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Unlimited sonic creation. Only synthesizers have
such power. Unlike traditional instruments such as
the familiar piano or violin, the synthesizer does not
have a sound of its own. However, the synthesizer
is unique in that it can generate sounds no one has
ever heard before.
Sound can be created in a vast number of ways.
Analog synthesizers start from an electronically-
created square wave or sawtooth wave, and boost
or cut specific overtones. PCM synthesizers use
large libraries of sampled waveforms to simulate
acoustic instruments. Synthesizers have evolved
through steady technical advances as well as
startling technological breakthroughs.
Today, approximately a half-century from the birth of
the synthesizer, Roland continues to envision the
shape of synthesizers to come. What kind of
synthesizer might allow the continued use of
existing knowledge and techniques, and yet break
through all previous boundaries to create new and
compelling sounds?
Roland's efforts have borne fruit in a
synthesizer that takes carries both types
of synthesis to the ultimate height
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Cutting-edge Roland technologies such as
VariPhrase and COSM focus on the main theme —
synthesize! By controlling “time” — one of the core
elements of sound — the V-Synth delivers new
sound-making potential. You can synthesize new
sounds using the factory preset waves, and even
use original waves that you’ve sampled yourself.
Disp_COSM1
For the first time ever, here is a synthesizer
providing a Sideband Filter that can add
inharmonic overtones. Previous synthesizers were
able to produce only harmonic overtones, yet many
of the sounds in the world around us include
inharmonic overtones that add timbral richness.
The Sideband Filter lets you produce a
completely new
breed of sounds
rich with natural
expressiveness as
never before.
Dy_SBF_WS
Interfaces such as the TimeTrip Pad and the
D Beam Controller let you spontaneously animate
these synthesized sounds in realtime.
DBeam1
TTPad2
The V-synth also supports V-LINK, letting you
control visual images in much the same way as you
perform music. There is an infinite number of ways
to expressively link sound and images. For instance,
you can change the playback speed of image clips
using Pitch bend or TimeTrip, or use the
D Beam to vary the brightness or hue of an image.
Vrink3
The V-Synth is a new generation of synthesizer
that frees sound- and sight-lovers from earlier
creative restrictions. Go ahead — open the door that
awaits you! Welcome to an uncharted universe of
expression!
Doorway to a new universe of musical expression
the V-Synth!
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