Land of the Rising Sound: A Roland Retrospective.

The story of Roland is one of the most expansive and influential in the world of music technology. This feature length documentary sets out to tell it through their iconic inventions.

Roland: https://www.roland.com/global/

General Thanks:

First of all, a huge and heartfelt thank you to some anonymous synth experts who not only leant me a jaw dropping array of rare equipment, but who also gave up time from their busy schedules to show me how to use it and who even helped record it on location. I owe you a debt of gratitude, but the entire community at large does too. Thank you!

I also need to thank Gordon Reid for answering my tedious questions and for helping with the explanations of some trickier technical aspects. Furthermore, both Gordon and Sound on Sound need crediting for having already gone the whole 9yards on the subject:

https://www.soundonsound.com/musicbu...

Named Thank yous: Paolo @ SynthMania, Dan, Michael and Joe @ Reverb.com, Conny @ Asteroid Killer Music, Gordon Reid, Paul & Ian Gilby @ Sound on Sound, Peter Venuto @ Synth Palace, Sanj Sen @ Ropey Sound, Pea Hicks, Brandon @ Zibby Bone, Marko Ettlich @ RetroSound, Ra Smith @ madFAME, JP Geersing @ synthsandstuff, Synth4ever, Reuben Jones, Patrick Gill, Woody @ Piano Shack, Andrew Pimblott @ Roland, David Åhlund @ Roland Artist Relations Centre, Romain Segaud, Pendle Poucher @ Sound Dust, Pablo and James @ The Toy Rooms, Paul Hartnoll @ Orbital, Paul @ M&S Organ Parts, Richard @ Retro Synth Ads, Rob Nicholls, Synthetic Machines, Ed Lewis, Joseph Hecht, Jason Scammell @ Now and then FX. Ian Livingstone. Some other people who know who they are!

Links:

SynthMania: YouTube:    / synthmaniadotcom  
Reverb.com:    / reverbmarket  
Joe George: http://www.joegeorgemusic.net/
Asteroid Killer Music:    / asteroidkillermusic  
Synthetic Machines:    / syntheticmachines  
Ropey Sound: http://www.ropeysound.com/
Synth Palace: https://www.synthpalace.net/
SynthPalace YouTube:    / @synthpalace3048  
Peter Venuto:    / electricrainbowness  
Pea Hicks:    / @peahix  
MC8 website: https://rolandmc8.wordpress.com/
Zibby Bone:    / zibbybone  
RetroSound:    / retrosound72  
madFAME:    / madfameltd  
Linn LM1 video referenced in the film:    • The Linn LM1: The Drum Machine that ...  
JP Geersing:    / synthsandstuff  
Synth4ever:    / @synth4ever  
Woody:    / @woodypianoshack  
Liam Howlett’s W30 original video:    • The Prodigy  Liam Howlett's Roland W...  
Reuben Jones:    / tucker10  
Patrick Gill:    / patrickgillmusic  
Anders Enger Jensen:    / hariboosx  

Some soundtrack excerpts from this film:   / s2zi3u  

Additional incidental music provided by Joseph Hecht:
  / polygonimbus  

Other Image Credits:

Title image by Romain Segaud
http://www.romainsegaud.com/

The three System 100m cases, the red and blue Roland SH101s and the Devil Fish 303 are photos I took at Curve Pusher Studios in Hastings last year. You can book time to record with those here:
http://www.curvepusher.co.uk/studio/r...

Several press release photos and manuals from Roland.com
https://www.roland.com/global/products/

Several images (JV80, VG8, VS880, UA100) by Sound on Sound Ltd
https://www.soundonsound.com/

ATV A Frame images
http://www.aframe.jp/

Various advert scans by Retro Synth Ads
http://retrosynthads.blogspot.com/

Ace Tone R1 images by M&S Organ Parts
https://msorganparts.com/

Ace Tone FR1 images from Encyclotronic
https://encyclotronic.com/drummachin...

Ace Tone FR6 images by Rob Nicholls
http://provincialparcs.bandcamp.com

Some creative commons Ace Tone images from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Tone

Some GS500 print ads from Wayne Scott Joness superb archive
https://www.joness.com/gr300/GS500.html

MC8 photos by Pea Hicks
Behindthescene photos at Roland from Ralph Dyck’s collection
https://rolandmc8.wordpress.com/2010/...

Additional 727 logo image from here:
http://djjondent.blogspot.com/2017/08...

CMU 800R photos:
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/elect...

https://www.matrixsynth.com/2018/05/r...

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