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“Promises a lot and mostly delivers – although it’s not without a few teething issues”: Roland TR-1000 Rhythm Creator review
By Si Truss published
Roland’s flagship drum machine is its first in 40 years to offer analogue sounds – but that’s only part of the story

With the TR-1000 Roland has given analogue purists what they want – so can we move on from X0X clones now?
By Si Truss published
Roland’s latest drum machine looks great – and its ‘80s inspirations are undisputed classics – but can we agree we now have enough X0X emulations?

Roland's TR-1000 combines analogue 808 and 909 recreations with the best parts of the TR-8S and more
By Si Truss published
Roland's new flagship beat machine also offers stereo-sampling, loop slicing, probability sequencing and much more

"The ability to use official Boss stompbox recreations in our DAW is here - and with that comes flexibility in terms of how, and what instruments they're applied to": Boss Effects Pedals plugin review
By Stuart Williams published
The first ever official software emulations of Boss pedals are here, but they live under a Roland Cloud…

"Evolves the SH-101 template while still capturing the sound of the original": Donner Essential L1 review
By Si Truss published
The Chinese brand's second synth enters into the increasingly busy budget 101 fray – can it stand out from its rivals?

“Will definitely please those who are a fan of the sound already, but standalone price is expensive”: Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus plugin review
By Matt McCracken published
The world’s most famous solid-state amp finally gets an official amp model for your DAW

“A superb-sounding, pro-end keyboard”: Roland V-Stage 88 & 76-note keyboards review
By Roland Schmidt published
If you’re a gigging keyboard player, the new Roland V-Stage could be the next major addition to your rig

Roland is giving away its software 303 free – but be quick, there’s only 3,030 up for grabs
By Si Truss published
Download the official Roland Cloud recreation of the synth that invented acid house

“People think that these are terrible machines but I’m gonna prove that they’re great”: St. Vincent on the retro Roland groovebox she used on All Born Screaming
By Matt Mullen published
Reverb visited the Grammy-winning artist and producer in the studio to hear about her production ethos and shoot a spontaneous synth jam
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