Roland System 500 Series Modules

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Roland System 500

Series Modules from £309

Bruce Aisher takes a look at the recently expanded Roland 500

Series modular range. Can they capture that ’70s magic?

CONTACT WHO: Roland WEB: roland.co.uk PRICING: SYSTEM-500 Complete Set (includes 512, 521, 530, 540, 572 + case, PSU and patch

cables): £1,979, 510 SYNTH: £389, 505 VCF: £349, 512 VCO: £309, 521 VCF: £309, 530 VCA: £309, 531 MIX: £389, 540 ENV/LFO: £309,

555 LAG/S&H: £349, 572 PHASE & DELAY: £309

Reviews | Roland System 500 Series modules

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Reviews | Roland System 500 Series modules Roland System 500 Series Modules from £309 Bruce Aisher takes a look at the recently expanded Roland 500 Series modular range. Can they capture that ’70s magic? CONTACT WHO: Roland WEB: roland.co.
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Roland System 500 Series modules | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + High build quality, close to the intent of the original 100m modules They sound great – especially the two filter modules The 510 Synth module distills some of the best elements into one module - There isn’t any spare space on the front panels of the modules, which leaves very little room for descriptive text and cables… or fingers The Complete Set package would have benefitted from a module with interconnected multiples T he modular renais
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Reviews | Roland System 500 Series modules THE ALTERNATIVES Intellijel Atlantis £649 Although inspired by the non-modular SH-101, this Eurorack module hosts an impressive set of CV input and output sockets taking it closer to 500 Series territory. intellijel.com Frequency Central System X Modules from £100 Frequency Central currently produce four Model 100m clone modules – Envelope, Filter, Oscillator and S&H/Noise. frequencycentral.co.
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Roland System 500 Series modules | Reviews Gate Delay/LFO, all housed in a very fetching custom case. As mentioned, these are all closely related to similar modules on the original 100m. The 512 adds separate output jacks for the waveforms (square, triangle and saw) in each VCO section, but otherwise maintains the pulse width CV modulation and two oscillator sync options. CV pitch-tracking is good, and tonally the module does what you’d expect.