Roland Corporation

Roland (Japaneseローランド 株式会社, Rōrando Kabushiki - gaisha, Eng. Roland Corporation) is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, studio equipment and software. In addition, plotters and cutters are manufactured. The Musical Instrument Division is responsible for 58.6 % of total revenues. The listed company was founded in Osaka from Ikutaro Kakehashi on 18 April 1972, 33 million yen. Today Roland operates factories in Japan, the United States, Italy and Taiwan. On 31 March 2009 Roland employees worldwide 2708 employees and achieved a turnover of over one billion U.S. dollars. Since September 2012, the German subsidiary is in Nauheim. The Swiss branch is located in Itingen.

  • 2.2.1 1971-1979
  • 2.2.2 1980-1989
  • 2.2.3 1990-1999
  • 2.2.4 2000-2009
  • 2.2.5 2010 -

Company History

The name Roland was selected because the company was looking for a name that should be sound in as many countries are phonetically identical and easy to remember.

The first products that has brought Roland on the market, a rhythm machine TR33, TR55 and TR77. The devices have been developed together with the organ manufacturer Hammond. In 1974, the RE -201 Space Echo, an analog echo effect, which is used by bands like Can or Radiohead today. Roland has had a huge impact on the Techno-/Elektro-Szene among other devices TR- 808 (1981), TB - 303 (1982) and TR -909 (1983). Specifically, the TB -303 was at the time of their appearance a flop. The Spartan Bass Synthesizer clearly sounded synthetic and was its actual purpose, the simulation of a real bass, do not meet. It was not until the late 1980s until the early 1990s took seed the techno scene, became the TB- 303 for cult device. In the Acid music even almost exclusively these devices were used. During the 303- hyped end of the 1990s, recovered slightly, the sounds of the TR -808 and TR -909 are also present today in electronic music. In the early 1980s, Roland created with the Jazz Chorus JC- 120 has a legendary guitar amplifier for clean sounds that could be provided with a high quality built-in chorus effect.

Roland is still a major manufacturer of musical equipment, especially in the electronic sector. Founded in 1996 by Roland MC - 303, the class of a groove boxes (a mix of sequencers and synthesizers). The Fantom G shares with the Yamaha Motif XF and the Korg M3 the market of tips keyboard workstations. The synthesizer from the Jupiter and Juno series, the SH -101 and other devices considered classics in their fields. With the JV synths put Roland in the 1990s, at times, the standards in the field of sample ROM synthesizer. The V-Synth published in 2003 combines high-quality samples, granular and flexible filters and modulators in one device.

Other brands under which Roland occurs are

  • BOSS ( cheaper product variations, guitar effects pedals, effects units, rhythm computer )
  • Edirol by Roland (audio recorder and VCR )
  • RODGERS ( digital church and concert organs and Digital-/Pfeifen-Kombinationsorgeln )
  • Roland Digital Group (Roland DG, plotters and Folienschneidplotter )
  • Cakewalk by Roland ( Music Software )
  • RSS by Roland ( Commercial Audio Equipment)

Products

Current Roland products (selection) Status 2012

Synthesizer

  • Jupiter -80
  • Juno Di
  • SH -01 ( Gaia)
  • V -Synth XT ( rack version of the V -Synth )
  • V -Synth GT

Synthesizer and workstation with built-in sampler:

  • Fantom G6/G7/G8 ( successor model of the Fantom X; identical except for the keyboard: G6 - 61 / G7 - 76 keys synthesizer / G8 - 88 keys with hammer action )

Stage Pianos

  • RD- 800 Super Natural Piano
  • RD- 700NX SuperNATURAL Piano
  • RD- 300NX SuperNATURAL Piano
  • FP -7F SuperNATURAL Piano
  • FP -4F SuperNATURAL Piano

Digital Pianos

  • F -120 Super Natural Piano
  • F- 120R SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HP501 SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HP503 SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HP505 SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HP507 SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HPi -6F SuperNATURAL Piano
  • HPi- 7F SuperNATURAL Piano
  • LX- 15F SuperNATURAL Piano
  • DP - 990F SuperNATURAL Piano
  • DP - 990RF PE SuperNATURAL Piano
  • RG -1F SuperNATURAL Piano Mini Grand
  • RG -3F SuperNATURAL Piano Mini Grand

V-Piano

  • V-Piano
  • V-Piano Grand

Groove Boxes

  • SP -404
  • SP -555

Arranger keyboards

  • GW -8 ( since 2010) GW -8L Latin (Version 2)
  • GW -8E Europe ( Version 2)

