Best pianos 2024: Our pick of acoustic and digital options for home, studio and stage By Dave Clews last updated 14 March 24 Here’s our pick of the best pianos - and the best piano brands - including Yamaha, Casio, Nord, Roland and more…
Best digital pianos 2024: Options for every level and budget By Daryl Robertson last updated 16 January 24 Our in-house piano experts have chosen the very best digital pianos from Yamaha, Roland, Casio, Kawai and Korg - covering all price points
What’s better than the Roland Space Echo? The RE-501 Chorus Echo, of course, and Nembrini Audio has just brought it back as a plugin By Ben Rogerson published 11 January 24 $30 gets you an emulation of a 1980 classic
When Derrick May sold Frankie Knuckles his 909, and house music was born: "This is a Roland 909 drum machine, and it's going to take us to the future. It'll be the foundation of music for the next 10 years" By MusicRadar published 20 September 23 "I've been in love with that drum machine ever since"
6 of the best vintage reverb emulations By Andy Jones published 16 September 23 From emulations of classic physical plate reverbs to digital emulations of, er, digital reverbs, here are the best
6 unofficial ROMpler emulation plugins that bring classic ‘80s and ‘90s PCM sounds to your DAW By Tim Cant published 15 September 23 If you yearn for the days of the Yamaha SY85, can’t get enough of old E-MUs or want to get your Kawai kicks for free, read on
Roland’s TR-8S and TR-6S drum machines get CR-78 and 808 bass instrument sounds added for free By Ben Rogerson published 12 September 23 These already excellent beatmaking boxes just got even better
Roland S-1 Tweak Synthesizer review By Si Truss published 8 September 23 £169 €175 $159 The S-1 is one of the smallest polysynths on the market but there’s more here than meets the eye
Arturia drops Acid V, a new plugin emulation of Roland’s TB-303 Bass Line synth By Ben Rogerson published 22 August 23 Does the world need another take on the 303? Yes, apparently
Roland TD-02KV review By Stuart Williams published 22 August 23 £429 €469 $599.99 This compact and affordable kit proves that ‘budget’ doesn’t exclude you from the big-name brands
