Roland - News and Rumours
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Roland makes the JUNO-DS61 slightly larger: Enter the JUNO-DS76!
13 Sep · I was so frustrated that the JUNO-DS61 felt a little small and yet the JUNO-DS88 was too many notes for me to cope with. With the new 76-keyed JUNO-DS76 I couldn't be happier.
909 Day – Roland reveals forthcoming launch of 3 new drum and synth products
09 Sep · Roland has decided to keep 909 Day for celebrating the TR-909 and instead are going to release 3 new "drum and synthesizer" products on the 13th September instead. What could they be?
808 Day: Roland release JX-3P Plug-Out for System 8 synthesizer
08 Aug · Roland celebrates 808 Day by releasing an update for the System-8 synthesizer that includes the JX-3P 6 voice polysynth. Add in a pair of trainers and some limited edition vinyl and is that our lot for this ...
Roland tease Plug-out Number 3 for System 8. Which synth are they emulating?
07 Aug · A video on Facebook suggests that Roland are about to announce their third virtual Plug-Out recreate of a classic synthesizer for the System-8 on 808 Day. Firm favourite is the JX3P - what do you think?
Behringer suggests we fasten our seat belts for 808 Day – is their clone ready?
06 Aug · Other than a pair of trainers Roland is not sparking much anticipation for 808 Day on the 8th August. Behringer meanwhile is hinting that they are going to make it all about their RD-808 analogue drum machine.
Kick it! Puma announce RS-100: More Roland TR-808 inspired trainers
23 Jul · It's for real this time, Puma is releasing not one but two styles of TR-808 inspired trainers on 808 day in a couple of weeks. The RS-100 joins the RS-0 as the £100 footwear of choice for any drum machine fan.
Roland GO:MIXER PRO and Virtual Stage Camera: a video recording studio for smartphones
20 Jul · The combination of GO:MIXER PRO smartphone audio mixer and the Virtual Stage Camera lets you create high quality video, while GO:MIXER PRO can connect to and mix up to nine audio sources.
RolandCloud 5.5 brings AAX support for Pro Tools
03 Jul · Finally all you Pro Tools users can get access to the wealth of instruments and classic synthesizer emulations from the RolandCloud as they introduce support for AAX.
Roland System-8 gets new FM oscillators and filters in meaty 1.2 update
29 Jun · Roland has added two FM variations to the oscillators on the System-8 featuring 2 operator and 5 operator waveforms. It also gets filters from the Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 amongst other bits and bobs.
Fender, Yamaha, Korg, Casio and Roland UK offices raided over alleged price fixing
27 May · The UK offices of five major MI brands have been raided over alleged price-fixing! The probe is centred on Fender, Roland, Casio, Korg and Yamaha, according to reports.
Blip Blop: Roland Cloud 5.3 update adds 8-bit chiptune synth
07 May · With the 5.3 update to Roland Cloud, the manufacturer pays homage to retro video games with a chiptune synth/rompler called Blip Blop. You can install it right away from the Roland Cloud Manager.
Studio Electronics releases the Roland SE-02 Editor for standalone patch editing
02 May · Users of the Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02 will be pleased to hear that there's a software SE-02 Editor to access all the expanded parameters, manage user banks, blend patches and randomise everything.
Superbooth 2018: Roland announce four new System-500 modules
01 May · To be revealed at Superbooth Roland have owned up to the 4 new System-500 modules that we saw at the Puma launch party. We get a synth voice, a filter, a multi-utility and a mixer - good times!
Forget the TR-808 trainers what about these new Roland System 500 modules?
13 Apr · New Roland System 500 modules spotted at the Puma launch party in Berlin that featured those TR-808 trainers. Confused? Who cares - look, new unannounced System 500 Eurorack modules!