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Roland SE-02 £509

The SE-02 is Roland’s debut ‘Designer Boutique’

model, designed in collaboration with Studio

Electronics. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman checks it out!

CONTACT WHO: Roland TEL: 01792 702701 WEB: www.roland.com KEY FEATURES 3 VCOs/6 waveforms each, 24dB LPF, XMOD

(3 types), feedback, noise. 9 waveform LFO, digital delay, 384 presets/128 user slots, sequencer with parameter sequencing/song mode I/O: external input,

Pitch CV, Gate and VCF CV inputs. Trigger in/out. DIN MIDI, USB MIDI/Audio. Polychain DIMENSIONS: 300 x 128 x 46mm WEIGHT: 950g

INCLUDES

AUDIO

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS INCLUDES AUDIO Roland SE-02 £509 The SE-02 is Roland’s debut ‘Designer Boutique’ model, designed in collaboration with Studio Electronics. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman checks it out! CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Roland TEL: 01792 702701 WEB: www.roland.com 3 VCOs/6 waveforms each, 24dB LPF, XMOD (3 types), feedback, noise. 9 waveform LFO, digital delay, 384 presets/128 user slots, sequencer with parameter sequencing/song mode I/O: external input, Pitch CV, Gate and VCF CV inputs. Trigger in/out.
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Roland SE-02 | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Compact & portable with a high-quality, characterful sound Generally well put together, with plenty of connectivity; a very decent onboard sequencer Lots of versatile sound shaping - Controls are pretty close together; lacks pitch/mod strips and battery power No amp velocity control over MIDI; filter is steppy at high resonance settings; volume control is around the back; no arpeggiator Accessing and using the various modes (seq/patch/song) is a little unintuiti
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Reviews | Roland SE-02 THE ALTERNATIVES Novation Bass Station 2 £399 This fat-sounding 25-note synth from Novation features a two osc + sub osc DCO engine, two LFOs, aftertouch and velocity, a sequencer, and a versatile multimode filter. https://uk.novation music.com Waldorf Pulse 2 £377 This is one greatsounding DCO-driven desktop synth that’s super portable, with a powerful mod matrix and multimode filter, plus 8- and 4-note paraphonic modes for chord playing. www.waldorfmusic.
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Roland SE-02 | Reviews you can use them as additional LFOs (in addition to the global LFO). This essentially gives you three extra LFO options. The Lo option is also handy for creating polyrhythmic textures, especially when you employ cross modulation between the oscillators.