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Rochester Zeniths The Rochester Zeniths were a professional basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association. They played in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester at the Dome Arena and in downtown Rochester, New York at (what is now known as) the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial.
Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is a public benefit organization which provides transportation services in the area in and around Rochester, New York. RGRTA was formed on August 1, 1970 by a state act of government which also formed three similar agencies in Syracuse, Buffalo, and the Capital District around Albany.
Rochester-Monaca Bridge The Monaca-Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1986 and is the third bridge to occupy the site.
Rochester, Kent Rochester is a large town in Kent, England, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. With Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and a number of outlying villages it makes up the Borough of Medway.
Rochester, Pennsylvania Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The borough is most famous for being the hometown of singer Christina Aguilera, Olympic silver medalist Lauryn Williams, and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Kris Griffin.
Rochester, Vermont Rochester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States, created by Vermont charter on July 30, 1781 and later expanded when the town of Philadelphia, Vermont was divided up among its neighbors. The population was 1,171 at the 2000 census.
Rochester, Victoria Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. It is located 180km north of Melbourne with a mixture of rural and semi-rural communities on the northern Campaspe River, between Bendigo and the Murray River port of Echuca.
Rocheworld Rocheworld (1990), also known as The Flight of the Dragonfly (1984) is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward in which he uses a light-sail propulsion system to set the crew on an interstellar mission. The spaceship and crew of 20 have to travel 5.
Rochford Rochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town proper, Stroud Green, and London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610.
Rochom P'ngieng Rochom P'ngieng (allegedly born 1979) is a young Cambodian Pnong woman who allegedly lived as a feral child for eighteen or nineteen years. She came to international attention via the media after allegedly emerging scared, filthy and naked from the dense jungle of remote northeastern Cambodia early January.
Rochor River On the map, the source of the Rochor River is at Victoria Bridge but the waterway is somewhat longer and extends, as Rochor Canal, as far as the junction of Jalan Jurong Kechil and Upper Bukit Timah Road. Thus, the source of Rochor River is at Bukit Timah.
Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese (January 6 1891 — December 22 1978) was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin, Germany
Rochus Misch Rochus Misch (born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Imperial Germany on July 29, 1917) was an OberscharfĂĽhrer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler who worked as a courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler from 1940 to 1945. As a junior member of Hitler's permanent staff, Misch travelled with the German leader from bunker to bunker throughout the Second World War.
Roi Et Province Roi Et (Thai ร้ŕ¸ŕ¸˘ŕą€ŕ¸ŕą‡ŕ¸”) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are (from north clockwise) Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham.
Roi fainéant Roi fainéant is a French language phrase meaning "do nothing king". It is primarily used to refer to the later kings of the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties, after they seemed to have lost their initial energy.
Roi Rutenberg Roi Rutenberg, born in Tel Aviv, was a young Israeli settler killed during an attack on his kibbutz of Nahal Oz near the border with Gaza. Following his murder, Moshe Dayan wrote a still widely acclaimed eulogy calling for an examination not of the brutality unleashed by the attackers, but for there to be a soul searching within the Israeli community and national psyche which allowed for the brutalities perpetrated by both sides to continue.
Roigheim Roigheim is a small municipality in Southwest Germany, in Heilbronn County, situated along the Seckach river. With approximately 1,400 inhabitants, Roigheim is the smallest independent community in the German state (Bundesland) Baden-WĂĽrttemberg.
Roitika Roitika (Greek: Ροίτικα) is a community that is located in the municipality of Paralia, and south of Paralia which forms a boundary to its south. The population is around 2,000 and has a train station and a beach which is 200 m away from the highway.
Roj TV Roj TV is an International Kurdish satellite television station broadcasting programmes in the Kurmanci, Sorani, and Hewremani dialects of the Kurdish language as well as Zazaki, Persian, Arabic, Syriac/Assyrian, and Turkish.
Rojak Rojak is a fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (where it is called rujak). The term "Rojak" is Malay for mixture, is also used as a colloquial expression for an eclectic mix, and in particular is often used to describe the multi-ethnic character of Malaysian and Singaporean society.
Rojak Language Rojak Language or Bahasa Rojak is a Malaysian term, literally meaning "mixed-up language" in Malay, to define the practice of code-switches between 2, 3, 4 or more languages in a conversation similar to pidgin, Manglish and Singlish. The base language, however is Malay.
Rojhan Rojhan also known as rojhan-mazari is a city and the headquarters of Rojhan tehsil of Rajanpur district in the extreme southwest of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is the capital of Mazari tribe of Balochi people.
Rojo amanecer Rojo amanecer (Red Dawn) (1989), directed by Jorge Fons, is a Spanish-language film about the Tlatelolco Massacre in the section of Tlatelolco in Mexico City in the evening of October 2, 1968. It focuses on the day of a middle-class Mexican family living in one of the apartment buildings surrounding the Plaza de Tlatelolco and is based on testimonials from witnesses and victims.
Rojo Relativo Tiziano Ferro's debut album, since the success of the single "Perdono" the album went so good on sale that Tiziano himself was surprised by this. The album went good on sales due to the success of the first single, and after a while, Tiziano was convinced by the producers to make out the album in Spanish, the single "Perdona" also made the album to go gold on sales throughout Latin America, but it was not until the single "Alucinado" in which the album went platinum in Mexico.
Rokal ROKAL is an acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, a manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line of model railway equipment in TT scale from 1947 - 1969, based in Lobberich 80 km north of Cologne, Germany at the Dutch border. The Rokal product line was then sold to Willy Ade of Röwa.
Rokel River The Rokel River is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa. It flows south-west from the Loma Mountains about 240 miles and, together with a smaller, parallel stream called Port Loko Creek, feeds into the giant estuary known as the Sierra Leone River or "Freetown harbor", the largest natural harbour in the African continent.
Rokenbok The Rokenbok Toy Company was founded to create a "Legacy Quality" toy system focused on creativity, imagination, and learning. The Rokenbok System aims to unite state-of-the-art technology with classic toy design and old-world values.
