Roland V-Synth

The Roland V-Synth is a polyphonic synthesizer. It was released in 2000^[3] and was Roland's flagship synthesizer at the time. It combines multiple oscillator technologies and a built in sampler.^[4] It also features an arpeggiator and COSM filtering to aid the creation of new sounds.

V-Synth
Manufacturer	Roland Corporation
Dates	V-Synth: 2003 V-Synth XT: 2005 V-Synth GT: 2007
Price	£1999 V-Synth GBP[1] £2231 V-Synth XT[2] GBP
Technical specifications
Polyphony	24 voices
Timbrality	16 part
Oscillator	Dual Oscillators
LFO	2 (Sample & Hold, Saw Up, Saw Down, Sine, Square, Triangle, Clocked, Delay, Freerun, Key Sync)
Synthesis type	ROMpler, Sampling, SuperSaw, Virtual Analog
Filter	1 (12dB Slope (2-pole), 24dB Slope (4-pole), Band Pass, Comb, High Pass, Low Pass, Notch, Resonance)
Aftertouch expression	Yes
Velocity expression	Yes
Storage memory	1 Project; 512 Patches; 999 Waves
Effects	41 multi effects, 8 x Chorus, 10 x Reverb
Input/output
Keyboard	61 keys
Left-hand control	Pitch bend / Modulation bender
External control	MIDI In, out, thru USB

Features

• Touchscreen
• The Timetrip pad which allows real-time manipulation of waveforms^[5]
• V-LINK Onboard Video Control^[6]
• Twin D Beams

Construction

Built in a black metal case it has plastic end cheeks. The buttons on the unit are backlit.^[7]

Models

• V-Synth XT 2005 - Rack-mount module (minus D-Beams and Trip Pad). Pre-installed with Roland's VC-1 (D-50 emulator) and VC-2 (Vocal Designer)
• V-Synth GT 2007 - Adds Roland's Vocal Designer technology.^[8] Has a maximum 28 voices of polyphony.^[9]

Notable users

• Asia
• BT
• cEvin Key
• Crystal Castles
• Enigma
• Jens Johansson
• Jesper Kyd
• Jordan Rudess
• Klystron
• Ladytron
• Michael Pinnella
• Nick Rhodes
• Orbital
• Richard Barbieri
• The Crystal Method