VP-330 | |
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Manufacturer | Roland Corporation |
Dates | 1979-1980 [1] |
Price | US$2,695 [1] equivalent to $11,314 in 2023 |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | Paraphonic |
Oscillator | Single master VCO divided into full note range [2] |
LFO | Sine wave [2] |
Synthesis type | Analog subtractive |
Filter | 7 band-pass for human voice tones; 10 band-pass for vocoder [2] |
Attenuator | Single attack and release shared by all voices |
Aftertouch expression | No |
Velocity expression | No |
Effects | 2 parallel BBDs per channel (4 BBDs total) for stereo ensemble effect [2] |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 49 keys [2] |
Left-hand control | Pitch bend |
External control | Vocoder hold via foot switch |
The Roland VP-330 is a paraphonic ten-band [2] vocoder and string machine manufactured by Roland Corporation from 1979 to 1980. [1] While there are several string machines and vocoders, a single device combining the two is rare, despite the advantage of paraphonic vocoding, and the VP-330's synthetic choir sounds are unique. Despite the VP-330's electronic string and choir sounds being less realistic than those of the tape-based Mellotron, touring musicians used it as a lighter and more robust alternative. [3]
The Roland SVC-350 is a similar vocoder in rack-mount form designed to accept external inputs. [4]
In addition to vocoding and generating string sounds, the VP-330 can also play four different choir sounds, each of which uses four bandpass filters, shared from the same pool of seven total. [2] Like Roland's other string machines of the era, such as the RS-202, it features a BBD-based ensemble effect that thickens the strings, and optionally the choirs and vocoder.
In 2016, Roland made a digital recreation of the VP-330, named the VP-03, as part of their Boutique range. In 2019, Behringer released their own VP-330 clone, the VC340.
VP-330 | |
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Manufacturer | Roland Corporation |
Dates | 1979-1980 [1] |
Price | US$2,695 [1] equivalent to $11,314 in 2023 |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | Paraphonic |
Oscillator | Single master VCO divided into full note range [2] |
LFO | Sine wave [2] |
Synthesis type | Analog subtractive |
Filter | 7 band-pass for human voice tones; 10 band-pass for vocoder [2] |
Attenuator | Single attack and release shared by all voices |
Aftertouch expression | No |
Velocity expression | No |
Effects | 2 parallel BBDs per channel (4 BBDs total) for stereo ensemble effect [2] |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 49 keys [2] |
Left-hand control | Pitch bend |
External control | Vocoder hold via foot switch |
The Roland VP-330 is a paraphonic ten-band [2] vocoder and string machine manufactured by Roland Corporation from 1979 to 1980. [1] While there are several string machines and vocoders, a single device combining the two is rare, despite the advantage of paraphonic vocoding, and the VP-330's synthetic choir sounds are unique. Despite the VP-330's electronic string and choir sounds being less realistic than those of the tape-based Mellotron, touring musicians used it as a lighter and more robust alternative. [3]
The Roland SVC-350 is a similar vocoder in rack-mount form designed to accept external inputs. [4]
In addition to vocoding and generating string sounds, the VP-330 can also play four different choir sounds, each of which uses four bandpass filters, shared from the same pool of seven total. [2] Like Roland's other string machines of the era, such as the RS-202, it features a BBD-based ensemble effect that thickens the strings, and optionally the choirs and vocoder.
In 2016, Roland made a digital recreation of the VP-330, named the VP-03, as part of their Boutique range. In 2019, Behringer released their own VP-330 clone, the VC340.