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Roland launches new R&D group “to help design the future of music creation”
By Ben Rogerson published
The Roland Future Design Group will focus on the potential of AI, WEB3, virtual and augmented reality, low-latency wireless connectivity and more

Red Witch’s Magesteria is a stunning delay inspired by Maestro, Roland and Watkins tape echo units
By Jonathan Horsley published
Red Witch’s Ben Fulton describes this stunning hand-made delay as time travel in stompbox form, and “the embodiment of of tape delay glory”

Roland updates two of its most popular stage pianos with new sounds
By Matt Mullen published
The RD-2000 EX introduces a "concert-class" grand and an intimate upright, while the RD-88 EX gets the SuperNATURAL Acoustic Piano 3 Expansion

Skip the Prime Day rush and grab yourself up to $300 off Roland drums, pianos, and synths at Guitar Center
By Daryl Robertson published
Featuring everything from the beloved Juno to the TD-17KV2 and RD-88, there's never been a better time to buy a piece of Roland gear

The classic Space Echo RE-201 has arrived in the Roland Cloud, but can it become the definitive plugin emulation?
By Ben Rogerson published
An official software reboot of the iconic 1974 tape echo and spring reverb

PMT just added hundreds of products to their colossal Summer Sale - score up to 60% off gear from Gibson, Fender, Pearl, Yamaha, SSL, Roland and more
By Daryl Robertson published
With huge discounts on everything from drums to keyboards, guitars and recording gear, there's something for everyone in PMT's massive summer sale

50 music tech brands come together to endorse Roland and UMG's Principles for Music Creation with AI
By Matt Mullen published
Focusrite, Splice, Waves, NAMM and many more have voiced their endorsement of the principles

D16 Group's Roland TR-606 emulation Nithonat 2 updated with new sequencer, effects and more
By Matt Mullen published
Nithonat 2's new sequencer replaces the original's 606-style sequencer with a grid-based version that's easier to use and gives you precise control over dynamics and articulation

"Making electronic music technology more accessible": Erica Synths and Richie Hawtin's Bullfrog Drums is an educational drum machine inspired by the Roland TR-909
By Matt Mullen published
This seven-voice sample-based drum machine is designed to be paired with the other instruments in Erica Synth's educational "ecosystem", Bullfrog and Bullfrog XL
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