The words 'Roland has just updated the JX-3P' probably haven't been muttered since about 1983 when the original hardware synth was launched. But, of course, we're talking about the software version of ...

There's a reason professional keyboards and synths are filled with dials, buttons and levers. When a musician is getting ready for the next song, it's quicker to turn a knob than sift through multiple ...

Roland has a trio of new synthesizers called the Boutique Series. They are affordable miniaturized versions of three classic analog synths from the early 80’s. Say hello to the sweet electronic sounds ...

Roland has announced the Juno-X programmable polyphonic synthesizer, which combines the power of the company's Zen-Core synth engine with authentic recreations of the legacy Juno-60 and Juno-106 ...

As we’ve frequently been reminded over the past 12 months, Roland has just celebrated its 50th anniversary, and the company has made a lot of synths and drum machines in that time. Many of these are ...

In the late seventies, Roland took the sonic palette available to keyboard players and opened it up to guitarists, with the introduction on the GR-500. It was quite simply a marvel, but is positively ...

Roland is again diving into its past with the JX-08 and JD-08 Sound Modules, emulating the vintage analog JX-8P and digital JD-800 synths from the '80s and '90s, respectively. Both reproduce the ...

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Historically, Japan’s Roland Corporation has been behind some of the most iconic sounds in both rap and electronic music. The kick and cowbell of the TR-808 drum machine have been hip-hop staples ...

GEAR EXPO 2022: It's all very well gently mousing parameters back and forth in your DAW, but when music-making starts to feel more like air traffic control, it might be time to get up close and ...

Just a day after unveiling these slick headphones, Roland's divulged details of its new analog synth modules. Modelled on the Japanese company's classic SYSTEM-100M, the Eurorack-designed range ...