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But what a different world it was in the 1980s, when computers were still the preserve of boffins (and were in any case near useless when it came to audio "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/8784178565451298689"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/8784178565451298689"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/remembering-alesis-hr-16-drum-machine.html","title":"Remembering the Alesis HR-16 Drum Machine"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiEOyB7pXBsWD3xWIPlIjOsmP9-EoDVQBAiyicyAX2kVyJzUxiPRtnL9STvXxg95bqnXzRe3hITZgJMceHVNX7ZmMzSWUKD_HcqwxdTVgQwwiF5oiz-U_L8SBqBxsOeg8Ku36C1xYti1I8\/s72-c\/Alesis+HR-16+and+MMT-8+1987+lo+res.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-4383014066359595514"},"published":{"$t":"2014-07-17T20:53:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-11T13:08:48.109+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1980s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"keybaord"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musictech"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Roland"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"synthesizer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Arrival of the Roland D50 Synthesizer"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"In 1986, Roland were getting comprehensively hammered in commercial terms by Yamaha and its almost cynically expanded range of FM (frequency Modulation) synthesizers.\n\n“How much would you like to spend, Sir?… £650? 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But the reality of what you get when you use them is often a very different story. The picture is a familiar one… You hear a sound on a recording or at a live gig. You want that sound. 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