To say the full announcement of Roland's new Aira has been eagerly awaited would be something of an understatement. Between the company's drawn-out teaser campaign, the various leaks and rumours, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Fun, affordable and easy-to-learn” line-up also includes a vocal processor When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. These are “fun, ...

Now you have some headphones to match your glowing TR-808. Roland has been gradually expanding its AIRA range with Eurorack modules and other products since it launched in 2014, and now there are some ...

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 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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