Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Who doesn’t love a bit of “air drumming” when their ...

If you've ever listened to music released in the 1980s, you've likely heard the iconic TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. Artists like New Order, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston and Beastie Boys all used ...

Roland announced the new TR-1000 Rhythm Creator today: a $2,699 USD drum machine that blends digital sound engines and analog circuitry with new sampling abilities, all in one heavy-hitting piece of ...

Block production on Coinbase’s (COIN) Base network halted for 33 minutes early Tuesday following a sequencer failover that didn’t recover as expected, developers said in a post-mortem report Wednesday ...

The sequencer on the 808, a row of 16 color-coded buttons, offered artists a way to store beats they programmed. Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, ...

If you were a dance music producer back in the early 1990s, you wanted the sound of a Roland TB-303 to provide the thumping ...

2024 has been a great year for new music making gear. As it comes to a close, we’re counting down our top 10 music tech instruments of the past 12 months. You can watch them all in action in our video ...

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 ...

Roland just released the Aira Compact P-6, a battery-powered sampler with a built-in microphone for capturing ideas quickly. There’s also a USB-C port and analog inputs for plugging in a higher-grade ...

Jan 31 (Reuters) - Private equity-backed Roland Foods is exploring a sale that could value the specialty food provider at $700 million or more, including debt, people familiar with the matter said.