Roland S-50

Roland S-50
Manufacturer Roland Corporation
Dates 1986 - 1987
Price £2195 UK $2695 US
Technical specifications
Polyphony 16
Timbrality 4 parts
LFO Yes
Synthesis type Samples
Filter Low-pass, Hi-pass digital filters
Aftertouch expression Yes
Velocity expression Yes
Storage memory RAM (512K)[1]
Effects no
Input/output
Keyboard 61 keys Weighted
Left-hand control pitch-bend and modulation wheels, volume, record level, controller / bend range sliders.

The Roland S-50 is a 61 key 12-bit sampler keyboard produced by the Roland Corporation in 1986. It featured a 3.5" DSDD Floppy Disk Drive and had external CRT monitor support to facilitate editing of samples. It could hold up to 32 samples. A rack mounted version was also available which featured expanded memory.[2]

Sample Rate

15 to 30 kHz variable sampling rates at a 12-bit resolution, (14.4 seconds and 28.8 seconds respectively) The samples can also be saved to disk (3.5" DSDD Floppy Disk Drive).[3]

S-550

A rack mountable version was released in 1987,[4] which also had twice the sample memory (1.5 Mb), time-variant filters. A less feature rich version of the S-550 was also available as the S-330. Both can support the DT-100 Digitizer Tablet and an external Computer monitor for visual manipulation of the samples on screen.

Notable users

References

  1. ↑ "Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard (SOS Dec 86)". www.muzines.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  2. ↑ "Roland S-50". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Roland S-50 | Vintage Synth Explorer". www.vintagesynth.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  4. ↑ SynthArk, Designed by www.1234.info / Modified:. "S-550". www.synthark.org. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

Further reading

  • "Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard". Sound On Sound. December 1986. pp. 18–22. ISSN 0951-6816. OCLC 925234032.
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