We met Dave Smith. The famous synth pioneer is very agile and inventive, and he doesn’t seem to become older! He proudly presented the Prophet-6, OB-6 and Pro-2 – the… Read More
Tag: Roland
Roland System-500 – continuing a long tradition?
Based on the classic SYSTEM-100M modular synthesizer, the SYSTEM-500 is a fully analog recreation of one of the most revered electronic instruments of all time. Newly designed in Eurorack format,… Read More
Roland JD-XA – JD of the 21st Century?
JD is a promise. Above all, the JD-XA is a promise. You don’t have to think in terms of Oberheim’s classic OB-Xa to suspect that Roland’s JD-XA has a lot… Read More
Roland JD-800 – best (vintage) digital pad synthesizer?
Since we often talk about analog (or virtual-analog) keyboards, our attention to this sample & synthesis instrument might surprise you. Be that as it may, its analog surface, analog-like sonical… Read More
Musikmesse Frankfurt 2015 Report – Part 2
The 1st part of our report was dedicated to the modular synth area. We continue with some thoughts about synthesizers / keyboards. Now, most of the “new stuff” is probably… Read More
Musikmesse Frankfurt 2015 Report – Part 1
Let’s start our stroll through the Musikmesse Frankfurt at the very heart of the MODULAR SYNTH section, there, where the knob-tweakers are at home. First and foremost, MOOG deserves mention,… Read More
SoundForce is announcing the SFC-60 controller
The SFC-60 is a boutique MIDI controller designed to control the TAL-U-NO-LX synth instrument plugin. Finally the sound and the touch of the popular Roland Juno-60 synthesizer are made available… Read More
Musikmesse Frankfurt 2014 Report – Part 1
From year to year it gets harder to decide whether or not to go the “Musikmesse” in Frankfurt. There’s just too much stress there. Everything’s much too loud, there’s not… Read More
Axial – The Official ROLAND Tone Library Site
Axial is a new online platform where you can download sounds for your ROLAND synthesizer. And Axial is free of charge! From recreations of vintage analog classics to modern, cutting-edge… Read More
Roland Juno-60 – a classic with lots of charme
It’s getting a little embarrassing talking about another “unbelievable” classic synth, another “must-have”. Nevertheless – the Juno-60 synthesizer is no ordinary cheap polysynth, we rather think it’s a real substitute… Read More