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    Roland Corporation (ローランド株式会社, Rōrando Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment...
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  • Roland Octapad is a range of MIDI electronic drum percussion controllers produced by the Roland Corporation. The first model, introduced in 1985, was...
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    The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, commonly known as the 808, is a drum machine manufactured by Roland Corporation between 1980 and 1983. It was one of...
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    The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation. It was originally marketed to amateur...
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    The Roland Juno-60 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1982 and 1984. It followed the Juno-6, an almost identical synthesizer...
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    The Roland SH-101 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation between 1982 and 1986. Though it was something of a commercial failure...
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    The Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer, commonly known as the 909, is a drum machine introduced by Roland Corporation in 1983, succeeding the TR-808. It was...
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  • The Roland Juno-106 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in February 1984. The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices. It is...
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    The Roland TB-303 Bass Line (also known as the 303) is a bass synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1981. Designed to simulate bass guitars, it...
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    The Roland TR-505 rhythm composer is a drum machine and MIDI sequencer released by Roland Corporation in 1986. It hails from the same family of drum machines...
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    The Roland Space Echo is a line of tape delay units introduced by Roland Corporation in 1974. Whereas prior tape echo effects used tape reels, the Space...
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    The Roland SP-404 Sampling Workstation is a discontinued sampler made by Roland Corporation. Released in 2005, it is part of the SP family and successor...
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    pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and...
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    analog subtractive synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in early 1981. The Jupiter-8 was Roland's flagship synthesizer for the first half of the...
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    The Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer is a drum machine released by Roland Corporation in 1985. The TR-707 has 15 digitally sampled sound and 10-voice polyphony...
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  • Industries Renault Repsol Republic Biscuit Corporation Richemont Ricoh Robert Bosch GmbH Rohde & Schwarz Roland Corporation Royal Bank of Canada RPG Group Rusal...
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    The Roland JP-8000 is an analog modeling synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1996. The Roland JP-8000 was released in early 1997 as part...
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  • American Roland Food Corporation is a food product distributor in the New York metropolitan area. It is known for its food products and condiments. It...
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    The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a drum machine built by Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984. It uses analog synthesis rather than samples to produce sound...
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  • instrument manufacturers Ace Tone, Roland Corporation, and Boss Corporation, and the audiovisual electronics company ATV Corporation. Kakehashi founded Ace Tone...
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    V-Drums (Virtual Drums) are a line of electronic drums by Roland Corporation Introduced originally in 1997. V-Drums trigger devices are of four major types:...
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  • term coined by Roland Corporation for their GR-500 "Paraphonic Guitar Synthesizer" released in 1977 (continued in 1978 with the Roland RS-505 "Paraphonic...
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    Roland Jazz Chorus is the name given to a series of solid-state instrument amplifiers produced by the Roland Corporation in Japan since 1975. Its name...
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    The Roland System 700 was a professional monophonic modular synthesizer for electronic music manufactured by the Roland Corporation and released in 1976...
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  • patent. In 1967, Ace Tone founder Ikutaro Kakehashi (later founder of Roland Corporation) developed the preset rhythm-pattern generator using diode matrix...
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  • The Roland SP-555 is a discontinued music sampler manufactured by Roland Corporation. The 555 is part of the SP family, which includes Boss’s popular SP-303...
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  • The Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 is a drum machine manufactured by Roland Corporation that was released in 1978. Although primitive by later standards, the...
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  • Roland MKS-20 is a digital piano-type sound module released by Roland Corporation in 1986. It is a rackmount version of the popular 1980s-era Roland RD-1000...
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    The Roland JV-2080 is a rack-mount expandable MIDI sound module and an updated version of the Roland JV-1080. Produced by the Roland Corporation, released...
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    four voice polyphonic virtual analogue synthesizer introduced by Roland Corporation in 2010. The SH-01 Gaia is a follow-up to the popular SH-201. The...
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