The Ensoniq ASR-10 is a digital sampling keyboard workstation released by Ensoniq in 1991. It was the first of its kind to offer a built-in hard drive and a 16-bit sampling engine. The ASR-10 also featured an onboard sequencer, effects, and a variety of...
The Roland JX-8P is a 61-key analog synthesizer released by Roland in 1984. It was the successor to the popular Roland JX-3P and featured a more advanced sound engine with two digitally controlled oscillators (DCOs) per voice. It also featured a built-in...
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...
The Kurzweil K2500S is a professional-grade synthesizer and workstation keyboard released in 1997 by Kurzweil Music Systems. It features a 76-key velocity-sensitive keyboard, 48-voice polyphony, a powerful sequencer, and a wide range of onboard effects....
At the moment it’s clear that this first analogue modeling synthesizer by Roland has had a firm grip on its place among the cult instruments produced by the Japanese corporation. The ability to reproduce the sounds of analog synthesizers of the past...