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“He doesn’t like the sound of new strings. The ones on the guitar for the new album were two years old”: Mdou Moctar prefers old guitar strings – and the Roland Cube is his favorite amp for a very good reason

The gear (or lack of) behind Mdou Moctar's searing signature sound on Funeral For Justice, which fuses Saharan rock music with Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen flair

Guitar World

"I was probably off my head... it wasn't meant to be a novelty record, it was meant to be an underground record": The story of The Prodigy’s cartoon-sampling rave hit Charly

How Liam Howlett concocted one of ‘90s rave’s most iconic tracks with two Roland W-30 keyboards and a turntable in his bedroom

MusicRadar

Classic vocal effects, explained: "Contrary to many people’s assumptions, the vocoder itself is not actually a synthesizer"

Never mind AI, we’re getting the robots involved in production, as we demystify vocoders, talkboxes, hard-tuning and harmonisers!

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No longer just a software upgrade, Roland’s Fantom EX is a “supercharged” version of the acclaimed synth workstation

Now new users can get their EX kicks right out of the box

MusicRadar

“His style is so specific and refined. It's not something I could just jump into”: Steve Vai explains the hardest part of replicating Robert Fripp’s playing style

Vai will be touring King Crimson’s ‘80s material with Beat in the fall, and he’s spoken about his preparations – which includes working with Roland on three purpose-built guitars

Guitar World

“We talked about synthesizers and sounds. She can get kind of nerdy and I really liked that”: Producer Carter Lang on his first meeting with SZA and how he ended up working on Kill Bill, her number one hit

“I brought this weird Roland monosynth upstairs. It was an early ’70s primitive synth and we were bugging out over it”

MusicRadar

"It's a great synth, for sure, but $25,000 great? No chance": 5 stupidly expensive vintage synths (and how to get their sound for free)

Synthlation means you can pay nearly six figures for some of these synths (but also get most of their sounds for free)…

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"In the late ’90s and early ’00s equipment was so fetishised. I’ve been in fancy studios that have all these iconic machines which are like museum pieces now, but they’re constantly breaking": Naum Gabo on 20 years of progress

Two decades after first starting, Jonnie Wilkes and James Savage finally release their debut Naum Gabo LP, F. Lux. Danny Turner learns more

MusicRadar

5 pieces of '90s studio gear that we need back right now: "Making music in the '90s, you needed an awful lot of awfully average music gear, a lot of space and a vivid imagination"

1990s music gear might be a bit rubbish compared to today's, but its genius was in its limitations…

MusicRadar

At last! Behringer ships the MS-5, a "faithful reproduction" of the Roland SH-5

The long-promised synth is in the shops and yours for just $599

MusicRadar

Orbital on recording The Green Album: "We didn’t have multi-tracking equipment, so we’d get everything working and just run it out live. Any manipulation or synth magic would happen as it was going down - if you didn’t like it, you’d do it again"

Phil and Paul Hartnoll talk us through the debut album that started it all, track by track

MusicRadar

Roland updates its SP-404 sampler "in celebration of 404 Day" (and to v4.04, before you ask)

The update brings enhanced looping, multitrack output, Koala Sampler integration and a 15-waveform sound generator to the popular sampler

MusicRadar

Forget what you've been told: Here are 6 criminally underrated hardware synths that you can still buy today

Incredibly, some of these under-the-radar beauties are over a decade old, but still available (and still very good)

MusicRadar

Best affordable electronic drum kits to get playing whatever your ability level

Banging beats and big breaks – that break no banks

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The best new pianos and home and classic keyboards to look forward to in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Get ready to audition some of the 'key' releases of the year

MusicRadar

“No previous experience required”: Roland puts its ZEN-Core synth engine into the beginner-friendly GO:KEYS 3 and 5 “music creation” keyboards

High-quality soundsets meet auto-accompaniment features

MusicRadar

“I never looked at it as a single 'til everybody started saying it was great”: The Wham! song that George Michael called his favourite and he made on his own with a Roland Juno-60 and a LinnDrum

Before he recorded Last Christmas, he came up with this

MusicRadar

SampleRadar: 493 hardware drum machine samples

Today's edition of SampleRadar features looped beats and one-shots from a variety of beat-boxes, including the Alesis H16-B, Arturia DrumBrute, Nord Drum and Roland TR-8

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“We believe music is central to humanity”: Roland and Universal Music Group announce their 7 Principles for Music Creation with AI as they confirm new strategic partnership

Two industry giants announce strategic partnership as that argue that “human-created works must be respected and protected”

MusicRadar

6 of the most ridiculously large synth workstation plugins that can handle every part of a track: "This powerhouse of a synth has all of the sounds you need"

These beastly ROMplers provide all the music-making power one could ask for

MusicRadar

“A budget-friendly instrument with core RD features”: Roland launches the RD-08 stage piano, the most affordable RD model yet

A compact stage piano that comes with built-in speakers, SuperNATURAL and ZEN-Core sound engines, and Roland Cloud expansion support

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Roadmap 2024: Roland

Kohei Hattori, General Manager, Live Production Business Department at Roland, shares exclusive insight into the company's 2024 roadmap.

MusicRadar

The beginner keyboard checklist: all the essentials you need to start playing today

Our pick of the must-have accessories that will bring music to the ears of every beginner keyboard player

MusicRadar

Are software synths now better than hardware - and does it matter?

Grab your favourite softsynths and let us take you on a journey into their evolution. Learn how to get more out of them and see how they stack up next to the pioneers that inspired them

MusicRadar

Roland’s new premium digital pianos look like uprights, but are designed to sound and play like acoustic grands

LX-9, LX-6 and LX-5 use a range of technologies to make them feel mighty real

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