Engineering:Roland DJ-70
| Roland DJ-70 (Italy) / Roland DJ-70MKII (Italy) | |
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 Roland DJ-70MKII | |
| Manufacturer | Roland (Italy) |
| Dates | 1992-1996 DJ-70 1996-2000 DJ-70MKII |
| Price | £2,181 GBP (1998) $1,995 US (1998) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 24 Voices Note |
| LFO | Sine, Triangle, Saw-Up/Down, Square, Random, Peak-Hold Waveforms with Delay, Polarity and Sync |
| Synthesis type | ROM / EPROM Chip OS: V1.05 (1992) Roland DJ-70 OS: V1.02 (1996) Roland DJ-70MKII |
| Filter | Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, TVA = (Time Variant Amplifier) TVF = (Time Variant Filter) |
| Aftertouch expression | Yes |
| Velocity expression | Yes |
| Storage memory | (30-pin for MKI) 72-pin SIMMs Memory Type 2MB up to 4MB (DJ-70) 2MB up to 32MB (DJ-70MKII) |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 37 Dynamic Keys, 8 Play Pads, Pitchbender Joystick and a Special Scratch Dial/Scratch Pad. |
The Roland DJ-70 is a 16-bit linear A/D Conversion & 20-bit linear D/A Conversion[1] sampling[2] workstation and was released in 1992 by Roland Italy.
Roland DJ-70MKII
The Roland DJ-70MKII was released in 1996 by Roland Italy. It had 37 keys,[3] 8 Play Pads (Pitchbender Joystick and featured the first ever for DJ's a Special Scratch Dial/Scratch Pad), 24 Voice Note Polyphony,[4] 8 Track music sequencer, with RPS/BPM Function and featured a 3.5"in. floppy disk drive (2DD/2HD),[5] "Load-While-Play" feature, SCSI port only on Roland DJ-70MKII. It also had a large backlit LCD screen. The Roland DJ-70MKII with its more powerful features then the Roland DJ-70, was essentially a Roland S-760 rack mount sampler with a keyboard.
Sample Rate
Up to 32 samples can be recorded. The Sampling Frequency Rates can be used are 16-bit 22.05 kHz or 44.1 kHz.[6] Roland DJ-70 & Roland DJ-70MKII both can read on 3.5" floppy disk drive (2DD/2HD) file from Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard, Roland W-30 Sampling Keyboard, Roland S330/S550/SP-700/S770/S750/S760 rack mount sampler (Using CONVERT LOAD feature). AKAI S1000/1100 sounds via 'SCSI port (Roland DJ-70MKII only)'.
Roland DJ-70:
• Memory 2MB [Sample Time: 22.5 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 45 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
• Memory 4MB [Sample Time: 45.3 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 90 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
Roland DJ-70MKII:
• Memory 2MB [Sample Time: 22.5 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 45 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
• Memory 32MB [Sample Time: 6 min.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 12 min.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
Both Roland DJ-70 & Roland DJ-70MKII use RAM Memory type, there are two slot available. Type used are (30-pin for MKI) 72-pin SIMMs Memories.
Display
Main panel features a 64 x 240 pixels backlit display[7] LCD screen.
Notable users
- Jean-Michel Jarre[8]
References
- ↑ "Roland DJ-70". http://www.polynominal.com/Roland-dj70/index.html.
- ↑ "Roland DJ-70 MkII" (in fr). https://fr.audiofanzine.com/sampleur/roland/DJ-70-MkII/.
- ↑ SynthArk, Designed by www.1234.info / Modified. "DJ-70MKII" (in en). http://www.synthark.org/Roland/DJ-70MKII.html.
- ↑ SynthArk, Designed by www.1234.info / Modified. "DJ-70" (in en). http://www.synthark.org/Roland/DJ-70.html.
- ↑ "Roland DJ-70 Technical Specifications - SweetCare" (in en-US). SweetCare. https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/roland-dj-70-technical-specifications/.
- ↑ "Roland DJ-70". http://www.polynominal.com/Roland-dj70/index.html.
- ↑ "Roland DJ-70". http://www.polynominal.com/Roland-dj70/index.html.
- ↑ "ROLAND DJ-70". http://www.jarrography.free.fr/details_equipement_audio.php?id_equip=64.
Further reading
- "Roland DJ-70MkII". Future Music (53). ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031.
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