R-8M - $995 - Based upon their R8 drum machine, the R8M is a rack mount midi percussion tone module. Identical in tonal characteristics, features include

• 68 internal sampled sounds
• card slots for 3 additional PCM cards from the R8 sound library
• access of up to 146 sounds at once (with 3 cards installed)
• 12 voice polyphony
• 32 internal patch memories + 32 RAM card memories
• mono + 6 audio outputs
• 16 X 2 LCD display
• 1 rack space in size
• and the ability to customize individual or groups of sounds

The R8M also incorporates Rolands Human Feel parameters for adding fluctuations to the sounds (up to 16 feel patches can be stored).