The new VP-03 ($349) takes cues from the classic VP-330 Vocoder Plus, using analog component modeling to emulate the original’s fusion of synthesized sound and the human voice.… Read More Getting Started With The Roland VP-03 Vocoder
The Roland TR-09 (Street $399) is designed to offer the power of Roland’s iconic TR-909 drum machine in a compact and affordable format.… Read More Roland Intros TR-09 Rhythm Composer
Roland has released updates for its Boutique synthesizers – adding much-requested support for MIDI CC control. … Read More Roland Boutique Synths Updated With MIDI CC Support
This video, via Earmonkey Music, is a demonstration and comparison of filters on Roland’s three Boutique synthesizers: the JU-06, JX-03 & JP-08.
Breadandbuttersounds has announced a free web-based Roland Boutique JX-03 patch editor. The company previously created editors for the Roland JU-06 and Roland JP-08.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, held in Anaheim, CA Jan 21-24, Roland introduced the A-01 – an hybrid mobile MIDI controller and 8-bit synthesizer. Here’s a video overview from Roland’s Peter Brown, that covers the A-01’s features. See the video below for some audio demos of the A-01’s 8-bit synthesizer:
At the 2016 NAMM Show, being held in Anaheim, CA Jan 21-24, Roland is introducing the A-01 – a unique mobile MIDI controller and 8-bit synthesizer. The A-01 is a genre-busting piece of gear: The A-01 is the same size as Roland’s Boutique synths, and can dock in the Boutique K-25m keyboard. It’s a MIDI controller that works… Read More Roland Intros A-01 MIDI Controller & 8-Bit Synthesizer
Breadandbuttersounds, which recently introduced an online Roland Boutique JP-08 Editor/Patch librarian, has announced a similar web-based patch editor for the Roland Boutique JU-06. The editor uses the Web MIDI API, so it requires a web browser that supports it. Chrome is recommended.
2015 has been an amazing year for synth introductions – with major new synth lines from Roland, Yamaha and Korg; new modular synths, both big and small, from Moog and others; a new Prophet from Dave Smith Instruments; innovative new synths from smaller companies and hundreds of new synth modules. Here are the 10 most interesting… Read More The 10 Most Interesting Synth Introductions Of 2015
This series of videos, via Hunart, features the Roland Boutique line of micro synthesizers. The first video, above, features the entire line. The videos below each feature an individual synth in the Boutique line.
