| Notes | RS505 Paraphonic Strings, which replaced the RS202, and combined strings, a basic polysynth section, and a bass section. Very similar to the ARP Omni released three years earlier, the RS505 was hobbled by the use of a single filter and filter envelope for the entire instrument, rather than one for each note. However, in true Roland style, there was an unexpected bonus: an audio input that allowed you to pass external audio through its glorious quadruple-BBD ensemble effect.
Polyphony - Full
Oscillators - 1 VCO per section (Synth, Bass, Strings)
LFO - Yes (in Synth section)
Filter - Yes w/ cutoff, resonance (in Synth section)
VCA - ADSR in Synth, AR in Bass.
Memory - 2 Preset Strings, 3 Preset Bass, 4 Preset Synth Waveforms
Keyboard - 49 keys
Control - VCF CV In, Trigger, Gate
Date Produced - 1978 |
