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Arturia's Acid V shown on a MacBook screen

Arturia has released the Acid V, a software emulation of Roland's iconic bass synth, the TB-303.


Equipped with the 303's classic sawtooth and square waveform...

Roland Store Tokyo

Roland are set to open their first "immersive" retail space in Japan this October.


Located in the city's Harajuku district, the Roland Store Tokyo follows...

Roland 808 BMX bike goes to auction

Roland is auctioning a one-of-a-kind 808 BMX Bike.


To celebrate 808 Day 2023 - 8th August - the leading electronic music instrument brand has teamed...

Roland's iconic drum machines including the TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909

Roland recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Here, DJ Mag Tech speaks to two Roland users and collaborators — musician Ken Ishii and artist/designer Yuri Suzuki — to reflect on the pioneering company, which was instrumental in crafting the sound of a generation

When Roland released the TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909 back in the early ’80s, little did the company know that it would go on to change...

S-1 Tweak

Roland has launched a new “potent” pocket polysynth based on the legendary SH-101.


The classic monosynth was released in 1982 and used by a wealth...

Roland TB-303

Free samples of a truly classic bit of kit

While the Roland TR-808 may be the most iconic drum machine ever created, the TB-303 is perhaps the most instantly recognisable for that acid bassline...

SH-4d

Roland has announced its new SH-4d synthesiser.


The "desktop powerhouse" offers 11 oscillator models, a multi-part sequencer with four synth parts and a customisable drum part...

ER-99

Electronics and software engineer Matthew Cieplak has developed a browser-based virtual analog instrument based on the classic Roland TR-909.


The ER-99 drum machine can be...

Sampling Pad

Roland has launched its new SPD-SX PRO sampling pad, which uses the brand's latest sensing technology and claims to "raise the bar" following its previously...

Roland Store

Roland has opened a new store and showroom in central London.


Located on Soho's historic Denmark Street, the Roland London Store is part of Outernet...

Roland has announced the JUPITER-4 software synthesiser, an "authentic recreation" of the classic JUPITER-4 – the company's first-ever polyphonic synth and the first to bear...

Roland AIRA Compact

Roland has announced a new affordable hardware drum machine, polysynth and vocal processor in the form of a new AIRA Compact lineup. The T-8 is...

Roland Juno-X

Roland has unveiled a new hardware polysynth called the Juno-X. Based on Roland’s hardware polysynth classic, the Juno-106, the Juno-X features a similar layout and...

Roland 808

Sister Bliss, Richie Hawtin, Orbital and more are to be featured in a new book celebrating 50 years of Roland.


Inspire The Music: 50 Years of...

roland space echo family

Boss has announced two new clones of the classic Roland Space Echo RE-201 hardware tape delay. The RE-202 is the more advanced, bigger version of...

Roland Juno 60 chorus

Roland has announced a new plugin as part of their Roland Cloud subscription service. The new plug mimics the famous Juno-60 chorus effect, which became...

303

Roland has launched a new microsite featuring the history of the 303, as well as new interviews with acid house innovator DJ Pierre. The new...

The new microsite documents the creation of some of electronic music’s most iconic kit

Roland will turn 50 years old in 2022 and to celebrate they’ve launched a new website, covering the development and emergence of some of their...

For recording mixes at home, learning to DJ, live streaming or scratching the itch of playing your favourite tunes back to back, affordable controllers have...

Buying your first controller can be overwhelming. Not only is there an endless amount of choice, many of which look almost identical to each other...

The new mini models are based on the JD-800 and the JX-8P

Roland has announced two new hardware synths as part of their Boutique series – the JX-08 and the JD-08. Modelled on the JX-8P and the JD-800...