Roker Roker (pronounced: or ) is a tourist resort in North East England, bounded on the south by the River Wear and Monkwearmouth, on the east by the North Sea, on the north by the twin resort of Seaburn, and on the west by Fulwell. It is administered as part of the City of Sunderland.
Rokhlin's theorem In 4-dimensional topology, a branch of mathematics, Rokhlin's theorem states that if a smooth compact 4-manifold M has a spin structure (or equivalently vanishing second Stiefel-Whitney class w2(M) = 0), then the signature of its intersection form, a quadratic form on the second cohomology group
Rokkaku clan The Rokkaku clan (ĺ…角氏, -shi) was a Japanese samurai clan which wielded considerable power in the Muromachi period under the Ashikaga shogunate. Founded by Sasaki Yasutsuna of ĹŚmi province in the 13th century, the name Rokkaku was taken from their residence within Kyoto; many members of this family continued to be called Sasaki, however.
Rokkin Rokkin is a comic-book fantasy mini series created by Andy Hartnell and Nick Bradshaw and published by Wildstorm. The series details the rise of a common man called Arness, as he is bestowed with godlike powers in his search for revenge against the tyrannical Lord Vulmax, whose minions destroyed his village and slew his wife.
Roko Sherry Chayat Osho Roko Sherry Chayat Osho (1943 - present) is a native of Brooklyn, NY and is an American Rinzai Zen priestess. Throughout the 1960's Roko casually studied Buddhism while schooling at Vassar College and later The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture doing her graduate work.
Roko Tui Namata The Roko Tui Namata is the title of the Paramount Chief of the Namata subdistrict of Bau district, in Fiji's Tailevu Province. The chiefly family of Namata is closely related to that of Bau, with frequent intermarriage between them.
Rokosz A rokosz ("ROH-kosh"), originally, was a gathering of all the Polish szlachta (nobility), not merely of deputies, for a sejm. The term was imported into the Polish language from Hungary, where analogous gatherings took place at a field called Rákos.
Roksan Audio Roksan is a British manufacturer of high fidelity audio products for domestic use, based in Alperton, Middlesex, United Kingdom, was formed in 1985 by Touraj Moghaddam & Tufan Hashemi. Roksan instantly joined the world of specialist super audio with the introduction of its very first product, a high end record player named the Xerxes.
Roku Roku, founded in October 2002, is a privately held Palo Alto based consumer electronics firm which specialises in home digital media products. Their current product line-up includes the Roku SoundBridge, a network music player, the Roku PhotoBridge HD, a high-def media player for viewing photos on a high-definition or standard-definition television display, and the SoundBridge Radio, a network music player with high-quality built in speakers and subwoofer, AM-FM receiver, volume-ramping alarm clock, preset buttons, SD slot and headphone jack.
Rokua National Park Rokua National Park (Rokuan kansallispuisto) is a national park in Oulu Province, Finland. The national park is located on the southern side of the Rokuanvaara Hill, where old pine forests grow in their natural state.
Rokudan Rokudan is an abbreviation for Rokudan no Shirabe, and it is one of Yatsuhashi Kengyo's famous pieces. It was originally a soukyoku, a kind of chamber music with the koto playing the leading part, but nowadays the part of the koto is more widely known than the original.
Rokugan Rokugan is the fictional empire which is the main power in the Legend of the Five Rings setting, the basis for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game and Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game, both from Alderac Entertainment Group. It is similar to feudal Japan, though it also includes aspects of other Asian cultures, as well as magic and mythical beasts.
Rokuhara Tandai Rokuhara Tandai (ĺ…波羅探題) was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court.
RokujizĹŤ Station Rokujizo Station (ĺ…地蔵駅 RokujizĹŤ-Eki) refers to 3 different railway stations of the same name, located within the same vicinity in Nara-chĹŤ, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, each operated by a different train company.
Rokujō family The Rokujō family was a poetically conservative faction in the Japanese Imperial court, founded by Fujiwara no Akisue (1055-1123 CE; it was the first clan to specialize in attaining power and influence via success in poetry, and was originally opposed to their opposite numbers amongst the Minamoto clan (such as the innovative Minamoto no Shunrai), although later they would be opposed to a more junior (and poetically liberal) branch of the old and puissant Fujiwara family, as represented by Fujiwara no Shunzei and his son, Fujiwara no Teika. It was also known for, besides its conservative views on the composition of poetry, the quality of its scholar's work on old poetry (because of the allusive nature of waka, and the early confusions of transcription and writing them down, new versions and exegetical works were constantly needed by the court; the situation was especially bad with the Man'yōshū- Brower remarks that "It is doubtful whether more than three or four hundred Man'yō poems could actually be read
Rokur Gepta Rokur Gepta is a character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where he is the last of the Force-sensitive Sorcerers of Tund, and ruler of The Centrality. He was an enigmatic and peculiar person, around whom (and the Sorcerers) swirled many strange rumours and conjectures.
Rokusaburo Michiba Rokusaburo Michiba (é“ĺ ´ ĺ…ä¸‰éŽ Michiba RokusaburĹŤ, born January 3, 1931 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan,) is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Iron Chef Japanese on the television series Iron Chef. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996.
Rokusho Rokusho is a traditional Japanese compound for inducing patination in decorative non-ferrous metals, especially several alloys which are nearly unknown outside Japan. Shakudo becomes dark blue-violet, shibuichi misty aqua, and kuromido dark coppery black; rokusho was generally used to patinate all types of mokume-gane as well.
Rola Bola The rola bola (also called a "teeter board" or "rolla bolla" or "bongo board") in its simplest form is a plank on a cylinder on which a person balances. The plank rocks back and forth on the cylinder like a seesaw but its pivot point shifts back and forth as the cylinder rolls beneath the plank.
Rola Cola Rola Cola is a naturally flavoured cola drink founded, created and designed by Carlo Dini in 1979 and manufactured by Dubuis & Rowsell in the United Kingdom. Dini conceived the idea of an all natural Cola beverage with a delicious natural taste.
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award In Major League Baseball, the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award, first awarded in 1976, is a distinction given to the top relief pitcher in each league at the end of each season. Unlike other honors such as the Cy Young Award or Most Valuable Player Award, the Relief Man of the Year award is based objectively on statistical performance, rather than subjective opinion.
