• The Roland GR-500 is a guitar synthesizer. Manufactured by the Roland Corporation and FujiGen in 1977, it was one of the first guitar synthesizers. The...
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  • The Roland GR-300 is an analog guitar synthesizer manufactured by Roland Corporation. It was introduced to market in 1980. The GR-300 was considered the...
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    Roland or Axon systems that can convert a guitar's output to MIDI via 13-pin cables and outboard devices or older systems such as the Roland GR-500....
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  • The Roland GR-1 is a guitar synthesizer that was manufactured by Roland Corporation. It was introduced in 1992. The GR-1 can be played through a divided...
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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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  • with many time signature changes that features prominent use of the Roland GR-500 guitar synthesiser. Hackett originally pitched the song for Genesis...
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  • and some of the keyboard parts on Green were played by Hillage with a Roland GR 500–an early guitar synthesizer. Hillage enjoyed "the hybrid sounds" he...
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  • done a great job." This is the second album for which Hackett used a Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer. It can be heard on two tracks: "The Virgin and the...
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  • keyboards, piano, backing vocals, co-lead vocals (8) Neal Schon – guitars, Roland GR-500 guitar synthesizer, backing vocals Ross Valory – bass guitar, Moog bass...
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    catalogue. The actual instruments utilized on these tracks included a Roland GR-500 with Eventide Harmonizer and multiple analogue tape delays. Textural...
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  • "Leaving," "The Toast", "The Show," Optigan on "Sentimental Institution", Roland GR-500 guitar synthesizer Pete Hicks – lead vocals on "Leaving," "The Show...
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  • the guitar's sonic vocabulary", is contextual and process based: The Roland GR 500 Guitar/synthesizer allowed partial - "infinite sustain" through the...
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  • harmonics, and allows the guitar to sound like a string section. A Roland GR-500 guitar synthesizer was also used on this track. In a contemporary review...
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  • comparable tone generators include Roland CM-300, Roland CM-500 and Roland SC-155 sound modules. CM-300 and CM-500 models lack the LCD screen and extended...
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  • Chris O'Leary: David Bowie – lead and backing vocal Chuck Hammer – Roland GR-500 guitar synthesiser Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar Andy Clark – Minimoog...
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    sequencers, the MC-8 MicroComposer, and the first guitar synthesizer, the GR-500. Just one year later, they introduced the CompuRhythm CR-78, the first drum...
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    The Roland E-20 is a keyboard instrument introduced by Roland in 1988. Described by Roland as an "Intelligent Synthesizer," the instrument was the first...
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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 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 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 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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  • 1970s when he became interested in music synthesis and purchased a Roland GR-500. Drawn to the possibilities afforded by this emerging technology, he...
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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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    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-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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  • 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 MC-505 is a groovebox conceived in 1998 as a combination of a MIDI controller, a music sequencer, a drum machine, and a desktop synthesizer...
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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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    The Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The Roland was also purchased by the U.S. Army as one of very few...
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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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