms, advanced effects, and deep multitimbral capabilities for studio production.
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Roland Fantom-X
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland Fantom-X is a sample-based synthesizer workstation introduced in 2004, offering Roland's expandable synthesis engine, sampling, a large display, sequencing, and pad-based control for production and live performance.
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Roland V-Combo
Organ · Japan
A family of portable stage keyboards from Roland built around a Virtual Tone Wheel organ engine with nine harmonic bars, combined with electric/acoustic piano and synthesizer engines. The line targets gigging organ and keyboard players who want classic drawbar organ tone in a lightweight instrument.
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Roland Aerophone AE-10
Electronic wind instrument · Japan
The Roland Aerophone AE-10 is a digital wind instrument that combines breath and bite control with a built-in sound engine. With saxophone-style fingering and a range of acoustic and synth sounds, it lets wind players perform electronically.
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Roland MC-09
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland MC-09 is a compact tabletop instrument from Roland for creating synthesizer and bass phrases, combining a knob-driven sound engine with a built-in step sequencer.
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Roland XP-30
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland XP-30, released in 1999, is a sample-based synthesizer that combined a large built-in waveform library (incorporating several expansion sets) with a 61-key keyboard, making it a versatile and well-stocked performance instrument.
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Roland W-30
Sampler · Japan
The Roland W-30, released in 1989, is a music workstation that combined a 12-bit sampler, sample-playback synthesis, a built-in sequencer, and a disk drive, making it an integrated sampling and composing tool.
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Roland JU-06
Japan
The Roland JU-06 is a Roland Boutique desktop module that recreates the Juno-106, reproducing its DCO, filter, and famous chorus in a small modeled instrument.
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Roland C-380
Organ · Japan
A classical digital organ from Roland's Classic series with two 61-note tracker-touch manuals and a 30-note concave pedalboard. It offers 33 speaking stops whose voices can each be swapped between Voice Palettes spanning Baroque through large romantic pipe organ styles, with satellite speakers and Roland Sound Space ambience.
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Roland JV-1080
Synthesizer module · Japan
The Roland JV-1080, released in 1994, is a 2U rackmount synthesizer sound module built on Roland's JV/XP sample-based synthesis engine with 64-voice polyphony and 16-part multitimbrality. It shipped with 560 patches across 16 internal banks and accepted up to four SR-JV80 series expansion boards, making it highly popular in professional studios and live rigs throughout the 1990s.
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Roland JX
Japan
The JX series is Roland's line of polyphonic analog synthesizers from the 1980s built around dual digitally controlled oscillators, including the JX-3P and the twelve-voice JX-10 (Super JX), with dedicated programmer accessories for hands-on editing.
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Roland Aerophone
Japan
The Roland Aerophone is a series of digital wind instruments — electronic wind controllers with built-in sound engines and saxophone-style fingering — introduced in 2016. The line spans the entry-level AE-10 to the professional AE-30.
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Roland V-Combo VR-730
Organ · Japan
A 73-note stage keyboard from Roland's V-Combo line with a semi-weighted waterfall keyboard. Its Virtual Tone Wheel organ engine and nine harmonic bars recreate classic drawbar organ tone, alongside electric/acoustic piano and synthesizer engines and three genre-oriented rotary effect types.
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Roland MC-303
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland MC-303 Groovebox, released in 1996, combined a sample-based sound engine drawing on Roland's classic drum machines with a built-in pattern sequencer in a tabletop unit. Marketed to dance-music producers, it popularized the 'groovebox' format and launched Roland's long-running MC series.
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Roland Juno-106
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland Juno-106, introduced in 1984, is a six-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that became one of Roland's most popular instruments. It offers one digitally controlled oscillator per voice, a resonant analog filter, a famous chorus, and full MIDI implementation, and its accessible slider-based panel made it a studio staple.
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Roland MC-4 Microcomposer
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland MC-4 MicroComposer, released in 1981, is a microprocessor-based digital sequencer that let musicians program precise note, gate, and control data to drive analog synthesizers. A successor to the MC-8, it became an important tool in early electronic and synth-pop production.
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Roland JD
Japan
The JD series is Roland's family of digital synthesizers known for hands-on, detailed sound design, beginning with the slider-laden JD-800 and its rackmount counterpart the JD-990, and continuing into the hybrid analog-digital JD-XA.
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Roland Boutique
Synthesizer · Japan
Roland Boutique is a line of compact desktop sound modules introduced in 2015 that recreate classic Roland synthesizers and drum machines using the company's Analog Circuit Behavior modeling. Each small unit revisits an iconic instrument such as the Juno-106, Jupiter-8, or SH-101.
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Roland D-70
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland D-70, released in 1990, is a digital synthesizer that built on the D-50's LA synthesis with expanded sample-based tone generation, a 76-key keyboard, and a more advanced interface for layered, multitimbral sounds.
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Roland MicroComposer
Japan
The MicroComposer series is Roland's line of early microprocessor-based hardware sequencers used to program analog synthesizers with precise note and control data. It includes the pioneering MC-8 and the later, more compact MC-4.
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Roland V-Combo VR-09
Organ · Japan
A lightweight 61-note stage keyboard introduced as the first model in Roland's V-Combo line. Its Virtual Tone Wheel organ engine and nine harmonic bars deliver classic drawbar organ tone, joined by SuperNATURAL synth, PCM, and electric/acoustic piano engines, a drum section, and an onboard looper.