Roland and Almita Vamos Roland and Almita Vamos are a husband and wife teaching team who are among the leading violin/viola instructors in the United States. Many of their pupils have become laureates of in the most prestigious international competitions.
Roland Adams Roland Adams was a 15 year old black youth from London who was murdered in 1991. The attack was racially motivated, with Adams dying as a result of a stab wound to the neck after being attacked by a gang of fifteen white youths.
Roland Ansieau Early 20th century French [deco|art deco] graphic artist Roland Ansieau is best known for his 1935 "Berger 45" wine advertisement which is widely reproduced as poster prints. Ansieau also created colorful illustrations for a 1931 seasonal guide to Deauville "the flowered beach".
Roland Asch Roland Asch (born October 12 1950 in Altingen near TĂĽbingen, Germany) is a race car driver who is strongly associated with his home town Ammerbuch near Stuttgart, speaking the local Swabian dialect in interviews and commercials.
Roland AX-7 The Roland AX-7 is a professional-grade keytar, manufactured by Roland Corporation from 2001 to the present. Regarded by many as less "80's" than, for example, earlier Yamaha models (such as the Yamaha SHS-10), it contains much more sophisticated features.
Roland Bautista Roland Bautista is a crafty guitarplayer who has played in the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and later on has been performing with Tom Waits. In the meantime he released at least two solo albums: "Baustista" (1977) and "The Heat Of The Wind" (1978).
Roland Benedikter Roland Benedikter, (b. 1965), is a Contract Professor for Cultural, Social and Political Anthropology at the University of Vienna and University of Innsbruck, both Austria, and at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
Roland Bolt 60 The Roland Bolt 30/60/100 was the first and only line of tube guitar amplifiers produced by Roland. The amplifier was launched in the market around 1979 when the Roland company was trying to pursue the success of the Mesa Boogie Mark amplifiers.
Roland Boys Bradford Roland Boys Bradford (VC, MC) (22 February 1892-30 November 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Roland Brunner Roland Brunner (born August 12, 1970 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia) is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 in Albertville, France.
Roland Burrage Dixon Roland Burrage Dixon (November 6, 1875-December 1934) was an American anthropologist, born at Worcester, Mass. In 1897 he graduated from Harvard University, where he remained as an assistant in anthropology, taking the degree of Ph.
Roland collection The Roland Collection is the creation of Anthony Roland, UK. The collection extends to hundreds of hours of films and videos on art, ranging from painting to architecture, through writing, sculpture, photography, etc.
Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (26 January 1899 - 28 October 1962) was a member of the British aristocracy. He became Baron Ashcombe on the death of his father Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe in 1947.
Roland CM-300 The Roland CM-300 is a MIDI synthesizer module first released by Roland Corporation in 1991-92. Its appearance is identical to the CM-32L The front included a volume knob, a power switch and two leds indicating power and actually "Audio" instead of the usual "MIDI" when data is being processed.
Roland CM-32L The Roland CM-32L is a MIDI synthesizer module first released by Roland Corporation in 1989. It is based on the second generation revision MT-32, but being intended for use with computers, it is housed in a beige case and lacks all external controls save for a volume knob and a MIDI message indicator light.
Roland CM-64 The Roland CM-64 is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1989 by Roland Corporation. As a member of Roland's "Computer Music" series, its beige-box appearance is similar to that of the the CM-32P.
Roland Corporation Roland Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972 with 33 million yen in capital.
Roland de Vaux Father Roland Guérin de Vaux OP (1903 – 1971) was a French Dominican priest who led the Catholic team that initially worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was the director of the Ecole Biblique, a French Catholic Theological School in Arab East Jerusalem, and he was charged with overseeing research on the scrolls.
Roland De Wolfe Roland "The Sheep" De Wolfe (also known as Roland "The Edge" De Wolfe and as Roland "Chopper" De Wolfe) (born 1978? in London) is an English professional poker player and was formerly a writer for poker magazine Inside Edge.
Roland Dumas Roland Dumas (born 23 August 1922 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne) is a lawyer and French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under Laurent Fabius from 1984 to 1986, and again under Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson, and Pierre Bérégovoy from 1988 to 1993. He later became the President of France's Constitutional Council from 1995 to 1999.
Roland DuPree Dance Academy Roland Dupree had a major dance center in Hollywood on Fairfax Avenue. It drew interested dancers from around the world to study there because a lot of the teachers worked in the television, stage, and film industry.
Roland Edward Elcock Roland Edward Elcock (VC, MM) (5 June 1899 - 6 October 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Roland Fountain Roland Fountain (sometimes referred to as Maximilian Fountain; Slovak: Rolandova fontána or Maximiliánova fontána) is the most famous fountain of Bratislava, Slovakia as well as one of the city's important landmarks.
Roland Fréart de Chambray Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray (1606 — 1676) was a French theorist of architecture and the arts; though not a practitioner himself, his two major publications appeared at a moment when French architects were struggling to apply a new sense of discipline and order to the practice of building.
Roland Freisler Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 in Celle, Germany – February 3, 1945 in Berlin) was a prominent Nazi Judge. He became State Secretary at the Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the Volksgerichtshof, a court handling political crimes.
Roland Gewalt Roland Gewalt (born April 2, 1958 in Berlin) is a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany since 1980, which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament.
Roland Grapow Roland Grapow, born August 30, 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist. Roland is most well known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, who he played with for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen.
Roland GS Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes vaguely transcribed as General Standard, is an extension of General MIDI specification. It requies that all GS-compatible equipment must meet a certain set of features and it documents interpretations of some MIDI commands and bytes sequences, thus defining more instrument tones, more controllers for sound effects, etc.
Roland Hayes Roland Hayes (3 June 1887–1 January 1977), a lyric tenor, is considered the first African American male concert artist to receive wide international acclaim as well as at home. Hayes was born in Curryville, Georgia, near Calhoun, on June 3, 1887, to Fanny and William Hayes, who were former slaves.
Roland Charles Wagner Roland Charles Wagner (born 6 September, 1960, in Algeria) is a French writer of humorous science fiction. Since his professional debut in 1981, he has written around one hundred novellas and more than forty novels.
