Never climb on top of the unit.
-Roland MC-303 Owner's Manual
Dr. Ir. Stéphane Pigeon, research engineer & sound designer
Sound is my passion. The major part of my work relates to sound processing, where sound design represents the artistic side of it. Between 1994 and 2015, I've been working for Roland Corporation, a leading electronic musical instrument manufacturer. My exclusive contract with Roland Japan prevented me from working for any other manufacturer in the field during that period of time, but gave me a rare opportunity to work at the leading edge of the state-of-the-art technologies in synthesizer design! Today, I am free as a (pigeon) bird again!

Roland Corporation, Selected Work

  • Factory preset programming for the Roland FA-06/08
  • Euro Attack Synth tone extension for the Roland Integra-7
  • Data Conversion and sound design for the Roland Integra-7
  • Factory preset programming for the Roland Jupiter-80/50
  • Factory preset programming for the Roland Juno-Gi
  • Factory preset programming for the Roland Gaia
  • Factory preset management and programming for the Roland AX Synth
  • Patch Programming, management & mastering for the Roland SH-201 100 Bass, 100 Lead, 100 Pad & 100 FX Patch Extension
  • Sound and Style ROM compilation for the Roland Prelude
  • New factory preset patches and performance programming for the Roland Juno-Stage
  • Sampling Session (China) and localized patch presets (Latin, East-Europe) for the Roland GW-8
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland Fantom-G6/-G7/-G8
  • Part of the factory preset patches and waveforms for the V-Synth GT.
  • Part of the factory preset patches for the SonicCell.
  • Part of the internal waveforms for the Roland MC-808.
  • Part of the factory preset patches for the Roland Juno-G. Sound design team management. Factory preset patches mastering.
  • Part of the factory preset patches and waveforms for the V-Synth Version 2 and V-Synth XT. Sound design team management. Factory preset patches mastering. Download the Version 2 Sound Set for the V-Synth GT
  • Part of the the factory preset and Demo Song programming (Ray Of Sunshine) for the Roland Fantom-Xa. Sound and demo song design team management.
  • Patch extension for PSYN Virtual Analog Synth Plug-In (Cakewalk Project5 environment)
  • Part of the P606 design for the Roland SP-606
  • Part of the factory presets and internal waveforms for the Roland Fantom-X6/-X7/-X8/-XR
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland V-Synth and the VC-1 D-50 emulation Card.
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland Fantom-S/-S88
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland MC-909
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland SD-90
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland Studio / Symphonique Strings / Supreme Dance / Complete Orchestra / Ultimate Keys / World Collection / Big Brass Ensemble / Complete Piano SRX Expansion Boards (XV/Fantom series)
  • Sampling session for Opera Singers Variphrase ZIP Library (VP-9000/VA-7)
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland XV-88/3080, Roland XV-5080 and Roland Fantom/XV-5050/XV-2020
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland SRV-3030
  • Short Stories factory demo song for the Roland FP-9
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland JP-8000 and Roland JP-8080
  • Patch extension project for Roland JV-1080 compatibles (JV/XP/XV series)
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland XP-50, Roland XP-30/60/80 and Roland JV-1010/2080
  • Part of the factory presets for the Roland Vintage Synth / Super Sound Set / Session / Asia / Vocal / Orchestra II / Country / Latin / House SR-JV Expansion Boards (JV/XP/XV series)
  • "Modern Sonics" data card for the Roland JD-990
  • Part of the patches for the Roland D-70 "Global Collection" Data Card

Spectrasonics

  • Part of the source sample collection for Spectrasonics' Atmosphere / Omnisphere / Omnisphere 2 Dream Synth Modules

Sound Branding

Sound branding is the use of sound to reinforce brand identity. I've been working on the sonic identities of several brands such as UBI Banca, Kombea, Easiason, Verilogue, Elonex and Jean-Claude Van Damme