When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Roland has announced a new addition to its Boutique range, the D-05. This emulates the classic ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could be regarded as the year that was the calm before the beautiful storm. There weren’t ...

Roland has been reissuing classic synths for a while now with its "Boutique" line based on earlier Roland keyboards like the Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and JX-3P. The company has also re-imagined the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Roland’s Cloud platform, which enables you to download a growing range of instrument plugins for ...

Ikutaro Kakehashi, an influential figure in the 1980s pop music scene and founder of electronic instrument makers Roland Corp. and ATV Corp., has died at the age of 87, an ATV spokeswoman told The ...

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