Roland JD-800 The JD-800 was a digital synthesizer released by Roland in 1991. The synthesizer featured many knobs and sliders for patch editing, a feature which had been absent from most synthesizers released in the preceding years.
Roland Juno-106 The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured digitally-controlled oscillators (DCOs) for tuning stability with analog filters and envelopes, for their (subjectively) better sound quality.
Roland Juno-60 The Roland Juno-60 is a popular analogue 61-key polyphonic synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation in the early 1980s and a successor to the slightly earlier Juno-6. Like its predecessor, the Juno-60 has some digital enhancements, used only for clocking the oscillators and for saving/loading patches.
Roland Jupiter-4 The Roland Jupiter-4, released in 1978, was not only the first of Roland's Jupiter series of synthesizers, but it was also Roland's first self-contained polyphonic synthesizer. The Jupiter-4 was the lowest-priced polyphonic synthesizer during its time (around US$2,000), but it was never as popular as other polyphonic synths such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and the Oberheim OB-X.
Roland Jupiter-6 The Roland Jupiter-6 (JP-6) is a synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation introduced in 1983 as a cheaper complement to the Roland Jupiter-8. The Jupiter-6 is widely-known as a polyphonic analog synthesizer workhorse, producing a wide variety of sounds.
Roland JX-10 The Roland JX-10 (also known as the Roland Super JX) was a 12-voice analog synthesizer produced from 1986 to 1989, and was the last true analog synthesizer made by Roland. It is essentially two Roland JX-8Ps put together, along with a 76-note velocity-sensitive keyboard with aftertouch.
Roland Laporte Roland Laporte (1675 - August 14, 1704), Camisard leader, better known as Roland, was born at Mas Soubeyran (Gard) in a cottage which has become the property of the Socité de l'Histoire du Protestantisme français, and which contains relics of the hero.
Roland LAPC-I The Roland LAPC-I is a sound card for IBM PC compatibles, first introduced in 1988 by Roland Corporation. It is basically the MT-32-compatible Roland CM-32L and the MPU-401 unit, integrated onto a single full-length 8-bit ISA card.
Roland Lefebvre Roland Philippe Lefebvre (born 7 February 1963 in Rotterdam) is the most successful cricketer that The Netherlands has produced, and one of the very few players from outside the Test-playing nations to achieve a significant career in the professional game.
Roland Linz Roland Linz (born August 9, 1981 in Leoben) is an Austrian football forward who is known for his quick speed and perfect set-pieces. He currently plays for Portuguese side Boavista FC in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Roland Lvovich Dobrushin Roland Lvovich Dobrushin (Russian: Роланд Львович ДобрŃŃин) (1929–1995) was a Russian mathematician and probability theorist who made important contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and information theory.
Roland Matthes Roland Matthes (born November 17, 1950 in Pößneck, Thuringia) is a former backstroke swimmer, who won a total number of eight Olympic medals for East Germany. He is considered to be one of the best backstroke swimmers of all time.
Roland MC-202 The Roland MC-202 (MicroComposer) is a monophonic analog synthesizer/sequencer released by Roland in 1983. It is similar to the TB-303 and SH-101 synthesizers, featuring one voltage-controlled oscillator with simultaneous saw and square/pulse-width waveforms and a resonant -24db filter.
Roland MC-303 Not to be confused with the MC series of MicroComposers by Roland, the MC-303 is the first of a series of synthesizer/drum machine/Sequencer combo instruments by Roland. The MC-303 opened up the "Groovebox" line of inexpensive products in 1996, specifically targeting dance club and house DJ's as well as amateur home musicians.
Roland MC-8 Microcomposer The Roland MC-8 MicroComposer was introduced in 1977 at a price of around US$8000 as the world's first digital microprocessor-driven CV/Gate music sequencer. The MicroComposer could precisely adjust multiple sound producing and effects elements of a synthesizer, such as the VCO, VCF, and other voltage-controlled components very rapidly, which is nearly impossible to do manually by a performer.
Roland MC-808 Not to be confused with the MC series of MicroComposers by Roland, the MC-808 is the latest in a series of sampler/synthesizer/drum machine/sequencer combo instruments (generally known as 'grooveboxes') by Roland Corporation. Released in 2006, it is a cheaper version of the Roland MC-909 although lacking some of the features of the MC-909 such as the turntable emulator.
Roland Mesnier Roland Mesnier (born August 1944) is a French-American Pastry chef and culinary writer. His creations during his twenty five years as Executive Pastry Chef at the White House have earned him the reputation of a creative genius.
Roland Mortier Roland Mortier ( Ghent, 21 December, 1920 - ) is a Belgian scientist at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He is a member of the Académie royale de Langue et de Littérature françaises de Belgique and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
Roland Mousnier Roland Émile Mousnier (September 7, 1907–February 9, 1993) was a French historian of the early modern period in France and of the comparative studies of different civilizations. Mousnier was born in Paris and received his education at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
Roland MT-32 The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation. Along with its compatible modules, it established an early de-facto standard in computer music and was the first product in Roland's ăźăĄăĽă‚¸ăŹă‚“ line of Desktop Music System (DTM) packages in Japan.
Roland Nilsson Roland Nilsson, (born November 27 1963), is a Swedish football manager, who currently manages GAIS in the Allsvenskan (the top tier of Swedish football). As a player, Nilsson played 116 times for Sweden, making him second only to Thomas Ravelli in international appearances for Sweden.
Roland of Sicily Roland or Orlando (1296 – 1361) was the second-eldest illegitimate son of Frederick III of Sicily by his concubine Sibilla di Sormella. During his father's reign, he lived in the shadows, but he rose to influence in the courts of his half-brother Peter II and his nephews, Louis and Frederick IV, especially as the leader of the Catalan party after the death of his brother Giovanni of Randazzo.
Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is a public benefit organization which provides transportation services in the area in and around Rochester, New York. RGRTA was formed on August 1, 1970 by a state act of government which also formed three similar agencies in Syracuse, Buffalo, and the Capital District around Albany.
Rochester-Monaca Bridge The Monaca-Rochester Bridge is a steel through continuous truss bridge which crosses the Ohio River between Monaca, Pennsylvania and Rochester, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1986 and is the third bridge to occupy the site.
