Roland DEP-5

Roland DEP-5
Digital Effects Processor

Roland DEP-5

	Digital Effects Processor from the mid '80s
Typical early digital FX sounds

Roland DEP-5 audio demos in mp3:

A Roland Fantom XR synth module with its internal effect turned off was used as the sound source for all demos below.

01 Natural Reverb	A grand piano run into a nice natural hall reverb setting
02 Concert Hall	A grand piano in its natural setting
03 Cathedral	A large pipe organ in a large church
04 Bright Room	A drum kit in a bright room
05 Space	A synth vox patch with this distinctive, hypnotic effect
06 Plate	Drum set with a classic plate reverb tail
07 Total Balance	Percussion in a nice large room
08 Hard Gate	Drums with the typical '80s gate reverb
09 Reverse Gate	The cool '80s effect, with reverse gated reverb
10 Pan Ricochet	Modern drums through this cool, panning effect
11 Panning Bounce	More modern drums through cool panning fx
12 Chorus	A Stratocaster sound through classic chorus fx
13 Flange	Electric guitar through flanger
14 Pan Slaps	Funny synth through quick rev slaps
15 Chorus Reverb 1	Electric Piano through classic combo of chorus & reverb
16 Chorus Reverb 2	Reso synth through chorus / reverb
17 Flanged Non Linear	Distorted guitar through wild flanger
18 Bi Phaser	Sweet Rhodes through phaser, very '70s
19 Spinners	Drums through
20 Flanged Infinite	Wild drums in space
21 Rise & Fall	Marimba through crazy fx
22 Sublimation	Flute through space reverb
23 Sax	Saxophone through great-sounding reverb
24 Snare
25 Piano
26 Guitar
27 Muted Guitar
28 Bass
29 Voice
30 Concert Hall 1
31 Concert Hall 2
32 Long Hall
33 Almost Infinite	Synth through beautiful space reverb
34 Auditorium
35 Plate 2
36 Predelay Long Hall
37 Small Panning Room
38 Small 1 Bright Room
39 Large 1 Bright Room
40 Tiled Room
41 Bright Dome
42 Kitchen 1
43 Kitchen 2
44 Pan Gate 1
45 Long Gate
46 Pan Gate 2
47 Dense Gate 2
48 Modulated Gate
49 Modulated Pan Gate
50 Non linear Rm
51 Pan Slaps 1
52 Panning Delay 1	String ensemble through cool delays
53 Echo 1
54 Stereo Filtered Delay
55 EQ'd Slap
56 1 Second Pan Echo
57 Chorus 2
58 Tremolo Leslie
59 Harmonized Honky Tonk
60 Chorus 3
61 Flange 2
62 Flange + Double
63 Chorus + Double 1
64 Flange Small Room 1
65 Chorus + Long Hall 1
66 Chorused Long Hall
67 Tremolo Room
68 Flange + Big Room
69 Chorus + Long Hall 2
70 Harmonized Large Room
71 Chorused Pan Gate
72 Flanged Pan Gate
73 Regeneration Reverse Pan
74 Flanged Non Linear Pan
75 Chorused Gate
76 Chorused 1 Non linear room
77 Chorused 2 Non linear room
78 Reverse Bounce 1
79 Panning Bounce Gate
80 Reverse Bounce 2	Harp through gated reverb
81 Inverse Room 1
82 Inverse Room 2
83 Panning Inverse Room 1
84 Panning Inverse Room 2
85 Chorus & Panning Delay 1
86 Chorus & Stereo Slaps
87 Vibrato & Echo
88 Slow Chorus Echo
89 Thick Chorus & 1 sec Pan Echoes
90 Flanging & 2 sec Echo
91 Chorus & 120 BPM Pan Echo	Synth through very useful, standard pan delays
92 Metallic Tank 1
93 Metallic Tank 2
94 Special Room 2
95 Special 1
96 Phased Long room
97 Delay Flanged & Phased long room
98 Modulated Phased room	Syn whistle through beautiful echoed room
99 Test Parameter

Features at a glance
Year of release:	1986
Polyphony:	n/a
Presets:	100 + 100
Rhythms:
Keyboard:	n/a
Responds to velocity:
Responds to aftertouch:
Sound generation method:	digital
MIDI:	in, thru
Sound expansion capabilities:	n/a
Effects:	Yes
Controls:	buttons
Outputs:	stereo input & output 1/4" pairs
Display:	LCD blue
Misc:

Roland DEP-5 photos (click on thumbnails to enlarge)

Roland DEP-5 manual

available at www.rolandus.com

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Roland DEP-5 review with audio demo, August 3, 2014