“This version reflects what creators told us they want from AI hardware in real musical contexts”: Project Lydia, Roland’s neural sampling stompbox, moves a step closer to becoming a product you can actually buy

Roland Lydia Phase 2.

SUPERBOOTH 2026: Announced last year, Roland’s Project Lydia – a neural sampling stompbox that enables you to apply the tonal qualities of a trained AI model onto an incoming audio signal – has now reached the second phase of its development, bringing it closer to becoming a fully realised commercial product.

Various changes and improvements have been made since we first got wind of the device, which comes from Roland's Future Design Lab. This innovation wing of the company was founded in 2024 “to help design the future of music creation”.