Q. Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Roland founder and digital music pioneer has passed away. He hailed from which country?
Answer: Japan
Notes: Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), the Roland founder and digital music pioneer, has passed away on April 1, 2017 in Japan. The Japanese engineer was best known for founding Roland Corporation in 1972 as well as his roles in the development of Roland drum machines and the MIDI standard. He invented a series of drum machines and synthesisers such as the TR-808, TR-909 and TB-303 that have been used by some of music's biggest names since the mid-1970s, from Prince to Kanye West, New Order to Dr Dre.
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