Roland RS-09

Organ / strings 09 (1979)

"Lush vintage string / organ processor with minimal controls" - an upgrade from previous Saturn 09" Note: there are 2 slightly different RS09 versions with some minor differences.

User manual Service manual

Overview

OVERVIEW 44 keys not sensible keyboard, 2 pots, 9 slider pots, 6 buttons and 3 levers.

The RS09 exists into 2 different outfit: a more 70 dark and a 80 orange black version.

TERMINAL CONNECTORS

- external audio input (with impedance selector)

- sustain input pedal

- headphones output

- main output (with impedance selector)

- gate out +5V

- organ RAW separate out (a kind of mono?)

Sound

OSCILLATORS VOICE classic full analog synthesizer based on master oscillator S10430 with octave divide down AY-3-214.

The RS-09 is mainly based on 2 layers sounds: strings & organs.

CONTROLS The sounds have 4 common sound control
1. Transpose lowers both section to 1 octave range.

2. Tone filter adjust is a simple filter emphasis cutoff. Just a knob, no resonance, more like a little EQ.

3. Vibrato LFO is a volume modulation with variable frequency, depth and delay start.

4. Envelope is a shared control for the release with 2 retrigger modes.

Organ section

Feeling like Bach? well this section sounds absolutely not like a church organ... not even a B3... Very retro sound, the Organ section feature some individual tonal controls:

-Octave mixer Organ have different octave feet that can be mixed: 8' 4' 2' 1'

Organ I -II / Tone 2 different kind of organs (First one is brighter)

Organ I-II (later version)

Tone I-II (early version)

- Ensemble _ Turns on/off the chorus effect.

- Organ Tab * Only on early version * a kind of mono mode, sound goes out from the dedicated out.

RS09 organ section