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Roland S-10 Project Machine

“This keyboard is being sold ‘as is’ so no returns.

This Roland keyboard from the 80s is essentially broken, but may be repairable for somebody with the right skills, or perhaps you can use the parts.

There are no accessories, not even a power cable (a standard kettle plug cable will work – no need of a special power supply). No manual and the box will be for a different keyboard.

So, it’s not working, but here’s the state of it. Cosmetically it is generally good for its age. A bit of paint on it, and some dust etc. Could do with a bit of cleaning, but otherwise decent, no major dents or anything. On powering up, the LCD display comes to life and appears working. The disk drive makes a constant whirring noise which is annoying, and I suspect that it is faulty. However I have never had the appropriate disk to load into it, but given the noise it is not functioning correctly. So without disks, standard operation of this keyboard is untested by me, so possibly does not work, however I have been able to hook it up via midi and use it to control other sound modules and it works fine in that regard. All the keys, the pitch-bend work perfectly sending out full midi. The keyboard seems close to 100%, with no dead keys. I’ve had a quick check of the midi out for touch sensitivity and it appears good.

Addendum: A punter asked is the sampling worked. I hadn’t tested it, but now have and can confirm that it seems to work perfectly. I haven’t tried all the features, but have easily sampled sounds and played them. Of course without the disk drive working, one cannot save them, but this part of the keyboard is good.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10

“ROLAND S-10 VINTAGE SYNTH SAMPLER

POWERS UP TO ‘READY’ STATE THEN NOTHING
DISC DRIVE IS NOISY

COMES WITH ORIGINAL BOX, MANUAL AND BOX OF QUICK DISCS

SOLD AS SHOWN ONTH PICTURES” Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10 Project Machine

“Roland S-10 Keyboard DOA For Parts, Repair, or Restoration Sold As-Is

Does Not Work.

No Power Cord.

117VAC Operation.

Something dripped on Panel Right Side – see pic.

Sold As-Is.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10 Project Machine

” Roland S-10 Keyboard DOA For Parts, Repair, or Restoration Sold As-Is

Does Not Work.

No Power Cord.

117VAC Operation.

Something dripped on Panel Right Side – see pic.

Sold As-Is.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10

“Roland S-10 Digital Sampling Keyboard 12 bit Sampler 80s

Ex college keyboard, works but could do with a little tlc.

The bad bits

-One end cap is missing

-Sliders are a bit scratchy and need to be played with to pass signal nicely

-Bender only springs back to center on one side

-Screen backlight is extremely dim

-Some buttons require a hard press to work

-Quick disk drive is untested as I don’t have any 2.8” disks

I have personally recorded samples and tested that it works, has a lovely 12bit noisy 80s sound, all keys appear to work fine, you could use this straight away…like I said it just needs a bit of tlc mainly to the cosmetics. The unusual two pin iec power cable will be included in this sale.” Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10

“Roland S-10 Digital Sampling Keyboard 12 bit Sampler 80s

Ex college keyboard, works but could do with a little tlc.

The bad bits

-One end cap is missing

-Sliders are a bit scratchy and need to be played with to pass signal nicely

-Bender only springs back to center on one side

-Screen backlight is extremely dim

-Some buttons require a hard press to work

-Quick disk drive is untested as I don’t have any 2.8” disks

I have personally recorded samples and tested that it works, has a lovely 12bit noisy 80s sound, all keys appear to work fine, you could use this straight away…like I said it just needs a bit of tlc mainly to the cosmetics. The unusual two pin iec power cable will be included in this sale.”
Click here to visit listing on eBay

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Roland S-10

“The keyboard is in good condition, it turns on and all the buttons seem to work but I don’t have the disk for it that makes the sound so I haven’t been able to test it fully therefore being sold as seen. It comes in a wooden hard case for transport to gigs etc. ” Click here to search for synths on eBay