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In 1954 Mr Kakehashi opened an electrical goods and repair shop by the name of “Kakehashi Musen”. - Later the name was to be changed to Ace Electrical Company. His initial goal was to produce an electronic instrument capable of generating simple monophonic melodies, and so he ended up building a Theremin. Looking for a new challenge, he later built a four-octave organ using parts from a reed organ, bits of telephones, and simple transistor oscillators. In 1959, he designed and built a Hawaiian guitar amplifier, but he also went on with his further organ developments.

On the 18th of April 1972, Mr. Kakehashi established the Roland Corporation.

The first synthesizer from Roland was also Japan's first synthesizer. The SH1000 came to the market in 1973, just before the Korg 700 did. It was a remarkable instrument, offering 10 preset tones selectable from colored tabs. You could add vibrato, growl and portamento to modify the sound.

The System 100, launched in 1975, is another Roland monosynth that would become sought-after long after production stopped. The System 100 consisted of five semi- modular products. These were the 101 Synthesizer, the 102 Expander, the 103 Mixer (including a simple reverb), the 104 Sequencer, and the 109 Monitor Speakers. These units fit together to produce a system that sounded really interesting.

The first results from 1976's expansion in the development team, led to an explosion in Roland's product range. There were more synthesizers, a piano, more speaker systems and some now-classic instruments that included the Jupiter-4 Compuphonic polysynth. The Jupiter-4 was the company's first true polysynth. It used Roland's trademark chorus and three Unison options that made it a powerful monosynth. There also was an excellent arpeggiator.

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