W-30 | |
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Manufacturer | Roland Corporation |
Dates | 1989–1994 |
Price | £1599 GBP [1] |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | 16 voice |
Timbrality | 8 [2] |
LFO | Yes (sine peak-hold (with offset)) |
Synthesis type | Samples |
Filter | TVF |
Attenuator | ADSR |
Aftertouch expression | Yes |
Velocity expression | Yes |
Storage memory | 15k steps, 20 songs disk: 100k steps, 64 songs |
Effects | No |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 61 keys |
Left-hand control | Combined Pitch bend and modulation switch |
External control | MIDI In, out, thru |
The Roland W-30 is a sampling workstation keyboard, released in 1989. It features an on-board 12-bit sampler, sample-based synthesizer, 16-track sequencer and 61-note keyboard.
The W-30's "Workstation" title stems from its incorporation of synthesis, sampling and MIDI sequencing capabilities. Although primitive by modern standards, the W-30's onboard sequencer was a practical way to arrange music as opposed to a DAW.
Unusually, while sounds are sampled with 12-bit resolution, they are played back through a 16-bit D-A converter [3] which, in theory at least, improves the sound quality. Nonetheless, the slightly "gritty" nature of the samples could be considered one of the instrument's charms.
The W-30 is compatible with the sound library of the Roland S-50, S330 & S550 dedicated samplers, which are now in the public domain.
The workstation's back panel features a blanking-plate labelled SCSI. This allowed the very rare "KW30 SCSI kit" upgrade to be fitted. The KW30 gave the W-30 the ability to behave as a SCSI Master device, and drive SCSI hard drives and CD-ROM players through a standard 25-pin SCSI cable. Copying samples to a SCSI hard drive (maximum usable capacity: 80Mb) dramatically reduces load time compared to the built-in 3.5" floppy disk drive. [4]
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W-30 | |
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Manufacturer | Roland Corporation |
Dates | 1989–1994 |
Price | £1599 GBP [1] |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | 16 voice |
Timbrality | 8 [2] |
LFO | Yes (sine peak-hold (with offset)) |
Synthesis type | Samples |
Filter | TVF |
Attenuator | ADSR |
Aftertouch expression | Yes |
Velocity expression | Yes |
Storage memory | 15k steps, 20 songs disk: 100k steps, 64 songs |
Effects | No |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 61 keys |
Left-hand control | Combined Pitch bend and modulation switch |
External control | MIDI In, out, thru |
The Roland W-30 is a sampling workstation keyboard, released in 1989. It features an on-board 12-bit sampler, sample-based synthesizer, 16-track sequencer and 61-note keyboard.
The W-30's "Workstation" title stems from its incorporation of synthesis, sampling and MIDI sequencing capabilities. Although primitive by modern standards, the W-30's onboard sequencer was a practical way to arrange music as opposed to a DAW.
Unusually, while sounds are sampled with 12-bit resolution, they are played back through a 16-bit D-A converter [3] which, in theory at least, improves the sound quality. Nonetheless, the slightly "gritty" nature of the samples could be considered one of the instrument's charms.
The W-30 is compatible with the sound library of the Roland S-50, S330 & S550 dedicated samplers, which are now in the public domain.
The workstation's back panel features a blanking-plate labelled SCSI. This allowed the very rare "KW30 SCSI kit" upgrade to be fitted. The KW30 gave the W-30 the ability to behave as a SCSI Master device, and drive SCSI hard drives and CD-ROM players through a standard 25-pin SCSI cable. Copying samples to a SCSI hard drive (maximum usable capacity: 80Mb) dramatically reduces load time compared to the built-in 3.5" floppy disk drive. [4]
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)