So, when Roland announced the Gaia 2 — a long overdue update to its 13-year-old virtual analog synth — I was cautiously optimistic. The S-1 and SH-4D were signs the company was heading in the ...

Jup-8000 V is a software recreation of the Roland JP-8000, an analogue modelling synth that found favour with trance producers following its release in the late ‘90s, beloved for its supersaw ...

Back in January Roland launched Zen-Core, its next generation synth engine that combined samples and virtual analog software to power the Fantom 6, 7 and 8 workstations, the Jupiter-X line of ...

Blending the analogue and digital engines results in distinctive new sounds. The front panel is a tweaker's delight. Plenty of modulation, a decent sequencer, arpeggiator, flexible effects, plus a ...

Synthesized sounds and electronic beats were at the heart of numerous 80s pop music hits, and Roland's Juno-60 and Juno-106 six-voice analog synths with digitally controlled oscillators were the ...

An analogue filter also looks to be on the cards ... PIANO 88 has more sounds and a sleeker look than its predecessor Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, ...

The GR-55 benefits from 24-bit Analog-to-Digital and Digital ... There are two versions of the GR-55 guitar synthesizer available. The GR-55GK flavor includes a Roland GK-3 divided pickup and ...

The relative ease of building the individual components that make up an analog synth make it very tempting ... such as the Oberheim OB-Xa, the Roland Jupiter-6, and the Sequential Circuits Prophet ...