The instrument
The Rhodes brand name was sold to Roland by Fender in 1987 for $20,000. The VK-1000, a tonewheel organ emulator, with 76 weighted keys, drawbars for realtime control of the organ tones, and additional patches that included other piano/synth tones and Rhodes sounds from the Rhodes Roland MK-80.
Details
Sounds: 13 Zugriegel (9 x Sound, 4 x Percussion), vier Orgel-Presets, Pipe-Organ, E-Piano, Chime- und Lead-Klänge (div. Sawtooth, -Square und Noise-Waveforms), Vibraphon.
Klangbearbeitung: 9-fach regelbare SA-Synthese mittels der Harmonic Bars, Pitchbend/Modulation-Hebel
Effekte: Reverb, 3-Band-EQ, Synth-Wah, Rotary, Overdrive, Distortion, drei Fader (frei belegbar)
Anschlüsse: MIDI In/Out, Expression-Pedal, Memory-Card, Anschluss für MIDI-Bass-Pedal (PK-5)