Click the pic to the left for the full size shot. The image is from
Roland.com. Below it is another image of the Roland System-1 for comparison. Going right to left you'll notice the knob and slider layout is almost identical between the two. Note what appears to be mounting holes along the top and bottom as well as the top row of patch points. You can see a glimpse of the actual hardware unit in
this previous post.
Now as for the modules below, note what appears to be mounting holes on the corners. The obvious guess would be eurorack modules. You can see that the height of the modules match the height of the new desktop module above. If you look at
the previous post, you will see that it appears to be the same height as eurorack. So what we are likely looking at is Roland officially entering the eurorack market with a System-1 with patch points that can be rack mounted into a euro case, along with four new modules. Aside from differences in the LEDs the modules appear to be identical. Considering the System 1 can transform into different synths based on what software is loaded, a good guess is we are actually looking at one module that can transform into four different modules. There aren't any visible patch points in the renders though. Are they hiding them for now? We'll find out soon enough. The Musikmesse is set to start next Wednesday April 15.
Now as for the modules below, note what appears to be mounting holes on the corners. The obvious guess would be eurorack modules. You can see that the height of the modules match the height of the new desktop module above. If you look at the previous post, you will see that it appears to be the same height as eurorack. So what we are likely looking at is Roland officially entering the eurorack market with a System-1 with patch points that can be rack mounted into a euro case, along with four new modules. Aside from differences in the LEDs the modules appear to be identical. Considering the System 1 can transform into different synths based on what software is loaded, a good guess is we are actually looking at one module that can transform into four different modules. There aren't any visible patch points in the renders though. Are they hiding them for now? We'll find out soon enough. The Musikmesse is set to start next Wednesday April 15.
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