Roland Connect 2012 is live. We’ve launched 11 brand new products that will help you make better music, all arriving in the UK between now and Christmas. With headline releases in production, guitar, amplification, and even a super-cool app for learning the piano, there’s plenty to get stuck into. INTEGRA-7…
We love a festival – not that we’re fans of camping or communal porta-loos (who is?) – we love it because you get to see a year’s worth of great music in one weekend. What more could you ask for? And this year’s Reading festival is bringing together some of…
We recently caught up with Bernie Smith, keyboard player for Take That on their highly successful Progress Tour, where he used the Roland JUPITER-80 extensively. Bernie talks us through his favourite features of the Roland JUPITER-80 synth and shares with us how he uses it in a live scenario, from…
By Noel Borthwick [CAKEWALK] on 27 JUN 2012 Windows 8 Background There has been a large amount of interest and speculation about Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest OS scheduled for release in late 2012. Windows 8 is one of the most ambitious OS releases from Microsoft since Windows 95, and is…
Roland relaunched the Jupiter range last year with the Jupiter-80, it caused quite a stir and not necessarily for all the right reasons. Firstly, comparisons with the Jupiter-8 weren’t entirely unexpected given the new keyboards name, although the analog purists weren’t appreciative that it’s focus was on emulating acoustic tones…
We take a tour of the great features of the Roland Quad-Capture, showing you how it’s easy to start recording your own music with this affordable USB audio interface. The main features include the premium mic preamps (VS Preamps) and AUTO-SENS function.
Become a synthesizer master with Roland’s workshops at Planet Synth and get an exlcusive Exploring Sound iBook for free. Have you ever wondered how to recreate the gurgling squelch of Daft Punk’s Da Funk or the haunting staccato of Kraftwerk’s The Model? Well wonder no more! Roland is hosting a…
Basically, R-MIX is a signal processor that loads or records two tracks of stereo files. Thanks to Roland’s VariPhrase technology, it offers real-time control over the file’s pitch (up to +/- an octave) and tempo (from 50% to 130%), but the program’s heart is the “harmonic placement” window. This display…
The machine that put a smile on the faces of party people all over the world, without even realising: the incomparable TB-303 Bassline. It’s hard to make a definitive statement these days without kicking off an almighty flame war, but we’re going to make one anyway: the TB-303 is the greatest…
Got a question for your favourite band? Send them in and we’ll ask the best ones. Are you off to Reading Festival this weekend? If so, lucky you! If not, then don’t fret: we’ve got a fantastic opportunity coming up. We’ll be talking to loads of bands at the festival,…
Pro guitarists on using Boss effects to get their signature tone Guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) states that tone “is what makes every guitar player unique because that’s our voice”. Watch the video below to see what other artists like Dave Navarro, Herman Li, Jeff Loomis and Billy Duffy have…
Andertons have a difficult time trying to break the Roland MicroCube We recently told Andertons that our MicroCube Amplifiers could handle anything they could throw at it. Rather than take our word for it, Andertons decided to put the MicroCube through their Extreme Durability Testing to see what it was…