what if roland or korg, didn't exist?

limit the discussion to japanese gear from 1979+

shit is undeniably gargantuan

what if we pissed out of our earholes?

omg just imagine

this shit is like fucking calculus. multiple genii coming up with it independently. if that TB had takin' ol mr. roland founder out as opposed to just getting him into radios, all this music shit still would have happened -- just out of order

maybe hiphop/sampling would have been more dominant

I guess other firms would have sprung up making the same kind of things to fill the gap in the market. maybe called Koland or Rorg.

...then Jean Michels Jarre's carrer would have stretched another 19yrs and Kraftwerk would be headlining Glastonbury

seriously tho the German - Detriot infuence was a musical one it just so happened the Roland and Korg stuff was readily avalible at the time

'acid' on the other hand wouldn't have happened without a 303 methinx and would the 90's analogue revival happened?

  On 11/4/2010 at 9:20 AM, Hanratty said:

maybe hiphop/sampling would have been more dominant

..and everybody would be using Moogs and making crazy prog-rock-hip-hop. basically everyone would sound like the bastard child of Pink Floyd and Grandmaster Flash.

paul mccartney did "temporary secretary" without any rolands or korgs whatsoever.

  On 11/4/2010 at 10:12 AM, soundwave said:

seriously tho the German - Detriot infuence was a musical one it just so happened the Roland and Korg stuff was readily avalible at the time

yeah but would it of happened if that kit wasn't to hand? hmmmmmmmmmmmm, probably not me thinks...

  On 11/4/2010 at 6:53 PM, sirch said:

  On 11/4/2010 at 10:12 AM, soundwave said:

seriously tho the German - Detriot infuence was a musical one it just so happened the Roland and Korg stuff was readily avalible at the time

 

yeah but would it of happened if that kit wasn't to hand? hmmmmmmmmmmmm, probably not me thinks...

i'll add to that, yes there still would've been Kraftwerk, making their own drum machines. but without Roland/Korg gear loads of other people probably wouldn't of bothered starting up making electronic music. but yeah as somebody else said, other companies would've made the synths and drum machines instead.. without Roland/Korg you'd still have Moog/Sequential Circuits, and Oberheim, etc.

these parallel universe discussions are quite unresolvable.

  On 11/4/2010 at 6:53 PM, hahathhat said:

paul mccartney did "temporary secretary" without any rolands or korgs whatsoever.

The original 303:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/eml/eml400.php

srsly this box is the most acid thing i have ever heard...

afx uses it sometimes

  On 11/4/2010 at 9:52 AM, BCM said:

I guess other firms would have sprung up making the same kind of things to fill the gap in the market. maybe called Koland or Rorg.

if the company was called Rorg then I would expect a greater emphasis on keytars and bands like Dragonforce and Bathory to be releasing teh IDMzzz music.

  On 11/4/2010 at 7:07 PM, sirch said:

  On 11/4/2010 at 6:53 PM, sirch said:

  On 11/4/2010 at 10:12 AM, soundwave said:

seriously tho the German - Detriot infuence was a musical one it just so happened the Roland and Korg stuff was readily avalible at the time

 

yeah but would it of happened if that kit wasn't to hand? hmmmmmmmmmmmm, probably not me thinks...

 

i'll add to that, yes there still would've been Kraftwerk, making their own drum machines. but without Roland/Korg gear loads of other people probably wouldn't of bothered starting up making electronic music. but yeah as somebody else said, other companies would've made the synths and drum machines instead.. without Roland/Korg you'd still have Moog/Sequential Circuits, and Oberheim, etc.

yeah drum machines were about before the Korg and Roland stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSNtRDsTuGw

  On 11/4/2010 at 7:46 PM, soundwave said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSNtRDsTuGw

i want one.