| Synth Name: | Roland DJ-70 (Italy) / Roland DJ-70MKII (Italy) |
| Dates: | 1992-1996 DJ-70 1996-2000 DJ-70MKII |
| Price: | £2,181 GBP (1998) $1,995 US (1998) |
| Synth Manufacturer: | Roland (Italy) |
| Synthesis Type: | ROM / EPROM Chip OS: V1.05 (1992) Roland DJ-70 OS: V1.02 (1996) Roland DJ-70MKII |
| Polyphony: | 24 Voices Note |
| Filter: | Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, TVA = (Time Variant Amplifier) TVF = (Time Variant Filter) |
| Lfo: | Sine, Triangle, Saw-Up/Down, Square, Random, Peak-Hold Waveforms with Delay, Polarity and Sync |
| Keyboard: | 37 Dynamic Keys, 8 Play Pads, Pitchbender Joystick and a Special Scratch Dial/Scratch Pad. |
| Audio In: | Sampler Inputs L / Mono, R |
| Memory: | (30-pin for MKI) 72-pin SIMMs Memory Type 2MB up to 4MB (DJ-70) 2MB up to 32MB (DJ-70MKII) |
| Velocity: | Yes |
| Aftertouch: | Yes |
The Roland DJ-70 is a 16-bit linear A/D Conversion & 20-bit linear D/A Conversion[1] sampling[2] workstation and was released in 1992 by Roland Italy.
The Roland DJ-70MKII was released in 1996 by Roland Italy. It had 37 keys,[3] 8 Play Pads (Pitchbender Joystick and featured the first ever for DJ's a Special Scratch Dial/Scratch Pad), 24 Voice Note Polyphony,[4] 8 Track music sequencer, with RPS/BPM Function and featured a 3.5"in. floppy disk drive (2DD/2HD),[5] "Load-While-Play" feature, SCSI port only on Roland DJ-70MKII. It also had a large backlit LCD screen. The Roland DJ-70MKII with its more powerful features then the Roland DJ-70, was essentially a Roland S-760 rack mount sampler with a keyboard.
Up to 32 samples can be recorded. The Sampling Frequency Rates can be used are 16-bit 22.05 kHz or 44.1 kHz.[6] Roland DJ-70 & Roland DJ-70MKII both can read on 3.5" floppy disk drive (2DD/2HD) file from Roland S-50 Sampling Keyboard, Roland W-30 Sampling Keyboard, Roland S330/S550/SP-700/S770/S750/S760 rack mount sampler (Using CONVERT LOAD feature). AKAI S1000/1100 sounds via 'SCSI port (Roland DJ-70MKII only)'.
Roland DJ-70:
• Memory 2MB [Sample Time: 22.5 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 45 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
• Memory 4MB [Sample Time: 45.3 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 90 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
Roland DJ-70MKII:
• Memory 2MB [Sample Time: 22.5 sec.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 45 sec.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
• Memory 32MB [Sample Time: 6 min.(44.1 kHz) Stereo. 12 min.(22.05 kHz) Mono.]
Both Roland DJ-70 & Roland DJ-70MKII use RAM Memory type, there are two slot available. Type used are (30-pin for MKI) 72-pin SIMMs Memories.
Main panel features a 64 x 240 pixels backlit display[7] LCD screen.