Roland W-30 (1988)
W-30 was the very first music workstation from Roland, and it was sample-based, with both ROM and user samples available for sound creation. It basically contained the engine of the S-550 sampler combined with a superb Roland's MRC sequencer and a keyboard.
Synthesizer and sampler
- 16-voice polyphony
- 512 KB preset wave ROM
- 12 bit, 30 or 15 KHz sampler with full onscreen wave editing; 512 KB sample RAM
- Sample-based synthesis engine: ROM/RAM waves can be processed with TVF, TVA, envelopes, LFOs etc.
Sequencer
- 16-track x 16-channel MRC-style sequencer with macro/micro editing
- 20 songs and 15.000 events simultaneously in memory
Interface
- 240x64 backlit graphic LCD
- 3.5" DD floppy disk drive
- Line input
- 8 dedicated audio outputs
- MIDI in/out/thru
- Optional SCSI interface for connecting HDD or CD-ROM drive