Rochester, Kent Rochester is a large town in Kent, England, at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway about 30 miles (50 km) from London. With Chatham, Gillingham, Strood and a number of outlying villages it makes up the Borough of Medway.
Rochester, Pennsylvania Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Pittsburgh and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The borough is most famous for being the hometown of singer Christina Aguilera, Olympic silver medalist Lauryn Williams, and Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Kris Griffin.
Rochester, Vermont Rochester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States, created by Vermont charter on July 30, 1781 and later expanded when the town of Philadelphia, Vermont was divided up among its neighbors. The population was 1,171 at the 2000 census.
Rochester, Victoria Rochester is a small town in country Victoria, Australia. It is located 180km north of Melbourne with a mixture of rural and semi-rural communities on the northern Campaspe River, between Bendigo and the Murray River port of Echuca.
Rocheworld Rocheworld (1990), also known as The Flight of the Dragonfly (1984) is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward in which he uses a light-sail propulsion system to set the crew on an interstellar mission. The spaceship and crew of 20 have to travel 5.
Rochford Rochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. According to the 2001 census the civil parish of Rochford, which includes the town proper, Stroud Green, and London Southend Airport, had a population of 7,610.
Rochom P'ngieng Rochom P'ngieng (allegedly born 1979) is a young Cambodian Pnong woman who allegedly lived as a feral child for eighteen or nineteen years. She came to international attention via the media after allegedly emerging scared, filthy and naked from the dense jungle of remote northeastern Cambodia early January.
Rochor River On the map, the source of the Rochor River is at Victoria Bridge but the waterway is somewhat longer and extends, as Rochor Canal, as far as the junction of Jalan Jurong Kechil and Upper Bukit Timah Road. Thus, the source of Rochor River is at Bukit Timah.
Rochus Gliese Rochus Gliese (January 6 1891 — December 22 1978) was a German actor, director, production designer, and Academy Award-nominated art director of early films from the 1910s and 1920s. He was born in Berlin, Germany
Rochus Misch Rochus Misch (born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Imperial Germany on July 29, 1917) was an OberscharfĂĽhrer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler who worked as a courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler from 1940 to 1945. As a junior member of Hitler's permanent staff, Misch travelled with the German leader from bunker to bunker throughout the Second World War.
Roi Et Province Roi Et (Thai ร้ŕ¸ŕ¸˘ŕą€ŕ¸ŕą‡ŕ¸”) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are (from north clockwise) Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham.
Roi fainéant Roi fainéant is a French language phrase meaning "do nothing king". It is primarily used to refer to the later kings of the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties, after they seemed to have lost their initial energy.
Roi Rutenberg Roi Rutenberg, born in Tel Aviv, was a young Israeli settler killed during an attack on his kibbutz of Nahal Oz near the border with Gaza. Following his murder, Moshe Dayan wrote a still widely acclaimed eulogy calling for an examination not of the brutality unleashed by the attackers, but for there to be a soul searching within the Israeli community and national psyche which allowed for the brutalities perpetrated by both sides to continue.
Roigheim Roigheim is a small municipality in Southwest Germany, in Heilbronn County, situated along the Seckach river. With approximately 1,400 inhabitants, Roigheim is the smallest independent community in the German state (Bundesland) Baden-WĂĽrttemberg.
Roitika Roitika (Greek: Ροίτικα) is a community that is located in the municipality of Paralia, and south of Paralia which forms a boundary to its south. The population is around 2,000 and has a train station and a beach which is 200 m away from the highway.
Roj TV Roj TV is an International Kurdish satellite television station broadcasting programmes in the Kurmanci, Sorani, and Hewremani dialects of the Kurdish language as well as Zazaki, Persian, Arabic, Syriac/Assyrian, and Turkish.
Rojak Rojak is a fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia (where it is called rujak). The term "Rojak" is Malay for mixture, is also used as a colloquial expression for an eclectic mix, and in particular is often used to describe the multi-ethnic character of Malaysian and Singaporean society.
Rojak Language Rojak Language or Bahasa Rojak is a Malaysian term, literally meaning "mixed-up language" in Malay, to define the practice of code-switches between 2, 3, 4 or more languages in a conversation similar to pidgin, Manglish and Singlish. The base language, however is Malay.
Rojhan Rojhan also known as rojhan-mazari is a city and the headquarters of Rojhan tehsil of Rajanpur district in the extreme southwest of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is the capital of Mazari tribe of Balochi people.
Rojo amanecer Rojo amanecer (Red Dawn) (1989), directed by Jorge Fons, is a Spanish-language film about the Tlatelolco Massacre in the section of Tlatelolco in Mexico City in the evening of October 2, 1968. It focuses on the day of a middle-class Mexican family living in one of the apartment buildings surrounding the Plaza de Tlatelolco and is based on testimonials from witnesses and victims.
Rojo Relativo Tiziano Ferro's debut album, since the success of the single "Perdono" the album went so good on sale that Tiziano himself was surprised by this. The album went good on sales due to the success of the first single, and after a while, Tiziano was convinced by the producers to make out the album in Spanish, the single "Perdona" also made the album to go gold on sales throughout Latin America, but it was not until the single "Alucinado" in which the album went platinum in Mexico.
Rokal ROKAL is an acronym for RObert KAhrmann Lobberich, a manufacturer of metal castings that produced a line of model railway equipment in TT scale from 1947 - 1969, based in Lobberich 80 km north of Cologne, Germany at the Dutch border. The Rokal product line was then sold to Willy Ade of Röwa.
Rokel River The Rokel River is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa. It flows south-west from the Loma Mountains about 240 miles and, together with a smaller, parallel stream called Port Loko Creek, feeds into the giant estuary known as the Sierra Leone River or "Freetown harbor", the largest natural harbour in the African continent.
Rokenbok The Rokenbok Toy Company was founded to create a "Legacy Quality" toy system focused on creativity, imagination, and learning. The Rokenbok System aims to unite state-of-the-art technology with classic toy design and old-world values.
