Roland Archive
iOS
AudioKit, the popular iOS development team, has just released AR-909, a synth drum machine app for iPhone and iPad inspired by the iconic Roland TR-909 (although they can’t
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Endorphin.es did it again. Does everyone remember two years ago their BLCK_NOIR drum module inspired by CR78/68 circuits – invented for use in minimal electronic music styles? The
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A few months ago, I was asked to work as a producer/sound-designer on a low-budget indie record. The artist intended to recreate a certain late ’70s/early ’80s vibe
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XILS Lab, the French company run by Xavier Oudin, just added a new emulation to their lovely catalog of retro-inspired gems. XILS 505 is a modern software take
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Great news for UNO Drum users! The compact IK Multimedia drum synth just got a curated collection of rare and vintage drum sounds spanning the history of drum
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A few months ago we were told Spectrasonics was working on a significant update of their flagship software synthesizer Omnisphere. Well, this 2.6 update is now finally available
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Solveig is a reverse engineered early ’80s analog synth modeled after the classic Roland SH-101 sound engine. It is further augmented with the addition of a “complex”, Buchla-inspired
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At ANR we have a weak spot for those companies which ooze character and whose story makes for an interesting narrative. Erica Synths is a relatively young (yet
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