The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer/sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982 and 1983 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music. The…
Roland TB-303
Roland SH-101
The Roland SH101, released around 1982, was designed to be accessible and affordable; it's also compact and lightweight with a very easy layout. If you're not creating wild sounds within…
Akai S2000
Every once in a while, a piece of gear comes along that attracts a huge amount of interest, not because it offers anything really new in the way of facilities,…
Korg Poly 800
The Korg Poly 800 is a polyphonic (8 voices), programmable synthesizer featured a 49-note (C-C) non-velocity keyboard, MIDI, one DCO per voice, a single VCF, three six-segment envelope generators (one…
Korg N364
In 1988 Korg launched the M1, which, if we set aside unaffordable monsters such as the Fairlight CMI and Synclavier, introduced on-board sequencing, 8-part multitimbrality, and the workstation concept to…
Korg MS-2000 + MS-2000BR
Since its introduction in 1978, the KORG MS series of synthesizers has caused a sensation by its sound, looks, and flexibility in sound creation. More than twenty years later, a…
Roland MKS-30 / PG-200
The MKS-30 Planet S is commonly referred to as a rackmount JX-3P. The MKS-30 has several advantages over the JX-3P, including simultaneous use of the PG-200 programmer and MIDI, a…
Roland M-BD1
these modules are all direct spin-offs from the JV-series expansion sets. The MBD1 combines simple operation with very high-quality sounds and is presented as a straightforward mains-powered 1U rack module.…
Novation K-Station
The K-Station is a whole new take on the original Bass Station Keyboard that put British synth makers Novation on the analog synth map! Essentially, the K-Station is an extremely…
Kawai K4r
The Kawai K4r is the rack-mount sibling of the K4 keyboard and it has all the features of the keyboard version except for the effect processor section (and the keyboard…