| Roland Keyboards | | | | revolutionary new family of instruments — the |
| Keyboards instrument typically contain a set of levers | | | | V-Accordions. |
| and keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western | | | | VIMA: Video Interactive keyboard products for |
| musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys | | | | Recreational Music Making. |
| and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of | | | | Amplifiers: The ultimate compliment to any |
| an octave. Most known keyboard instrument is the set | | | | performance or studio keyboard. |
| of levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly | | | | MIDI Interfaces: Devices for connecting your MIDI |
| the piano. | | | | instrument(s) to a computer. |
| | | | Timeline of noteworthy products |
| Generally speaking, Roland involves in the | | | | 1973 - Roland SH-1000: Claimed by Roland to be |
| development, manufacture and sale of electronic | | | | Japan's first commercial keyboard synthesizer. |
| musical instruments including keyboards and | | | | 1988 - Roland E-20: Roland's first entry into the |
| synthesizers, guitar products, electronic percussion kits, | | | | auto-accompaniment keyboard market, going head to |
| digital recording equipment, amplifiers and more. It is a | | | | head with Yamaha and Casio. The E-20's |
| full range of keyboards and synthesizers that lead the | | | | descendants include the E-70, E-86, G-800, G-1000, |
| industry in performance, features, and ease of use. | | | | G-70 and the current E-80. |
| Users covers from the beginner to the professional. | | | | 1989 - Roland W-30: A sampling workstation keyboard |
| Roland keyboards and synths are among the most | | | | 1992 - Roland DJ-70: A DJ sampling music workstation |
| popular in the world Now. | | | | and synthesizer keyboard that featured the first |
| Roland Keyborads include: | | | | scratch wheel pad. |
| Synths & Samplers: Professional keyboards, | | | | 1996 - Roland DJ-70mkII: Successor to the DJ-70, with |
| synthesizers and music workstations. | | | | more powerful features, including a DJ sampling music |
| Arrangers: A wide range of arranger-style keyboards | | | | workstation, which featured a scratch wheel pad. It is |
| for playing or composing with ease. | | | | essentially an S-760 sampler with a keyboard. |
| Controllers: MIDI controller keyboards and pedalboards. | | | | The author loves music playing and recording, and now |
| Sound Modules: Professional tabletop and rackmount | | | | working for Gigasonic as a copywriter. You can learn |
| synthesizer modules. | | | | more about Roland Keyborads at Gigasonic.com, and |
| Accordions: Roland is pleased to introduce a | | | | Roland authorized dealer. |