It's August 8, or 808 day, and Roland is celebrating by once again giving musicians and producers the opportunity to back their musical creations with robot-like rim shots, unrealistic snare and ...

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Portable and with the flavour of a real 909, it's capable of great results. Extra analogue outs and more sonic tweaks would have been welcome. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of expert musicians ...

Roland has this week announced that they will be relaunching their iconic drum machine the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer which was originally launched way back in 1980, in the form of the Roland TR-8.

Introduced in 1980 and designed to provide backing rhythms for musicians recording demos, the Roland TR-808 or simply 808 would become the world’s most popular drum machine. Unlike more expensive, ...

If we know anything about Roland, it's that the company loves to debut new gear on the corresponding date. Today is August 8th, or as the company calls it "808 Day," so naturally it's time for a new ...

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, a programmable drum machine introduced in 1980. The machine has been used by musicians from Marvin Gaye to the Beastie Boys to Beyonce to Kanye West. ((Roland/Drum ...

The Roland Jupiter-4 (JP-4) was an analog synthesizer manufactured bythe Roland Corporation between 1978 and 1981. It was notable as the company'sfirst self-contained polyphonic synthesizer, and for ...

Portable and with the flavour of a real 909, it's capable of great results. Extra analogue outs and more sonic tweaks would have been welcome. A lot cheaper than a real 909, but still a bit pricey for ...

It's the Fender Stratocaster of drum machines. More than three decades after the TR-808 forever changed the sound of popular music, its creators... It's disarmingly easy to become an amateur DJ in ...

It's disarmingly easy to become an amateur DJ in 2017, when an iPhone and a $1.99 app will quickly have you on your way to learning the basics of mixing songs together, or a thumb drive filled with ...