Model

Roland System

Series of Roland modular synthesizers

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.

Sources

Category

  • Technical line drawing of Synthesizers

    Synthesizers

    Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.

Made by

  • Roland

    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.

Models in series

  • 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.

  • 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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