Roland System-8 Manual

Roland System-8 – historic turning point?
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Part of the problem has nothing to do with Roland, of course, but with the heightened expectations of the users. For
many musicians, Roland and musical life are two sides of the same self-minted coin — accountable for the
characteristic sounds of whole bands and entire generations.
Up to a few years ago, unique accoustical behaviour conveyed the (former) Roland rock-bottom concept of always
giving the artist the very best. Juno-60, Jupiter-4, Jupiter-6, Jupiter-8 … SH-5, SH-7, VP-330 Vocoder and the great
Modular-Synthesizer Systems 100, 100M und System 700: every one a posh instrument, every one Crème de
la Crème. And even the small Roland analog aynths — as for instance the SH-2 and the cute SH-09 — are of
exceptional musical and constructional quality (underlined by the fact that a lot of them are still doing good service
today). Later digital classics like the Roland D-50, D-70, JD-800, JP-8000 or V-Synth – all the way up to the Jupiter-80
– round off the generally positive picture of the noble synth smithy from Japan.

Roland System-8 Specifications

General

Product type	Digital synthesizer
Product color	Black
Keyboard number of keys	49
Maximum polyphony (notes)	8
Display type	LCD
Built-in display	Yes
Display number of characters	16
USB ports quantity	1
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC
Power source type	DC

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	364 mm
Width	881 mm
Height	109 mm
Weight	5900 g