Roker Roker (pronounced: or ) is a tourist resort in North East England, bounded on the south by the River Wear and Monkwearmouth, on the east by the North Sea, on the north by the twin resort of Seaburn, and on the west by Fulwell. It is administered as part of the City of Sunderland.
Rokhlin's theorem In 4-dimensional topology, a branch of mathematics, Rokhlin's theorem states that if a smooth compact 4-manifold M has a spin structure (or equivalently vanishing second Stiefel-Whitney class w2(M) = 0), then the signature of its intersection form, a quadratic form on the second cohomology group
Rokkaku clan The Rokkaku clan (ĺ…角氏, -shi) was a Japanese samurai clan which wielded considerable power in the Muromachi period under the Ashikaga shogunate. Founded by Sasaki Yasutsuna of ĹŚmi province in the 13th century, the name Rokkaku was taken from their residence within Kyoto; many members of this family continued to be called Sasaki, however.
Rokkin Rokkin is a comic-book fantasy mini series created by Andy Hartnell and Nick Bradshaw and published by Wildstorm. The series details the rise of a common man called Arness, as he is bestowed with godlike powers in his search for revenge against the tyrannical Lord Vulmax, whose minions destroyed his village and slew his wife.
Roko Sherry Chayat Osho Roko Sherry Chayat Osho (1943 - present) is a native of Brooklyn, NY and is an American Rinzai Zen priestess. Throughout the 1960's Roko casually studied Buddhism while schooling at Vassar College and later The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture doing her graduate work.
Roko Tui Namata The Roko Tui Namata is the title of the Paramount Chief of the Namata subdistrict of Bau district, in Fiji's Tailevu Province. The chiefly family of Namata is closely related to that of Bau, with frequent intermarriage between them.
Rokosz A rokosz ("ROH-kosh"), originally, was a gathering of all the Polish szlachta (nobility), not merely of deputies, for a sejm. The term was imported into the Polish language from Hungary, where analogous gatherings took place at a field called Rákos.
Roksan Audio Roksan is a British manufacturer of high fidelity audio products for domestic use, based in Alperton, Middlesex, United Kingdom, was formed in 1985 by Touraj Moghaddam & Tufan Hashemi. Roksan instantly joined the world of specialist super audio with the introduction of its very first product, a high end record player named the Xerxes.
Roku Roku, founded in October 2002, is a privately held Palo Alto based consumer electronics firm which specialises in home digital media products. Their current product line-up includes the Roku SoundBridge, a network music player, the Roku PhotoBridge HD, a high-def media player for viewing photos on a high-definition or standard-definition television display, and the SoundBridge Radio, a network music player with high-quality built in speakers and subwoofer, AM-FM receiver, volume-ramping alarm clock, preset buttons, SD slot and headphone jack.
Rokua National Park Rokua National Park (Rokuan kansallispuisto) is a national park in Oulu Province, Finland. The national park is located on the southern side of the Rokuanvaara Hill, where old pine forests grow in their natural state.
Rokudan Rokudan is an abbreviation for Rokudan no Shirabe, and it is one of Yatsuhashi Kengyo's famous pieces. It was originally a soukyoku, a kind of chamber music with the koto playing the leading part, but nowadays the part of the koto is more widely known than the original.
Rokugan Rokugan is the fictional empire which is the main power in the Legend of the Five Rings setting, the basis for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game and Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game, both from Alderac Entertainment Group. It is similar to feudal Japan, though it also includes aspects of other Asian cultures, as well as magic and mythical beasts.
Rokuhara Tandai Rokuhara Tandai (ĺ…波羅探題) was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court.
RokujizĹŤ Station Rokujizo Station (ĺ…地蔵駅 RokujizĹŤ-Eki) refers to 3 different railway stations of the same name, located within the same vicinity in Nara-chĹŤ, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, each operated by a different train company.
Rokujō family The Rokujō family was a poetically conservative faction in the Japanese Imperial court, founded by Fujiwara no Akisue (1055-1123 CE; it was the first clan to specialize in attaining power and influence via success in poetry, and was originally opposed to their opposite numbers amongst the Minamoto clan (such as the innovative Minamoto no Shunrai), although later they would be opposed to a more junior (and poetically liberal) branch of the old and puissant Fujiwara family, as represented by Fujiwara no Shunzei and his son, Fujiwara no Teika. It was also known for, besides its conservative views on the composition of poetry, the quality of its scholar's work on old poetry (because of the allusive nature of waka, and the early confusions of transcription and writing them down, new versions and exegetical works were constantly needed by the court; the situation was especially bad with the Man'yōshū- Brower remarks that "It is doubtful whether more than three or four hundred Man'yō poems could actually be read
Rokur Gepta Rokur Gepta is a character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe, where he is the last of the Force-sensitive Sorcerers of Tund, and ruler of The Centrality. He was an enigmatic and peculiar person, around whom (and the Sorcerers) swirled many strange rumours and conjectures.
Rokusaburo Michiba Rokusaburo Michiba (é“ĺ ´ ĺ…ä¸‰éŽ Michiba RokusaburĹŤ, born January 3, 1931 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan,) is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Iron Chef Japanese on the television series Iron Chef. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996.
Rokusho Rokusho is a traditional Japanese compound for inducing patination in decorative non-ferrous metals, especially several alloys which are nearly unknown outside Japan. Shakudo becomes dark blue-violet, shibuichi misty aqua, and kuromido dark coppery black; rokusho was generally used to patinate all types of mokume-gane as well.
Rola Bola The rola bola (also called a "teeter board" or "rolla bolla" or "bongo board") in its simplest form is a plank on a cylinder on which a person balances. The plank rocks back and forth on the cylinder like a seesaw but its pivot point shifts back and forth as the cylinder rolls beneath the plank.
Rola Cola Rola Cola is a naturally flavoured cola drink founded, created and designed by Carlo Dini in 1979 and manufactured by Dubuis & Rowsell in the United Kingdom. Dini conceived the idea of an all natural Cola beverage with a delicious natural taste.
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award In Major League Baseball, the Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award, first awarded in 1976, is a distinction given to the top relief pitcher in each league at the end of each season. Unlike other honors such as the Cy Young Award or Most Valuable Player Award, the Relief Man of the Year award is based objectively on statistical performance, rather than subjective opinion.
