When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Roland has great news for anyone wishing to add digital elements to their analogue kit but who ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Roland Corp. NAMM 2025: Roland Corp, a long-term enabler of the hybrid ...

When writing a song, performing before an audience, or laying down tracks to be at our best, making the music has to “feel” right. For too long, drummers have had to live with a double standard with ...

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 ...

Anyone sharing a home with a musician will appreciate advances in technology that make for quieter practice. Wearing headphones while playing electronic drums is already a good way to keep the noise ...

Roland has been in the electronic drum business for a good many years, and most kits released have so far had a somewhat skeletal look compared to their traditional counterparts. Now the company has ...

NAMM 2020: Roland has announced a new addition to its upper-mid-level V-Drums electronic drum kit line-up with the introduction of the TD-27KV. At the heart of the new kit sits the TD-27 module, which ...

What if notoriously noisy drum kits could be rendered neighbor-friendly without compromising sound quality? Electronic-musical-instrument manufacturer Roland finally achieves its long-held goal with ...

The Roland TR-808 drum machine was one of the most influential electronic instruments of all time, and now it's got a worthy successor in the shape of the TR-1000. The Roland TR-1000 is the first ...

In 2018 Roland introduced the TR-8S drum machine and instantly won the heart of my colleague Roberto Baldwin. Then, last year it resurrected its MC line of grooveboxes, and launched the portable, ...