Roland VP-9000 VariPhrase Processor 4 x 32MB memory w/ Zip disk SN ZN52614

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"The Roland VP-9000 VariPhrase Processor is a revolutionary sampler/vocal processor. It is a sampler capable of elastic realtime manipulation of pitch, time, and formants via MIDI while maintaining superb sound quality. With the VP-9000 you can instantly match drum loops to the same key and tempo. Or use it to bend notes, change pitches or harmonize and more! It all works in real-time with little artifacts and in a non-destructive environment. Thankfully, the VP-9000 features three large knobs for realtime control over pitch, time, formant, and groove right on the front of the module for realtime tweaking!

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Roland Museum Germany Massive Synthesizer Selloff - Most Gear for Sale in a Single Auction

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This one in via Marko of Retrosound.de.

26.000,00 Euro gets it all.

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Someone needs to contact the Guiness Book of World Records. Longest list of gear for sale ever:

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Dumb Improvisation With A Unique Sampler - Roland VP-9000 Variphrase

Published on Oct 19, 2019 MrCaliforniaD

"Here's a pretty bad improvisation showing the sound capabilities of the Roland VP-9000, a sampler that can do time stretching and formant modulation.

The backing synthesizer on this track is a Oberheim Matrix 6R."

Follow-up to Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Sampler - Stewie Mom Scene Sample Over Mario Underwater Music

China Bing Bing Bing - Exploring Sounds on he Roland VP-9000 Time Streching Sampler

Published on Apr 25, 2020 MrCaliforniaD

0:00 Roland VP-9000 sampler alone.
4:05 Roland VP-9000 sampler + Akai S612 sampler.

Roland VP-9000 w/ Original Box

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I believe the VP-9000 was the synth that kicked off Roland's Variphrase technology which made its way into the VariOS and then the V-Synth.

Check out this post for a link to an excellent VP-9000 resource site. Note that this post and that are the only VP-9000 posts on MATRIXSYNTH today. I post what I come across and what people send in, so that gives you an idea of how often these come up. If I remember correctly the price was very high on these and they had a number of technical issues.

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The Roland Glitching Box Speech Processor - Roland VP-9000

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"Roland needs to bring back a hardware time stretching sampler!"

Additional Roland VP-9000 posts

Roland VP-9000 demo disk

Published on Dec 25, 2015 SynthMania

The VP does stand for "Vocal Processing".

"Demos of the Roland VP-9000 (2000) demo disk that came with the machine, and live playing manipulation via Variphrase controls and keyboard"

Roland VP-9000 VariPhrase Processor SN ZN74102

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"VP 9000 in excellent condition as shown in pictures if you’ve been looking for one of these amazing sampler, this is the one to get. It has been maxed out with 128 MB of RAM as shown. The compact flash drive is what makes it stand apart from others that have the slow archaic zip drive. Save and load files at much faster speed. Also included is an 8 GB industrial transcend compact flash card loaded with all of the VP 9000 libraries. Create amazing unique Vocal parts with harmony or the Daft robot effect. The CF card drive adds convenience and speeds up workflow significantly."

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The Ultimage Glitch Box - The Roland VP-9000

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"Here's one of the ways you can destroy a drum beat sample with the Roland VP-9000."

Can the Roland VP-9000 sound warm?

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"As I will show you in a upcoming video, the Roland VP-9000 is really bad at sampling normal stuff. Bad range, MP3 like sound, clicky loop points, no filters per voices, etc. But given the right tweaking, can it sound any warm?"

2000 Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Demo Video

YouTube via jafafah0ts | January 23, 2011 |

"A promo video from 2000 for Roland's VP-9000 Variphrase sampler."

Roland VP 9000 Sampled Variations on Time & Formant

Published on Oct 15, 2015 TheDaydreamSound

"I haven't featured much of the Roland VP 9000 Sampler but it is pretty nice and the first of it's kind. Here's some loose variations on what it can do with time stretching and formant manipulation. Enjoy!

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The Father of Hardware Real-Time Sample Pitch Shifting – Roland VP 9000 Demo

Published on Jan 1, 2019 The Daydream Sound

"A look at sampling techniques used with the Roland VP-9000 Variphrase sampler."

Using Tom Drum Samples in Electronic Music w/ the Roland VP-9000

Published on Sep 15, 2018 The Daydream Sound

"Knowing how to use tom drum samples in electronic music is valuable. We’ll use the Roland VP-9000 sampler controlled by the Akai MPC 2000 Classic drum machine to demonstrate the role of tom drums and how to use them in beat production. Using tom drum samples in electronic music is a great way to connect with the listener on an emotional level."

Roland VP-9000 VariPhrase Processor Sampler

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"The VP-9000 VariPhrase Processor is a revolutionary audio processor capable of realtime manipulation of sampled phrases' pitch, time, and formant via MIDI while maintaining superb sound quality. Use it to instantly match loops to the same key and tempo, add realistic harmonies to a solo vocal performance, bend notes in real time without changing the phrase length and much more."

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Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Processor

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You don't see these too often.  This was the beginning of Roland's Variphrase vocal synthesis technology.  When it first came out there it was a significant release as it introduced a new method of synthesis, however if I remember correctly there were various issues or bugs with the unit.  I forget what they were and if they were resolved.  If you know feel free to chime in.   The technology next made an appearance in Roland's VariOS rackmount module which was meant to be a chameleon of sorts.  You could load different engines in it including a Roland Jupiter-8 emulation, but rather than host all engines at the same time, it would turn into whatever you had loaded.

Roland Vp9000

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"In good condition, comes with one zip disc and 128mb of ram. Daft Punk used this for a their lp Discovery. The weird vocals and leads. The VP-9000 VariPhrase® Processor is a revolutionary audio processor capable of realtime manipulation of sampled phrases' pitch, time, and formant via MIDI while maintaining superb sound quality. Use it to instantly match loops to the same key and tempo, add realistic harmonies to a solo vocal performance, bend notes in real time without changing the phrase length and much more. Revolutionary new rackmount audio processor employing proprietary VariPhrase technology Elastic audio processing allows realtime sync of samples with different keys and tempo, while formant processing eliminates tedious multi-sampling Three knobs for realtime control over pitch, time, formant and groove Large icon-based graphic LCD for high-level wave editing and simplified operation 8MB standard memory (expandable to 136MB using optional SIMMs); internal resampling capability Compatible with VP-9000/Roland S-700/Akai S1000/AIFF/.WAV format files Independent studio-quality reverb, chorus, and multi-effects processor with 40 types Internal Zip250 drive for storing samples and transferring files to a Mac or PC Two SCSI ports for connecting hard drives, Zip drives, and CD-ROMs Six analog outputs plus digital I/O in coaxial and optical formats"

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Roland Roland VP 9000 SN ZN31797

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Roland VP-9000 Variphrase Processor (128MB RAM) SN ZN63444

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Roland VP-9000 - I love this machine - MikeSynth

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"Mashup of Changes and Luv!
Love love love the VP9000"