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Roland JC-40 Jazz Chorus
Amplifier · Japan
The Roland JC-40 Jazz Chorus is a 40-watt solid-state guitar combo amplifier with two 10-inch speakers and Roland's signature Dimensional Space Chorus, plus built-in vibrato, distortion, and reverb. It is a compact, portable take on the flagship JC-120.
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Roland FP Series
Japan
Roland's FP series of portable digital pianos, spanning entry-level to flagship models built around weighted hammer-action keyboards and Roland's piano sound engines, in slim cabinets with built-in speakers.
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Roland VP-330
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus, released in 1979, is a combined vocoder, string synthesizer, and 'human voice' ensemble in a keyboard. Its lush choir and string sounds and characterful vocoder made it a favorite for atmospheric and robotic vocal textures.
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Roland TR-808
Drum machine · Japan
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is a programmable analog drum machine that Roland produced from 1980 to 1983. Its sounds are generated by analog circuitry rather than samples, giving it a distinctive booming kick, snappy snare, and sizzling cymbals and hi-hats. Commercially unsuccessful at launch, it became one of the most influential instruments in popular music, defining the low end of hip-hop, electro, and dance records and remaining a sought-after sound decades later.
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Roland System 100
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland System 100, introduced in 1975, was a semi-modular analog synthesizer sold as a set of matching components including a keyboard synthesizer, expander, mixer, and speakers. Patchable yet beginner-friendly, it bridged the gap between fixed-architecture synths and full modular systems.
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Roland SH-101
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland SH-101 is a monophonic analog synthesizer released in 1982. Lightweight and battery-capable, it pairs a single oscillator and resonant filter with a built-in sequencer and arpeggiator, and an optional handgrip let it be worn like a keytar. Its punchy bass and lead sounds made it a fixture of acid, techno, and electro.
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Roland Juno-60
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland Juno-60, released in 1982, is a six-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that succeeded the Juno-6 by adding patch memory for storing sounds. Its single DCO per voice, resonant low-pass filter, and built-in chorus produce a rich, warm tone that made it a lasting favorite for pads and basses.
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Roland JX-10
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland JX-10 (Super JX), released in 1986, is a twelve-voice analog synthesizer that effectively stacks two JX-8P voice engines for rich, layered sounds. It features a 76-key keyboard, a built-in sequencer, and could be programmed in detail with the optional PG-800 controller.
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Roland Jupiter-8
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland Jupiter-8, introduced in 1981, is Roland's flagship eight-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer. With two oscillators per voice, versatile splits and layers, and patch memory, it delivered a bold, refined sound used across pop, film, and electronic music, and it remains one of the most coveted vintage polysynths.
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Roland D
Japan
The D series is Roland's family of digital synthesizers built on its Linear Arithmetic (LA) synthesis, which layered short sampled attacks with synthesized tones. It includes the landmark D-50 and the later D-70.
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Roland FP-7
Piano · Japan
A digital piano in Roland's FP series, an earlier model in the line offering a weighted hammer-action keyboard and built-in speakers in a portable cabinet.
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Roland TR
Japan
The TR (Transistor Rhythm) series is Roland's long-running line of drum machines, several of which became foundational to electronic music. It includes the analog TR-808 and TR-909 along with the compact TR-606 and the sample-based TR-707.
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Roland JP-08
Japan
The Roland JP-08 is a Roland Boutique desktop module that recreates the Jupiter-8 polyphonic synthesizer using Analog Circuit Behavior modeling, packing the classic's controls and sound into a compact, portable unit.
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Roland XP-80
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland XP-80, released in 1996, is a music workstation pairing Roland's sample-based synthesis with a 76-key keyboard, a powerful onboard sequencer, and expansion slots. It became a popular all-in-one production tool in the late 1990s.
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Roland System 700
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland System 700, released in 1976, was Roland's flagship modular synthesizer, a large patchable system aimed at studios and institutions. It offered a comprehensive set of oscillators, filters, and processing modules and represented the high end of Roland's early synthesizer line.
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Roland JX-305
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland JX-305 Groovebox is a 1998 keyboard instrument built on Roland's groovebox concept, combining a sample-based synth engine with a pattern sequencer and dance-oriented sounds and effects in a 61-key format.
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Roland System
Japan
The System series is Roland's line of modular and semi-modular synthesizers from the mid-1970s, ranging from the approachable, component-based System 100 to the large studio-grade System 700.
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Roland FP-90X
Piano · Japan
The flagship model of Roland's FP series of portable digital pianos, with the wood-and-composite PHA-50 hammer-action keyboard, Roland's PureAcoustic Piano modeling sound engine, and a multi-driver speaker system.
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Roland TR-707
Drum machine · Japan
The Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer is a 1985 drum machine that replaced the analog voices of the TR-808 and 909 with digital samples of acoustic and electronic drums. It introduced a clear LCD grid for step programming and pattern chaining and remained popular for its straightforward workflow and crisp, dry sounds.
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Roland Groovebox
Japan
Groovebox is Roland's name for its line of self-contained instruments that pair sample-based sounds with a built-in pattern sequencer for electronic music production. The family includes the MC-303 that popularized the format, the JX-305, and the MC-808.
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Roland D-50
Synthesizer · Japan
The Roland D-50, released in 1987, is a digital synthesizer that introduced Roland's Linear Arithmetic (LA) synthesis, layering short sampled attack transients with synthesized sustains. Its lush, evocative factory patches and built-in effects made it one of the defining sounds of late-1980s pop.