Roland and Almita Vamos Roland and Almita Vamos are a husband and wife teaching team who are among the leading violin/viola instructors in the United States. Many of their pupils have become laureates of in the most prestigious international competitions.
Roland Adams Roland Adams was a 15 year old black youth from London who was murdered in 1991. The attack was racially motivated, with Adams dying as a result of a stab wound to the neck after being attacked by a gang of fifteen white youths.
Roland Ansieau Early 20th century French [deco|art deco] graphic artist Roland Ansieau is best known for his 1935 "Berger 45" wine advertisement which is widely reproduced as poster prints. Ansieau also created colorful illustrations for a 1931 seasonal guide to Deauville "the flowered beach".
Roland Asch Roland Asch (born October 12 1950 in Altingen near TĂĽbingen, Germany) is a race car driver who is strongly associated with his home town Ammerbuch near Stuttgart, speaking the local Swabian dialect in interviews and commercials.
Roland AX-7 The Roland AX-7 is a professional-grade keytar, manufactured by Roland Corporation from 2001 to the present. Regarded by many as less "80's" than, for example, earlier Yamaha models (such as the Yamaha SHS-10), it contains much more sophisticated features.
Roland Bautista Roland Bautista is a crafty guitarplayer who has played in the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and later on has been performing with Tom Waits. In the meantime he released at least two solo albums: "Baustista" (1977) and "The Heat Of The Wind" (1978).
Roland Benedikter Roland Benedikter, (b. 1965), is a Contract Professor for Cultural, Social and Political Anthropology at the University of Vienna and University of Innsbruck, both Austria, and at the Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
Roland Bolt 60 The Roland Bolt 30/60/100 was the first and only line of tube guitar amplifiers produced by Roland. The amplifier was launched in the market around 1979 when the Roland company was trying to pursue the success of the Mesa Boogie Mark amplifiers.
Roland Boys Bradford Roland Boys Bradford (VC, MC) (22 February 1892-30 November 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Roland Brunner Roland Brunner (born August 12, 1970 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia) is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 in Albertville, France.
Roland Burrage Dixon Roland Burrage Dixon (November 6, 1875-December 1934) was an American anthropologist, born at Worcester, Mass. In 1897 he graduated from Harvard University, where he remained as an assistant in anthropology, taking the degree of Ph.
Roland collection The Roland Collection is the creation of Anthony Roland, UK. The collection extends to hundreds of hours of films and videos on art, ranging from painting to architecture, through writing, sculpture, photography, etc.
Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe Roland Calvert Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe (26 January 1899 - 28 October 1962) was a member of the British aristocracy. He became Baron Ashcombe on the death of his father Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe in 1947.
Roland CM-300 The Roland CM-300 is a MIDI synthesizer module first released by Roland Corporation in 1991-92. Its appearance is identical to the CM-32L The front included a volume knob, a power switch and two leds indicating power and actually "Audio" instead of the usual "MIDI" when data is being processed.
Roland CM-32L The Roland CM-32L is a MIDI synthesizer module first released by Roland Corporation in 1989. It is based on the second generation revision MT-32, but being intended for use with computers, it is housed in a beige case and lacks all external controls save for a volume knob and a MIDI message indicator light.
Roland CM-64 The Roland CM-64 is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1989 by Roland Corporation. As a member of Roland's "Computer Music" series, its beige-box appearance is similar to that of the the CM-32P.
Roland Corporation Roland Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972 with 33 million yen in capital.
Roland de Vaux Father Roland Guérin de Vaux OP (1903 – 1971) was a French Dominican priest who led the Catholic team that initially worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He was the director of the Ecole Biblique, a French Catholic Theological School in Arab East Jerusalem, and he was charged with overseeing research on the scrolls.
Roland De Wolfe Roland "The Sheep" De Wolfe (also known as Roland "The Edge" De Wolfe and as Roland "Chopper" De Wolfe) (born 1978? in London) is an English professional poker player and was formerly a writer for poker magazine Inside Edge.
Roland Dumas Roland Dumas (born 23 August 1922 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne) is a lawyer and French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister under Laurent Fabius from 1984 to 1986, and again under Michel Rocard, Edith Cresson, and Pierre Bérégovoy from 1988 to 1993. He later became the President of France's Constitutional Council from 1995 to 1999.
Roland DuPree Dance Academy Roland Dupree had a major dance center in Hollywood on Fairfax Avenue. It drew interested dancers from around the world to study there because a lot of the teachers worked in the television, stage, and film industry.
Roland Edward Elcock Roland Edward Elcock (VC, MM) (5 June 1899 - 6 October 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Roland Fountain Roland Fountain (sometimes referred to as Maximilian Fountain; Slovak: Rolandova fontána or Maximiliánova fontána) is the most famous fountain of Bratislava, Slovakia as well as one of the city's important landmarks.
Roland Fréart de Chambray Roland Fréart, sieur de Chambray (1606 — 1676) was a French theorist of architecture and the arts; though not a practitioner himself, his two major publications appeared at a moment when French architects were struggling to apply a new sense of discipline and order to the practice of building.
Roland Freisler Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 in Celle, Germany – February 3, 1945 in Berlin) was a prominent Nazi Judge. He became State Secretary at the Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the Volksgerichtshof, a court handling political crimes.
Roland Gewalt Roland Gewalt (born April 2, 1958 in Berlin) is a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany since 1980, which is affiliated with the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats in the European Parliament.
Roland Grapow Roland Grapow, born August 30, 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist. Roland is most well known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, who he played with for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen.
Roland GS Roland GS, or just GS, sometimes vaguely transcribed as General Standard, is an extension of General MIDI specification. It requies that all GS-compatible equipment must meet a certain set of features and it documents interpretations of some MIDI commands and bytes sequences, thus defining more instrument tones, more controllers for sound effects, etc.
Roland Hayes Roland Hayes (3 June 1887–1 January 1977), a lyric tenor, is considered the first African American male concert artist to receive wide international acclaim as well as at home. Hayes was born in Curryville, Georgia, near Calhoun, on June 3, 1887, to Fanny and William Hayes, who were former slaves.
