Roland - News and Rumours
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5 of the best Roland drum machine plug-ins to celebrate 808 and 909 day
13 Aug · The sounds of Roland's classic drum machines are masterfully preserved for this and the future generations. Here are our top software choices!
Behold, the Roland 808 Bomber Jacket
06 Aug · Not sure how to celebrate 808 day? Why not crank your lifestyle up a gear with this limited edition 808 Day 2021 Bomber Jacket. Oh, and test drive the TR-808 plugin for free.
Roland unleashes Zenology FX for your DAW, free till Dec 31 2021
30 Jul · Roland turned all 90+ effects from its Zen Core sound engine into a Roland Cloud plug-in which you test for free until Dec 31, 2021. Yes!
Roland GO:MIXER PRO-X: The audio mixer for smartphones gets an update
22 Jun · Roland has announced the updated GO:MIXER PRO-X. The audio mixer for smartphones get some new features for greater versatility and compatibility.
Kraftwerk – their legendary synths, sequencers and sounds
12 Jun · No band has shaped electronic music like Kraftwerk. Which synths and sequencers did they use and what modern gear gives you the classic sound? Find out here.
JUPITER-X Editor: Roland releases a free editor for the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm
26 May · A useful standalone graphical editor and librarian has appeared for the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm synthesizers for deep editing, managing your sounds, and parameter tweaking.
Best Practice Amps 2021: 9 great-value amplifiers to improve your playing
09 Apr · Need a compact amp for home practice sessions or as a songwriting tool? Here are nine of the best-value guitar practice amps on the market.
How to Sound Like: Robert Smith of The Cure
27 Mar · Today we take a look at the guitars and gear you need to sound like Robert Smith, the iconic frontman and guitarist of gloomy goth-pop icons The Cure.
Roland Cloud models the iconic JD-800 cyber-synth, free trial during March
03 Mar · Roland releases the JD-800 Model Expansion for Zenology and Jupiter-X/Xm. You can try it out until the end of the month absolutely free.
Roland refreshes their digital portable piano range with the FP-X
12 Jan · FP-X brings a fresh generation of portable pianos to your home or studio with something for everyone.
VERSELAB MV-1: Has Roland finally cracked the All-In-One Song Production Box?
11 Jan · Cool, compact and clever: VERSELAB MV-1's new approach to music production has it all: patterns, sounds, effects and vocal recording. A new standard?
The Best Software Synthesizers of 2020: Top 10 VSTi classics, innovations and weirdness
29 Dec 2020 · 2020 saw wonderful software by Korg, Roland, Softube, Audiomodern, Cherry Audio GranuRise, Klevgränd, Matt Tytel, Mike Moreno DSP and Newfangled Audio.
Moog, Korg and Behringer: What is your synth worth?
31 Oct 2020 · As cheaper clones of fantastic - and fantastically expensive - gear proliferate, where does value reside in the world of synthesizers in the 2020s? Time to tackle some thorny issues.
808303.studio: A free online TR-808 and TB-303 machine? That’s the rest of your day gone.
08 Oct 2020 · 808303.studio is a web-based music creation platform built on the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer and TB-303 Bassline developed by Yuri Suzuki and Roland. It's an 808 and a 303 - now go and play!