{"product_id":"roland-system-100-model-101-the-rare-1970s-synth-that-still-schools-everyone","title":"Roland System-100 (101 + 103 + 104): The Semi-Modular Holy Grail, Three Boxes Deep","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoland's first stab at semi-modular synthesis, from 1975, and quietly one of the best-sounding things the company ever built. This is a three-module rig: the \u003cstrong\u003e101\u003c\/strong\u003e keyboard synth at the heart, the \u003cstrong\u003e103\u003c\/strong\u003e mixer with its onboard spring reverb and twin VU meters, and the \u003cstrong\u003e104\u003c\/strong\u003e analog step sequencer to drive the whole thing. The filter runs from creamy to head-ripping scream, and the semi-modular layout means it plays straight out of the box but rewards a patch cable or ten. Beloved of the Human League, Aphex Twin, Vince Clarke and Tangerine Dream. Serviced and fully functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFEATURES \u0026amp; PROS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThat filter:\u003c\/strong\u003e the legendary Roland low-pass, equally happy purring or screaming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSemi-modular:\u003c\/strong\u003e pre-patched and instantly playable, with patch points for going deep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e103 Mixer:\u003c\/strong\u003e four channels, panning, twin VU meters and a real spring reverb on board.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e104 Sequencer:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 x 2 analog step sequencing with variable gate and series or parallel modes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTank-built:\u003c\/strong\u003e rock-solid 1970s Roland engineering that holds tuning better than it has any right to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAS USED BY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Human League, the albums \"Reproduction\" and \"Travelogue\" and the single \"Being Boiled\", built on an expanded System-100 in this same 101 + 103 + 104 layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepeche Mode, \"A Broken Frame\" (via producer Daniel Miller)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVince Clarke, across Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVangelis, slotting it in among his high-end rigs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTangerine Dream and Kraftwerk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAphex Twin on the Model 101, plus Orbital and Front 242\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WORD:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sound on Sound looks back on the System-100 as a trend-bucking Roland modular whose analogue low end still hits hard decades later. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.soundonsound.com\/music-business\/roland-system-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eRead more at Sound on Sound\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIFICATIONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear: 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModules: 101 Synthesizer (keyboard), 103 Mixer, 104 Sequencer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynthesis: semi-modular monophonic, VCO plus sub-oscillator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilter: resonant self-oscillating low-pass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e103: four inputs, panning, twin VU meters, spring reverb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e104: 12 x 2 step sequencer, series or parallel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: serviced, fully functional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Roland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49726411538671,"sku":null,"price":135000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/5992\/9071\/files\/IMG_7489.jpg?v=1780999777","url":"https:\/\/innerpieces.art\/products\/roland-system-100-model-101-the-rare-1970s-synth-that-still-schools-everyone","provider":"Inner Pieces","version":"1.0","type":"link"}