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Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
. They are small boards of electronic circuitry with 64MB ROMs containing patches (timbre
Timbre
In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments, such as string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments. The physical characteristics of sound that determine the...
s) and rhythm
Rhythm
Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...
sets (drum kit
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
s). They are used to expand Roland's synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s and workstation
Workstation
A workstation is a high-end microcomputer designed for technical or scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by one person at a time, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating systems...
s (keyboards or sound module
Sound module
A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a keyboard, for example. Sound modules have to be "played" using an externally connected device...
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SRX Expansion Boards Line-up
- SRX-01 Dynamic Drum Kits
- SRX-02 Concert Piano
- SRX-03 Studio SRX
- SRX-04 Symphonique Strings
- SRX-05 Supreme Dance
- SRX-06 Complete Orchestra
- SRX-07 Ultimate Keys
- SRX-08 Platinum Trax
- SRX-09 World Collection
- SRX-10 Big Brass Ensemble
- SRX-11 Complete Piano
- SRX-12 Classic EPs
- SRX-96 World Collection and Legendary XP Essentials (special SRX board 2008)
- SRX-97 Jon LordJon LordJonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord is an English composer, pianist and Hammond organ player.Jon Lord, also known as 'Hammond Lord', is a classically trained piano player. He is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms...
's Rock Organ (special SRX board 2007) - SRX-98 Analog Essentials (special SRX board 2006)