A-90EX is an 88-note PA-4 hammer-action keyboard with aftertouch. The powerful digital piano/synth is based on VE-RD1 expansion. The instrument has a 64-voice polyphony, 128 tones, onboard effects with the VE-RD1. True stereo piano samples with the...
LinnDrum, or LM-2, went into production in 1982. LM-2 is an updated version of the LM-1, with added crash samples and cymbal rides. Unlike Roland TR series, the drum machine used 28-35 kHz samples of real acoustic drums. Thus, LinnDrum appeared to be a...
For many, drum machines were those boxes stuffed with "rattling", "booming" kick sounds from TR-808, or thick TR-909 snares. They were very popular in hip-hop and dance music, and completely changed our perception of drum machine sounds. But before all...
Drum Station released in 1996 became the first drum synth clone of the legendary drum machines TR-808 and 909. The instrument recreated the sounds with stunning realism thanks to analog modeling (kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals). In addition, it...
Unlike the pioneer of the series (Drum Station), the updated version of Drum station V2 released in 1997 got a different housing, though it also acts as a clone of classic drum machines TR-808 and 909. The instrument recreated sounds with stunning...