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| Perhaps the best-known keyboard company after Yamaha,Roland's reputation was founded on a series of flexible,inexpensive ensemble keyboards,synths and modules such as the monophonic SH-1/9/101,the 100-M system,and the Jupiter 4,8,6 polysynths.The launch of polyphonic synthesizers such as the Juno 6 and Juno 60,then MIDI systems,have made electronic music much more affordable,while the latest innovation,LA synthesis,has made the D50,10,20 and 110 module among the most sought-after instruments of |
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| all time.Roland can also take credit for introducing digital sequencers like the MC4,classic drum machines like the programmable analogue CR78 and TR808,digital drum machine such as the TR707 and TR626,affordable samplers such as the S50 and a huge range of stage and studio effects. |
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| Read Only Memory-the information is actually 'burned onto' the conputer chips,so you cannot wipe the memory clean and use it for something else.a ROM sound cartridge,for instance,woukd allow you to load new sounds into your synth,but not to permanently change or delete them or store your own sounds.A digital instrument's operating system-the set of program instructions which tell it what to do as you play it-are normally stored in ROM,But,in cases where it's important to be able to update the |
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| operating system at a later date,such as the early Mirages,the operating system was supplied on floppy disk and loaded into RAM before each session. |
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