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Originally Posted by clusterchord 
rounder, warmer, less focused than 4. in the end, none of them is "hybrid" in any sense compared ot oberheims or prophets. cept if u count software generated envelopes. i dont. |
First of all, none of the Rolands new or old are warm. Not part of the Roland filter sound. Neutral at best, even the vintage stuff. Find and post a couple of clips that illustrate a warm Roland sound.
Second yes they are hybrid, not necessarily in terms of technology but in terms of the end product, the sound. That was the trend in the mid-80s, the synths of those days all went in that direction or tried hard to, thanks to the DX-7. Those who lived through that era remember it. Just as the other guy mentioned about the MKS being analog meets DX-7, which is very true as a rough description. Pretty obvious from those clips too BTW; most of the earlier vintage analogs wouldn't sound like that.