Musical genres come and go, but Roland synths crop up time and time again in the history of electronic music. For all you synth geeks out there, Roland has produced the Synthesizer Chronicles, a poster covering the entire line-up of Roland Synthesizers, from the SH-1000 in 1973 to the current GAIA SH-01. So if you’re wondering which was the first synth to have a pitch bend lever, or you can’t tell your Jupiters from your Junos, then jump in and take a trip down memory lane…
Guitarists have only dreamed about it until now: BOSS guitar effects and Roland’s breakthrough COSM modelling built right into powerful hardware and recording software. That’s the V-Studio 20. Matching the simplicity of a portble, hardare recording system with the power, flexibility, and control of modern PC-based recording. Whether you’re at home or on the road, you can easily connect your guitar or mic to the VS-20 hardware and dial up genuine BOSS sounds. Check out Roland’s 5 easy steps to recording guitar and vocals, the e-book and 7 tutorial videos here….!
As one of the most popular DAWs in the market for almost a decade, Cakewalk have now launched a brand new update to SONAR. Sonar X1 Essential, X1 Producer and X1 Studio are expected to be in stock just in time for Christmas! Prices are yet TBC…but we have a sneaky feeling it will be lower than you’d expect from such a cutting edge DAW. We’ve a preview video of the SONAR X1 right here…
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