Arranger Modules

  • BK -7m

Atelier organs

  • AT- 900WH
  • AT -900
  • AT- 900C
  • AT- 800
  • AT- 500
  • AT -350C
  • AT-300
  • AT- 100
  • AT -75

Other organs

  • VK-8 Combo Organ
  • VK-88 Combo Organ ( 2 keyboards )
  • VK -8M Organ Sound Module

Instruments for classical music

  • C -380 Classic Organ
  • C-330 Classic Organ
  • C -230 Classic Keyboard
  • C-200 Classic Keyboard
  • C-30 Digital Harpsichord

V -Accordion

  • FR-1 / FR -1b V -Accordion
  • FR -2 / FR -2b Version 2 V -Accordion
  • FR- 3X / FR- 3XB V -Accordion
  • FR -7x / FR - 7xb V -Accordion
  • FR -8x / FR - 8XB V -Accordion

Acoustic Amplifier

  • SA -300
  • AC-33
  • AC-60
  • AC -90

Other

  • RK -500 Recreational Keyboard
  • VIMA RK -300 Recreational Keyboard
  • RK -100 Recreational Keyboard
  • BK -7m accompanying module
  • JC -120 Jazz Chorus Stereo Amplifier
  • BA -55 Battery Amp
  • BA -330 Battery Amp

Model history

1971-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

  • 2000: XV -88 (88 keys with hammer action, expandable with a JV Expansion and two SRX expansion boards )
  • 2000: XV- 3080 ( sound module, expandable with four JV and two SRX expansion boards )
  • 2000: XV -5080 ( sound module, expandable with four JV and four SRX expansion boards )
  • 2000: RS-5 (61 synthesizer keys)
  • 2001: RS -9 ( 88 keys with hammer action )
  • 2001 - VA -7 and VA -76, Virtual arranger keyboards with Vario phrase sound synthesis
  • 2001: Fantom (Workstation; 76 synthesizer keys, expandable with a JV and two SRX expansion boards )
  • 2001: XV- 5050 ( sound module, expandable with two SRX expansion boards )
  • 2001: XV- 2020 (Sound Module; " small " version of the XV- 5050, expandable with two SRX expansion boards )
  • 2001: SH -32
  • 2003: Fantom S/S88 (Workstation, 61 key synthesizer / 88 hammer action keys, expandable with four SRX expansion boards )
  • 2003: RS -50 ( 61 keys synthesizer )
  • 2003: RS -70 ( 61 keys synthesizer )
  • 2003: V -Synth ( Synthesizer 61 keys)
  • 2004: Fantom X6/X7/X8 (Workstation; X6: 61/X7: 76 Syntesizertasten/X8: 88 keys with hammer action, expanded with four SRX expansion boards )
  • 2004: Fantom XR ( sound module, rack version of the Fantom X but expandable with six SRX expansion boards )
  • 2004: Fantom Xa (Workstation, 61 key synthesizer, stripped-down entry-level version of the Fantom X; expandable with an SRX expansion board )
  • 2004: V- Synth Rack (Sound Module )
  • 2004: Juno -D ( 61 synthesizer keys; improved RS -50 with higher quality keyboard )
  • 2005: V- Accordion FR -7
  • 2006: Juno -G ( 61 synthesizer keys, Fantom- sound generation, recording capabilities, expandable with an SRX expansion board )
  • 2006: SH -201 (49 keys synthesizer, Analog Modeling )
  • 2007: V -Synth GT ( successor to the V -Synth with AP- Synthesis )
  • 2007: Sonic Cell ( Synthesizer Module with 128-note polyphony )
  • 2008: Fantom G6/G7/G8 (Workstation; G6: 61/G7: 76 Syntesizertasten/G8: 88 keys with hammer action, expanded with two ARX expansion boards )
  • 2009: V- Accordion FR -7x (improved FR- 7, for example USB port )

2010 -

  • 2010: V-Piano
  • 2011: V-Piano Grand
  • 2011: Arranger module BK -7m

Roland Midi Controller (History )

  • A-30
  • A-33
  • A-37
  • A-50
  • A-70
  • A-80
  • A-90 (88 keys)
  • A-49
  • A-88

Roland Digital Pianos

Roland Stage Pianos

Roland Groove products

  • MC -202 ( Analog precursor )
  • 1996: MC -303
  • 2000: MC -307
  • 2002: MC -09
  • 1998: MC -505
  • 1998: SP -808
  • 2002: MC -909
  • 2006: MC -808
  • EC -101 - Groove Keyboard

Video

  • CG -8

Roland capes Keyboards

  • AX -Synth
  • Lucina AX -09

Roland Computer Keyboards

  • A- 500-S
  • A -300 PRO
  • A- 500 -PRO
  • A- 800 -PRO
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