Roland Charles Wagner Roland Charles Wagner (born 6 September, 1960, in Algeria) is a French writer of humorous science fiction. Since his professional debut in 1981, he has written around one hundred novellas and more than forty novels.
Roland JD-800 The JD-800 was a digital synthesizer released by Roland in 1991. The synthesizer featured many knobs and sliders for patch editing, a feature which had been absent from most synthesizers released in the preceding years.
Roland Juno-106 The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured digitally-controlled oscillators (DCOs) for tuning stability with analog filters and envelopes, for their (subjectively) better sound quality.
Roland Juno-60 The Roland Juno-60 is a popular analogue 61-key polyphonic synthesizer produced by Roland Corporation in the early 1980s and a successor to the slightly earlier Juno-6. Like its predecessor, the Juno-60 has some digital enhancements, used only for clocking the oscillators and for saving/loading patches.
Roland Jupiter-4 The Roland Jupiter-4, released in 1978, was not only the first of Roland's Jupiter series of synthesizers, but it was also Roland's first self-contained polyphonic synthesizer. The Jupiter-4 was the lowest-priced polyphonic synthesizer during its time (around US$2,000), but it was never as popular as other polyphonic synths such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and the Oberheim OB-X.
Roland Jupiter-6 The Roland Jupiter-6 (JP-6) is a synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation introduced in 1983 as a cheaper complement to the Roland Jupiter-8. The Jupiter-6 is widely-known as a polyphonic analog synthesizer workhorse, producing a wide variety of sounds.
Roland JX-10 The Roland JX-10 (also known as the Roland Super JX) was a 12-voice analog synthesizer produced from 1986 to 1989, and was the last true analog synthesizer made by Roland. It is essentially two Roland JX-8Ps put together, along with a 76-note velocity-sensitive keyboard with aftertouch.
Roland Laporte Roland Laporte (1675 - August 14, 1704), Camisard leader, better known as Roland, was born at Mas Soubeyran (Gard) in a cottage which has become the property of the Socité de l'Histoire du Protestantisme français, and which contains relics of the hero.
Roland LAPC-I The Roland LAPC-I is a sound card for IBM PC compatibles, first introduced in 1988 by Roland Corporation. It is basically the MT-32-compatible Roland CM-32L and the MPU-401 unit, integrated onto a single full-length 8-bit ISA card.
Roland Lefebvre Roland Philippe Lefebvre (born 7 February 1963 in Rotterdam) is the most successful cricketer that The Netherlands has produced, and one of the very few players from outside the Test-playing nations to achieve a significant career in the professional game.
Roland Linz Roland Linz (born August 9, 1981 in Leoben) is an Austrian football forward who is known for his quick speed and perfect set-pieces. He currently plays for Portuguese side Boavista FC in the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Roland Lvovich Dobrushin Roland Lvovich Dobrushin (Russian: Роланд Львович ДобрŃŃин) (1929–1995) was a Russian mathematician and probability theorist who made important contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and information theory.
Roland Matthes Roland Matthes (born November 17, 1950 in Pößneck, Thuringia) is a former backstroke swimmer, who won a total number of eight Olympic medals for East Germany. He is considered to be one of the best backstroke swimmers of all time.
Roland MC-202 The Roland MC-202 (MicroComposer) is a monophonic analog synthesizer/sequencer released by Roland in 1983. It is similar to the TB-303 and SH-101 synthesizers, featuring one voltage-controlled oscillator with simultaneous saw and square/pulse-width waveforms and a resonant -24db filter.
Roland MC-303 Not to be confused with the MC series of MicroComposers by Roland, the MC-303 is the first of a series of synthesizer/drum machine/Sequencer combo instruments by Roland. The MC-303 opened up the "Groovebox" line of inexpensive products in 1996, specifically targeting dance club and house DJ's as well as amateur home musicians.
Roland MC-8 Microcomposer The Roland MC-8 MicroComposer was introduced in 1977 at a price of around US$8000 as the world's first digital microprocessor-driven CV/Gate music sequencer. The MicroComposer could precisely adjust multiple sound producing and effects elements of a synthesizer, such as the VCO, VCF, and other voltage-controlled components very rapidly, which is nearly impossible to do manually by a performer.
Roland MC-808 Not to be confused with the MC series of MicroComposers by Roland, the MC-808 is the latest in a series of sampler/synthesizer/drum machine/sequencer combo instruments (generally known as 'grooveboxes') by Roland Corporation. Released in 2006, it is a cheaper version of the Roland MC-909 although lacking some of the features of the MC-909 such as the turntable emulator.
Roland Mesnier Roland Mesnier (born August 1944) is a French-American Pastry chef and culinary writer. His creations during his twenty five years as Executive Pastry Chef at the White House have earned him the reputation of a creative genius.
Roland Mortier Roland Mortier ( Ghent, 21 December, 1920 - ) is a Belgian scientist at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He is a member of the Académie royale de Langue et de Littérature françaises de Belgique and the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.
Roland Mousnier Roland Émile Mousnier (September 7, 1907–February 9, 1993) was a French historian of the early modern period in France and of the comparative studies of different civilizations. Mousnier was born in Paris and received his education at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
Roland MT-32 The Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound Module is a MIDI synthesizer module first released in 1987 by Roland Corporation. Along with its compatible modules, it established an early de-facto standard in computer music and was the first product in Roland's ăźăĄăĽă‚¸ăŹă‚“ line of Desktop Music System (DTM) packages in Japan.
Roland Nilsson Roland Nilsson, (born November 27 1963), is a Swedish football manager, who currently manages GAIS in the Allsvenskan (the top tier of Swedish football). As a player, Nilsson played 116 times for Sweden, making him second only to Thomas Ravelli in international appearances for Sweden.
Roland of Sicily Roland or Orlando (1296 – 1361) was the second-eldest illegitimate son of Frederick III of Sicily by his concubine Sibilla di Sormella. During his father's reign, he lived in the shadows, but he rose to influence in the courts of his half-brother Peter II and his nephews, Louis and Frederick IV, especially as the leader of the Catalan party after the death of his brother Giovanni of Randazzo.
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