What would the inventors do?
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video alternately available at:
https://invidious.tube/watch?v=d1IUB2mqBYs
pictured above
The Fathers of the Roland SH-101, MC-202, TB-303, TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, and TR-909
We, the Analog Mania lead by Tadao Kikumoto, is the original R&D staffs who developed the Mid-O Series from Roland Corporation. We would like to express our full gratitude and respect to all the people who were in Roland, and supported us at that time.
In above photo, from left to right, we the Analog Mania are:
Jun-ichi Kadoya: Roland 1977 – 1983, Mid-O Series software / hardware engineer, still is a programmer
Hisanori Matsuoka: Roland 1979 – 1995, Mid-O Series software / hardware engineer, still is an engineer
Kiyokazu Fujiwara: Roland 1978 – 1981, Mid-O Series sound source, now a general manager of a software maker
Tadao Kikumoto: Roland 1977 – 2009, Mid-O and V-Series R&D, now Silent Street Music concept maker and promotion https://friendica.feneas.org/display/76158462-5660-1e03-04b8-dbb434058677