For a month, Roland has been teasing its mysterious “Aira” products with a series of videos that invoke the TR-808 and TR-909 Rhythm Composers, classic beat machines that are amongst the best-sounding ...

But Roland stopped making the 808 in the mid-80s. You can buy one on eBay now for around three grand (and maybe another grand to bring it into good working condition), or use one of the thousands of ...

Roland has been teasing new entries in its black-and-green AIRA series for about a month. Now, it's pulling the wraps off of the new lineup that's led by the new TR-8 drum machine. It's worth noting ...

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Last year during Superbooth Roland unveiled the Aira Compact series – its first true competitors to Korg’s wildly successful Volca line. Now, the company is back for Superbooth 2023 with a new ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Released in 2014, Roland’s TR-8 was the drum machine that a lot of us had been waiting a long ...

Roland Aira have unleashed their next generation SH-2 plug out synth. The redevelopment of the vintage keyboard has a two-oscillator (plus sub-oscillator) monosynth and is a plug-in that works with ...

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