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Roland teams up with streetwear brand Supreme on special editions of JU-06A and TR-8

The Supreme-branded versions of Roland's Boutique synth and drum machine form part of the brand's Spring/Summer collection for 2024

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Roland Cloud is the easy, affordable way to get your hands on classic synths, drum machines and more

More than 50 years of Roland history in your DAW

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How to master your synths: "If you really want to get to know a synth, the best thing you can do is read the manual, test out each element and get a feel for how each feature affects the sound"

Let’s go beyond basic oscillators and simple modulation, to explore the more esoteric, adventurous sides of synth sound design

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“When it’s good, it’s very good indeed, and we have to remind ourselves that we’re playing on a sub-$/£400 kit”: Alesis Nitro Max review

With all-mesh heads, sounds from BFD and wireless connectivity, the Alesis Nitro Max looks set to take on the beginner e-kit market

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NAMM 2024: "We've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment": Behringer delivers updates on some of its biggest synth and drum machine projects

The latest news on Roland, Oberheim and Casio-a-like synths and drum machines from our favourite clone trooper

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NAMM 2024: Roland’s Bridge Cast X adds video support to the dual-bus USB-C gaming/streaming mixer

Enhanced version trumps the original Bridge Cast by featuring HDMI ports and assignable control pads

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25 Esports Products for the Win in 2024

From point-of-view cameras, gaming platforms, dynamic microphones, digital media ecosystems, coding technologies, extenders, signal distribution, gaming monitors, video wall solutions, AV mixers, transceivers, DMS KVM extenders and switches, and more to outfit your esports venue—large or small.

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"Our engineering teams are working on close to 100 exciting products": So, what's happened to the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet?

Chip shortages are to blame, but are any of these clones trooping their way to a store any time soon?

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7 underrated VST synths you might not know about (but really should)

We celebrate some of the great instruments that may have flown under your radar

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On Esports: Roland

Justin Strazdas, Product Marketing Manager, Video and Production at Roland shares insight into setting up an esports program in higher education.

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"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance-music-defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981

And grab your time travel machine, because back then it only cost a couple of hundred bucks

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How to incorporate foot controllers into a live electronic set

Put your best foot forward with our guide to making use of sustain pedals, expression pedals and MIDI foot controllers in live electronic performance

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Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II review

A highlight of the Pocket Operator range gets beefed up in size and specs but is it worth the beefed-up price?

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“It’s the only delay that can make those OK Computer sounds”: Ed O’Brien explains why one BOSS pedal was integral to Radiohead’s landmark ’90s albums

The Bends and OK Computer wouldn’t sound the same without the BOSS DD-5 – and Radiohead’s resident effects expert is already eyeing up some newly launched delays for the band’s next outing

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How BOSS became one of the world's biggest guitar amp companies in under a decade

BOSS’s status as an effects heavyweight is set in stone – but lesser-known is how the visionary company reached the summit of the amp sector in under a decade

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"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release (and how they actually helped define dance music today)

Best of 2023: If they hadn't panned the 909, you might now be dancing to a very different beat…

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Yamaha CK Series keyboards review

What do you get if you cross a stage piano with a portable keyboard, organ and synth? Something like this…

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YouTuber Alex Ball gets his hands on Tony Banks’ old Roland JD-800 synth and finds that it still contains his Genesis tour patches from the ‘90s

Best of 2023: A Banks preset bank, you might say

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Why should keyboard players have all the fun? A history of BOSS guitar synths

Your guitar isn’t limited solely to traditional sounds. Roland and BOSS have been at the forefront of guitar-based synthesis for decades – and they’re showing no signs of stopping

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LCD Soundsystem's Tyler Pope: "James said I should make an EP only using one drum machine and a synth – so I got hold of an old-school Roland CR-78 and an ARP Odyssey"

Best of 2023: The LCD Soundsystem bassist goes solo with a sizzlingly funky electro-punk blend. Danny Turner finds a man on an analogue mission

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"The way that Control sounds is an accident because we didn’t know what we were doing": why Jam and Lewis recorded Janet Jackson’s breakthrough album ‘wrong’, and why it’s all Prince’s fault

Best of 2023: Because learning from the best beats reading manual, every time

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“There’s no player of my generation who doesn’t remember when they first heard that almost one-second delayed repeat. It was truly epic”: How BOSS's trailblazing delay pedals changed the world

History repeating: BOSS’s delay pedals changed everything – now the modern range salutes the Japanese firm’s storied past while forging ahead with bold new creations

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Israel-Premier Tech drops support of Roland Cycling women's team

'Intention of returning to the women's peloton' says former co-title sponsor in social post

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“We can create sound with more freedom, while maintaining the original quality”: What is BOSS Waza Craft? The Japanese effects giant’s boutique range explained

If classic tones with custom voicings and enhanced functionality is what you’re after, in a package that’s built to the highest possible quality, Waza Craft is for you

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“Before BOSS, there just wasn’t a wide enough selection of pedals. They kicked it into high gear, eclipsed everything else…” How one innovative company changed the soundscape of modern music in five decades

The inside story of how BOSS revolutionized effects. The milestones that led the Japanese firm to the cutting edge of the modern music scene

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