Eric Persing has had a unique and influential relationship with Roland Corp for two decades. He started as a product demonstrator in 1984, showing some of Roland's first MIDI instruments. He quickly became involved in the R&D side with Roland Japan, earning the title "Chief Sound Designer", and began contributing his design ideas, real-world studio experience and sound design expertise. Persing's skills have left their mark on countless classic Roland instruments.
He is the originator of many legendary Roland sounds that have become part of the vocabulary and lexicon of musical sound. These include the Factory D-50 sounds such as Fantasia, Soundtrack and Digital Native Dance, a majority of the JV/XP/XV series Classics, all the Factory JD-800 sounds, the original Juno "Hoover" sound and thousands of others.
Here is a partial list of the Roland instruments that Eric has contributed his sound design, sampling and design consulting skills:
Juno-106
Alpha Juno 1&2
JX-3P
JX-8P
JX-10
Jupiter 6
Super Jupiter
D-50
D-550
D-110
D-10
D-20
D-70
MT-32
U-110
U-20
U-220
Sound Canvas
JD-800
JD-990
JV-80
JV-90
JV-1000
JV-1080
JV-2080
XP-10
XP-50
XP-60
XP-80
XV-3080
XV-5050
XV-5080
Fantom
JP-8000
JP-8080
S-10
S-220
S-50
S-550
S-770
S-760
S-750
MC-303
MC-500
MC-505
VP-9000
MSQ-700
MSQ-100
MKS-20
MKS-30
MKS-50
MKS-70
MKS-80
R-8
R-5
DR-660
DR-770
R-70
V-Drums
V-Drums expansion board
SRV-2000
DEP-5
RSP-550
R-880
SRV-330
SE-50
SE-70
VS-880
VS-1680
SR-JV series expansion boards
SRX series expansion boards
Sound Canvas
Project series CD-ROM libraries
Archives series CD-ROM libraries
Composers series CD-ROM libraries