Roland - News and Rumours
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Roland unleashes Zenology FX for your DAW, free till Dec 31 2021
30 Jul 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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 2021 · 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!
Roland goes all-in on its 606 legacy with the TR-6S, TR-06 and software TR-606
01 Oct 2020 · Roland delights us with a bit of historical wallowing as they pull out their old TR-606 and gives us two updated hardware versions and an authentic software recreation.
ZENOLOGY Pro opens the hood on Roland’s legacy synths and beyond
28 Sep 2020 · Roland has slowly filled their ZENOLOGY virtual instrument with vintage sounds well now you can blow the lid off and get down into every parameter with ZENOLOGY Pro.
Roland FANTOM V2.0 update brings multisampling, new effects and more
21 Sep 2020 · Roland introduced the FANTOM in 2019 as an all-in-one music production environment. Version 2 overhauls the sampling engine, introduces effects to the master section and brings automation editing to the touch ...
Your Ideal Polysnth: How (not) to choose the polyphonic synth of your dreams
05 Sep 2020 · You're going to finally realise your dream and buy your dream polysynth, now you're standing in a showroom surrounded by magical music machines: How do you choose your first polyphonic synthesizer?
Roland Zenology takes on the King of polysynths: JUPITER-8
03 Sep 2020 · Roland's Zenology, the software version of their ZEN-Core technology, hits the much-anticipated milestone which is the arrival of the legendary JUPITER-8 polyphonic synthesizer.
Roland releases JX-8P Model Expansion for Zenology
01 Jul 2020 · Roland's Zenology virtual instrument gets its first Model Expansion in the shape of the classic 1985 JX-8P polyphonic synthesizer and includes the editing functions of the PG-800 programmer.
Roland ZENOLOGY: Software version of ZEN-Core arrives to take everything forward
12 May 2020 · Now they've done it. Roland has broken free of the confines of their history and takes everything forward into the world of ZENOLOGY and it could be tragic or terribly exciting!
Coronavirus quarantine? Make 2 weeks fly by with these 5 synths.
14 Mar 2020 · So, you're self-isolating and run out of things to watch on Netflix? Here are the best synthesizers to spend 14 days with to help you stay sane as you wait out the Coronavirus.
Roland GP-002: the perfect extension for the Boutique JX-03
05 Mar 2020 · Graphic designer Robert Chrispijn has conceptualised the perfect companion to the Roland Boutique JX-03 by reimagining the PG-200 hardware programmer as the GP 002 virtual extension. Shame it's not real.
NAMM 2020: Roland reveals ZEN-Core Synthesis System unifying technology
15 Jan 2020 · Roland's CEO opens up about ZEN-Core that makes all sounds available across all instruments. He also explains why the Jupiter-Xm is the ultimate synth studio and why they're not looking to the past.