Zenology Pro is the plugin home for Roland’s flagship Zen-Core synthesis engine, which is used to power its finest software and hardware synths. It’s now been updated to version 2.0, which adds a ...

The latest member of Roland's FP series of portable digital pianos boasts 88 full-size keys with hammer action, escapement and ivory-like material to bring some classic realism to the playing ...

Roland’s flagship drum machine is its first in 40 years to offer analogue sounds – but that’s only part of the story ...

In conjunction with Roland’s announcement of their new Zenology Software Synthesizer, the company also expands their Roland Cloud platform, offering more than 50 authentic Roland software synthesizers ...

Introduced in 1983, the Roland TR-909 has shaped the history of electronic music, playing a starring role in the genesis of house and techno before being adopted by a long list of artists that ...

Roland has unveiled a pair of drum machines that recreate sounds from classic models like the TR-606 and TR-909, updated with modern features like real-time recording. The first model is the $400 ...

Key Takeaways Roland’s TD-27KV2 features digital pads with multi-sensor snare technology and Prismatic Sound Modeling that captures acoustic drum nuances Alesis Strata Prime delivers 40GB of factory ...

This week, Roland unveiled the TR-1000, its first drum machine in over 40 years to include genuine analogue sound generation. Although much about this new instrument is thoroughly modern and designed ...

Keeping track of Roland’s various drum machines and grooveboxes is getting tough. But its latest, the Verselab MV-1 is unique for a number of reasons. For one, it’s the company’s only instrument that ...

For a month, Roland has been teasing its mysterious “Aira” products with a series of videos that invoke the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm Composers, classic beat machines that are amongst the best-sounding ...

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R IS FOR ROLAND is our latest collaboration dedicated to some of the Japanese manufacturers most famous and sought after analog pieces of gear. Its pages feature photographs and descriptions of ...