Following sieve-like levels of leaking in the run-up to its launch, Roland has ‘dropped’ the SP-404MKII, a new version of its performance-focused portable sampler. With a design based on both user ...

If you thought that it was difficult differentiating between live sound and good audiotape recordings, wait until you hear the sonic tricks that digital sampling technology is reaping. Locked up ...

Roland has upgraded its SP-404 MK2 sampler to version 2.0, equipping it with a classic TR step sequencer in the process. This is a new recording mode that sits alongside the much-loved realtime ...

It wasn’t so long ago that electronic music production was the work of pioneers. Giorgio Moroder and Don Lewis synthesized monstrous Moog mainframes in the disco era; Roger Linn kick-started hip-hop ...

Roland has unveiled a brand new “pocket-sized” sampler as part of a range of compact instruments, the P-6 Creative Sampler. The compact sampler comes alongside a new range of instruments from Roland ...

Each week, as the opening credits to ”Miami Vice” roll onto TV screens across America, a struggling percussionist named David Earl Johnson feels as if he is being robbed. Johnson played the conga ...