The Roland S-50 is a 61-key 12-bit sampler keyboard produced by the Roland Corporation in 1986. It featured a 3.5-inch 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]
| 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. |
Sample rate
edit15 to 30 kHz variable sampling rates at a 12-bit resolution, (28.8 seconds and 14.4 seconds respectively) The samples can also be saved to disk (3.5-inch DSDD floppy disk drive).[3]
S-550
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A rack-mountable version was released in 1987,[4] which also had twice the sample memory (1.5 Mb) and 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.
References
edit- ^ Wiffen, Paul (December 1986). "Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard (SOS Dec 86)". Sound on Sound (Dec 1986): 18–22. Retrieved 2018-06-27.18-22&rft.date=1986-12&rft.aulast=Wiffen&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-s-50-sampling-keyboard/1443&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Roland S-50" class="Z3988">
- ^ "Roland S-50". Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "Roland S-50 | Vintage Synth Explorer". www.vintagesynth.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ SynthArk, Designed by www.1234.info / Modified. "S-550". www.synthark.org. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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Further reading
edit- "Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard". Sound On Sound. December 1986. pp. 18–22. ISSN 0951-6816. OCLC 925234032.18-22&rft.date=1986-12&rft_id=info:oclcnum/925234032&rft.issn=0951-6816&rft_id=http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/roland-s-50-sampling-keyboard/1443&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Roland S-50" class="Z3988">
- "Roland S50 Sampling Keyboard". Music Technology. Vol. 1, no. 2. December 1986. p. 42. ISSN 0957-6606. OCLC 24835173.
External links
edit- Roland S-50
- Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard
- S-50 / S-550 / S-330 / W-30 / S-760 Homepage - Samples, DIY's and Reference Materials - A Website Dedicated To The Original Roland Samplers - http://llamamusic.com/s50s550/s-50_s-550.html
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