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Heute also ist der zweite Tag, an dem mein #Roland #Juno106 #Synthesizer alles vergisst. Pufferbatterie zuende. Die zweite in 30 Jahren.

C.5d ago

Okay, here's a long shot for the #Fedi hive mind. If you are in the intersection of "#musician or musician-adjacent in the 1980s" and "keyboard / #synthesizer aficionado", this one is for you.

In the mid- to late-80s, I used to spend a lot of time in music / #instrument stores (not selling CDs, selling guitars and amps and drums and whatnot). Synthesizer tech was advancing rapidly at this point, with digital starting to overtake analog by leaps and bounds.

At some point, one of the stores got a new #keyboard model in. I can't swear to it, but I think it was either a #Roland or a #Korg. This one had a floppy drive built in, on the side of the #synth. And they had a demo on a floppy disk that was incredible at the time.

It wasn't an official #demo disk. It was a normal consumer floppy, presumably copied far and wide. Hand-Sharpied on it was the name/title "Amin Phone". It was a musical, bright and upbeat piece, rock/pop, maybe 30s long, and included digital samples of a person's voice.

The entire thing was a ridiculous #answering machine outgoing #message. I think there was even a sampled voice at the end taken from someone leaving a message, commenting on it being over-the-top or something.

"Amin phone" is unsearchable on the 'net. Everyone has a phone, and there are millions of people named Amin or el-Amin.

Anyone else remember this? Anyone actually able to point to a recording of it?

#KeyboardDemo #SynthDemo #AminPhone #Amin #AnsweringMachine #FloppyDisk

Ronnie / Rekkerd.org 6d ago

Soundpaint releases 505 String Machine virtual instrument https://rekkerd.org/soundpaint-releases-505-string-machine-virtual-instrument/

#AAX #AU #Roland #Soundpaint #StringMachine #VST

Ronnie / Rekkerd.org Apr 9

Roland Vintage FX Collection: JUNO-60 Chorus, JC-120 Jazz Chorus & RE-201 Space Echo for $99 USD https://rekkerd.org/roland-vintage-fx-collection-juno-60-chorus-jc-120-jazz-chorus-re-201-space-echo/

#chorus #Echo #Juno #Roland #Sale #vintage

Andy Incarnate (He / Him)Apr 8

Some new bits arrived for the stand today, I've added a Behringer Ultragraph Pro to the effects buss and had a quick play with it. New favourite toy!

Full gear list is in the alt text!

#GearSquad #Synth #Synthesizer #Roland

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Damian Yerrick Apr 6

@wyatt I learned about Roland from the synthesizer lab at a college where I took enrichment classes.

#Roland

Gauff 🇪🇺Apr 5

Fediverse #music #synthesizer players, I need your kind help ❤️

I haven't played for 10 years (on a #Yamaha PSR435) and want to get back to it.

I'm a modest player. I love rock, ballads, 90s music... I can play chords, but if melody is too rich, I can't play both 😅

A local reseller showed my the #Roland JD-Xi, looks great, but I'm afraid it will be too "electronic music" oriented, and that it might allow to make #samples and #loops but not actually play the music?

What would you recommend to play (and maybe record) chords (chords looper?), potentially record actual parts of a melody (like record 1 voice and play the other)?

Thanks a lot!