The Roland Alpha Juno series, introduced in 1985, includes two analog polyphonic synthesizers: Alpha Juno 1 and 2. Produced until 1987, they were priced at US$895/ UK£575 for the Alpha JunoJ-1 and US$1,295/ UK£799 for the Alpha Juno-2. They share the...
Matrix 1000 is a synthesizer module built on the basis of Matrix 6 (6R) architecture. Unlike the “6" models it doesn’t have external controls for tuning the sound; instead, there is a selection of 1000 preset patches, including 195 keys, 118 string, 130...
The successor of Matrix series, however, has a feature that strongly distinguishes Matrix-6 from its predecessors: the synthesizer's voices use digitally controlled oscillators (DCO). To build the voices Oberhiem used a specialized chip CEM3396 which...
Multi-Trak is an improved version of Six-Trak. The basic architecture remained unchanged: six voices based on CEM3394 controlled by Zilog Z80 microprocessor. Among the differences there are: Enlarged keyboard. In Multitrack, the number of keys has been...
The Yamaha Motif ES represented in the end of 2003 a next generation evolution of Yamaha's acclaimed Motif workstation synthesizer series, launched approximately two and a half years after the original Motif. Rather than creating an entirely new product...
