Roland says that realism is at the very heart of its new Jupiter-80 performance synth. The company claims that the kind of expressive acoustic instrument authenticity delivered by its analog sound ...

In the late seventies, Roland took the sonic palette available to keyboard players and opened it up to guitarists, with the introduction on the GR-500. It was quite simply a marvel, but is positively ...

Roland’s synth lineup seems a little odd at times. It doesn’t really offer much in the midrange. Its only two pure synthesizers in the $500 to $800 space are the 13-year-old Gaia SH-01 and the ...

The Roland Cloud is looking brighter with their latest addition announced today, a series of Model Expansions beginning with the JX-8P Model Expansion. Upcoming releases will include SH-101, JUNO-106, ...

As Roland's product-packed 909 day comes to a close, one of the more impressive announcements is the new System-8 synthesizer. Taking a design cue from the Aira line, the new keyboard is packed full ...

NAMM 2011 PRESS RELEASE: Roland is extremely proud to announce the GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer, a revolutionary new product from the world's undisputed leader in guitar synthesis technology. Combining ...

Blending the analogue and digital engines results in distinctive new sounds. The front panel is a tweaker's delight. Plenty of modulation, a decent sequencer, arpeggiator, flexible effects, plus a ...

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If a bug is found in a product that was released several decades ago, most of the time the product cannot be repaired by the manufacturer and falls into disrepair. However, regarding the bug that ...

Roland has introduced Model Expansions, the latest additions to Roland Cloud and the ZEN-Core Synthesis System. Each Model Expansion transforms the ZENOLOGY Software Synthesizer into an entirely ...