Roland announces GAIA-2
Roland just announced the GAIA 2 synthesizer: with lots of knobs and sliders, a wavetable oscillator added and the possibility to load other synthesizer models. Will this be a real …
(Updated) Roland System-100 … and Tim Blake
Update June 23rd, 2023: We added this video of a demonstration of the full System-100 by Alex Ball. This is another brochure we found in the pile of vintage materials …
Roland compact Aira series new S1
Roland introduces the S-1 Tweak Synth, the latest addition to the AIRA Compact family of pocket-sized instruments for modern music creators, which also includes the T-8 Beat Machine, J-6 Chord Synthesizer, and E-4 Voice Tweaker. …
Roland SH-4d – Future Retro Synth
Roland has launched one of its more intriguing products in a while: the SH-4d. This “future retro” box of synthesis tricks offers 11 oscillator models, a multi-part sequencer and an …
Roland SH brochure
Pile of vintage (synth) brochures part 8. The Roland SH synthesizer series brochure from December 1976. Without any comments (yet). The separate pages of the brochure are also combined into …
Pocket-size soundmakers
This article was produced by Mark Jenkins for Synths & Software. The original article can be found here. Please note that all (c) are with Synths & Software and Mark …
Inspire the Music – 50 years of Roland history
Happy 909 Day! We’re celebrating by opening for pre-orders on the brand new Bjooks title “INSPIRE THE MUSIC – 50 Years of Roland History” which went to print last Friday, …
Roland Jupiter-4
This review, written by Si Truss, of the original Jupiter-4 and its Roaldn cloud (polyphonic) version appeared at Musicradar.com Please note that all (c) are with Musicradar and the author. …
Roland Aira Compact review
This review of the new Roland Aira Compact series appeared on MusicRadar, written by Bruce Aisher, on August 12. The original review can be found here. Roland hasn’t been shy …
Adrian Bruce – Fairlight & Roland technology
Adrian Bruce is a Musical Cartoonist, for the longest time he was involved in the development of the Fairlight CMI series III and is currently employed by Roland Corporation, Japan. …