News NAMM 2010: Roland stand in pictures By Chris Wickett published 16 January 2010 Well... more of an arena/stadium really The Roland stand Prev Page 1 of 9 Next Prev Page 1 of 9 Next The brain of the TD-12KX V-Drums kit New V-Drums Prev Page 2 of 9 Next Prev Page 2 of 9 Next Here's the whole kit New V-Drums Prev Page 3 of 9 Next Prev Page 3 of 9 Next The Octapad is a drum module featuring 50 kits, a phrase looper and built-in effects Octapad Prev Page 4 of 9 Next Prev Page 4 of 9 Next The Octapad's control panel Octapad Prev Page 5 of 9 Next Prev Page 5 of 9 Next The ME-25 is the smallest in the Boss ME range Boss ME-25 Prev Page 6 of 9 Next Prev Page 6 of 9 Next An entirely battery powered band, from the instruments right down to the PA The Battery Band Prev Page 7 of 9 Next Prev Page 7 of 9 Next The VP-7 can create auto-harmonised backing vocals as well as vocoder-type effects VP-7 Vocal Processor Prev Page 8 of 9 Next Prev Page 8 of 9 Next The latest V-Combo is an "all-in-one" stage keyboard V-Combo VR-700 Prev Page 9 of 9 Next Prev Page 9 of 9 Next Chris WickettSocial Links Navigation More about guitars“The absolute best ambiences we’ve ever made”: Run two reverbs at once with Strymon’s feature-packed BigSky MX“A luxurious and refined take on a classic circuit”: KittycasterFX reimagines the Muff with the Mohair Fuzzstortion, pairing fuzz with a treble booster circuit for super-versatile performanceLatest“A magnificent synth and worth the large outlay if you make the most of the year's All Access content”: Minimal Audio Current reviewSee more latest ► Most PopularYouTuber recreates Paramore’s iconic Misery Business snare drum sound from scratch without using samples, "Drum production was not the same post-Misery Business" "Plugins help you get ideas out quickly. By the time you’ve patched a hardware synth, found the right cable, turned it on and tuned it – you’ve lost the idea": Catching Flies“Hearing David Bowie’s Blackstar for the first time with Tony Visconti in the room and just working out the magic in that record. It was a pretty crazy, surreal experience”: Mastering maestro Joe LaPorta talks loudness, AI and being “very much a vibe guy”“She wanted the authenticity and the push and pull of the music. I thought, ‘We're going to need to do this live’”: Dan Nigro on recording Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTSGForce's Oberheim DMX recreates the sound of the drum machine behind New Order's Blue Monday and Run-DMC's It's Like That“Enhance the low-end tightness, along with adding top-end bite without harshness”: Seymour Duncan launches alt.metal Blackout humbucker – the ultimate mod for low-end riffmongers?Classic vocal effects, explained: "Contrary to many people’s assumptions, the vocoder itself is not actually a synthesizer"“We forgot who our core customer was”: Guitar Center CEO says premium guitars key to firm’s future and promises “playground” experience for serious musiciansZildjian Alchem-E: Here’s everything we know so far about the electronic drum set Zildjian is teasing on social media“That was so wrongheaded”: Porter Robinson regrets dismissing EDM as “not really art”, and admits that he’d never heard Mr Brightside until he started playing guitar a few years ago“That was just a real bonus Jonas there”: St Vincent has her say on the song she wrote with Taylor Swift becoming a fan-powered hit, and reveals the one piece of advice she’s given to Olivia Rodrigo
The Octapad is a drum module featuring 50 kits, a phrase looper and built-in effects Octapad Prev Page 4 of 9 Next Prev Page 4 of 9 Next
The ME-25 is the smallest in the Boss ME range Boss ME-25 Prev Page 6 of 9 Next Prev Page 6 of 9 Next
An entirely battery powered band, from the instruments right down to the PA The Battery Band Prev Page 7 of 9 Next Prev Page 7 of 9 Next
The VP-7 can create auto-harmonised backing vocals as well as vocoder-type effects VP-7 Vocal Processor Prev Page 8 of 9 Next Prev Page 8 of 9 Next
The latest V-Combo is an "all-in-one" stage keyboard V-Combo VR-700 Prev Page 9 of 9 Next Prev Page 9 of 9 Next