intro

This page is dedicated to the Roland family of L/A synthesizers and other closely related instruments. 'L/A', depending on where you look and who you ask, stands for Linear Arithmetic, Additive, or Algorithmic synthesis, an approach to sound construction involving the use of PCM samples (digital recordings of 'real' instruments), analog waveforms --- sine and square for example, and combinations thereof (structures).

disclaimer

Please understand that I am not affiliated with Roland or any of its subsidiaries, like Boss or Edirol.  Nor am I connected with any kind of third party developer or product support service.  So please do not send me email asking for help on setting up or troubleshooting your hardware.  I honestly don't know.  Furthermore, it's the whole, "I have a full-time job, etc, etc" routine with me.

ratings (from to )

I'm not rating aesthetics of the sites, but on how much useful (in my opinion) information is at the site.  It's great to know things like a person's opinions on a particular synth, but does it have more immediately useful information or software?

Special thanks to Gord Braun for starting this page, and passing on the torch to me.

Thanks for visiting! - Lowell Picklyk