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Summers' use of the amp in turn inspired, for instance, Jeff Buckley, whose first amplifier was a Jazz Chorus. [ 4 ] Another notable user of the JC-120 was Johnny Marr of The Smiths who used the Roland JC-120 along with his Rickenbacker 330 and Telecaster to create the sounds present on The Smiths’ debut album.
Roland also produced a rackmount synthesizer similar to the JX-3P, the MKS-30 Planet-S. [5] Unlike the JX-3P, the MKS-30 would respond to velocity (dynamics) via MIDI, and can receive MIDI notes while simultaneously working with the PG-200 programmer. There is an EPROM version available at Roland, which enables MIDI reception of note velocity. [6]
Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble. Boss released its first pedal, the CE-1, in 1975 after the "chorus" effect proved popular among guitarists with its use in the JC-120 and JC-60 Jazz Chorus amplifiers, released by Boss's parent company Roland Corporation. [12]
The company was also manufacturing effects pedals, introducing the RE-201 Space Echo in 1974, and expanding into guitar amplifiers the following year with the JC-60 and JC-120 Jazz Chorus, whose chorus circuit would become the first Boss Corporation product, the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, the following year.
The Roland DDR-30 Digital Drum module is designed to pair with PD-10 and PD-20 pads to form the Alpha Drum System, or via MIDI controller (e.g. Roland Pad 8). [3] The DDR-30 and Alpha Drums was the first-generation of Roland electronic drum sets.
The VK-7 is designed to recreate the organ sounds of the 1960s and 1970s jazz and popular music. The instrument has nine harmonic drawbars so that the organist can control the volume of different overtones. The instrument also provides vibrato, chorus, and reverb effects and an overdrive knob, which adds simulated tube amplifier "growl". As ...
Roland also produced the very rare FC-50 Foot Controller for the GR500 which allowed three presets to be saved and recalled by the user as well as a selector for manual control. Roland GR 500 Guitar Synth Controller used by Chuck Hammer while recording with David Bowie and Lou Reed
Owner's Manual; Quick Operations Table fold-out; System Initialization sheet; Preset Patterns & Sample Patterns booklet; Preset Patterns reference card; The DR-220 operates on battery power (four standard AA-size (Japan: UM-3) cells) or a Roland PSA series AC adapter. Dimensions (without padded vinyl case): 9.4" wide, 2.9" deep, 1.2" high.