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Roland SYSTEM-8 synth is free to try in April – here’s why it’s a sound designer’s friend
Want that new synth feeling, but for free? That’s the hybrid-vintage-modeled-new synth SYSTEM-8 this month from Roland – and we’ve got the sound designer of its new preset library to tell us why we should download it.
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Behringer 303 clones revealed: $149 street
Behringer’s analog remake of the 303 is now out in the open – a $199 set of red, blue, and silver synths called the TD-3.
Peter Kirn - November 11, 2019
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Roland brings back the MC groovebox: MC-707, pint-sized MC-101 [Deep Dive]
The move back to hardware jams is in full force. And what better sign than Roland re-introducing the MC groovebox line – with the full-sized MC-707 and pint-sized MC-101. The reason you know it’s not the 1990s? They advertise them as replacing your laptop.
Peter Kirn - September 5, 2019
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Roland’s little VT-4 vocal wonder box just got new reverbs
Peter Kirn - November 30, 2018
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Roland VT-4 adds MIDI, control for performer-friendly vocal FX
Peter Kirn - October 16, 2018
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Hands-on: Roland’s #808day upgrade for the TR-8S is a blast to play
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2018
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No new products, but Roland celebrates #808day with free gear updates
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2018
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