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10 mistakes every beginner keyboard player makes

There are many pitfalls waiting to stymie the beginner keyboard player, from choosing ill-suited gear to practicing the wrong pieces. We’ve made the worst blunders so you don’t have to – here’s our guide to the mistakes every novice should avoid

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TAL's latest plugin emulates the '80s synth behind the classic rave hoover sound, Roland's Alpha Juno 2

TAL-Pha expands the original synth's capabilities with contemporary features and a more user-friendly interface

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The producer's guide to the Roland RE-201 Space Echo: "It can cover everything from simple saturation to wild, out-of-control and bizarre self-oscillation"

Here's how to master one of music's most beloved effects boxes, used by dub producers and experimental electronic composers alike since the early ’70s

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How Laurie Anderson made the experimental classic O Superman: "The lyrics are a one-sided conversation, like a prayer to God. I wanted it to be like a Greek chorus – not just one voice – so I used a vocoder"

As the unlikely 1981 hit goes viral on TikTok, we tell the story of Laurie Anderson's strangely compelling masterpiece

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Aaron Horn: "My dad banned me from all the studios as a little kid. Every kid just wants to hit a load of buttons, don’t they?"

Stepping out of the shadow of his legendary father, Trevor, Aaron Horn has charted a unique course across the music industry, from producing for Doja Cat to mastering sound meditation

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How a lightning storm fried Richie Hawtin's gear and created the sound of F.U.S.E.'s Dimension Intrusion: "My equipment glowed and then shut down. After that, there was something wrong with my Wavestation; it was even more distorted"

Hawtin talks us through the electrifying story behind the making of his 1993 ambient techno classic

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"Is our music abstract and weird? To us it's not! Maybe if you've only listened to pop music, then yeah, it's weirder": How Autechre's radically inventive music-making turned experimentation into electronica

We explore the genius of the divisive, Warp-affiliated duo that has spent three decades boldly exploring the potential of music technology

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It’s coming in the air tonight: Cherry Audio releases its first drum machine, a plugin emulation of the Roland CR-78, as used by Phil Collins and Hall & Oates

We can go for this

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Roland teams up with streetwear brand Supreme on special editions of JU-06A and TR-8

The Supreme-branded versions of Roland's Boutique synth and drum machine form part of the brand's Spring/Summer collection for 2024

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Roland Cloud is the easy, affordable way to get your hands on classic synths, drum machines and more

More than 50 years of Roland history in your DAW

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How to master your synths: "If you really want to get to know a synth, the best thing you can do is read the manual, test out each element and get a feel for how each feature affects the sound"

Let’s go beyond basic oscillators and simple modulation, to explore the more esoteric, adventurous sides of synth sound design

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“When it’s good, it’s very good indeed, and we have to remind ourselves that we’re playing on a sub-$/£400 kit”: Alesis Nitro Max review

With all-mesh heads, sounds from BFD and wireless connectivity, the Alesis Nitro Max looks set to take on the beginner e-kit market

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NAMM 2024: "We've fired up the first complete prototype - what an amazing moment": Behringer delivers updates on some of its biggest synth and drum machine projects

The latest news on Roland, Oberheim and Casio-a-like synths and drum machines from our favourite clone trooper

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NAMM 2024: Roland’s Bridge Cast X adds video support to the dual-bus USB-C gaming/streaming mixer

Enhanced version trumps the original Bridge Cast by featuring HDMI ports and assignable control pads

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25 Esports Products for the Win in 2024

From point-of-view cameras, gaming platforms, dynamic microphones, digital media ecosystems, coding technologies, extenders, signal distribution, gaming monitors, video wall solutions, AV mixers, transceivers, DMS KVM extenders and switches, and more to outfit your esports venue—large or small.

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"Our engineering teams are working on close to 100 exciting products": So, what's happened to the synths and drum machines that Behringer has announced that aren't in the shops yet?

Chip shortages are to blame, but are any of these clones trooping their way to a store any time soon?

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7 underrated VST synths you might not know about (but really should)

We celebrate some of the great instruments that may have flown under your radar

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On Esports: Roland

Justin Strazdas, Product Marketing Manager, Video and Production at Roland shares insight into setting up an esports program in higher education.

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"Fine for off-the-cuff sequencer basslines, otherwise you have to plan what you're going to do before even switching it on": Here's what the reviews said when the dance-music-defining Roland TB-303 was released in 1981

And grab your time travel machine, because back then it only cost a couple of hundred bucks

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How to incorporate foot controllers into a live electronic set

Put your best foot forward with our guide to making use of sustain pedals, expression pedals and MIDI foot controllers in live electronic performance

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Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II review

A highlight of the Pocket Operator range gets beefed up in size and specs but is it worth the beefed-up price?

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“It’s the only delay that can make those OK Computer sounds”: Ed O’Brien explains why one BOSS pedal was integral to Radiohead’s landmark ’90s albums

The Bends and OK Computer wouldn’t sound the same without the BOSS DD-5 – and Radiohead’s resident effects expert is already eyeing up some newly launched delays for the band’s next outing

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How BOSS became one of the world's biggest guitar amp companies in under a decade

BOSS’s status as an effects heavyweight is set in stone – but lesser-known is how the visionary company reached the summit of the amp sector in under a decade

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"It sounds like a drum machine instead of a machine playing drums - a sore disappointment": What critics said about the iconic Roland TR-909 drum machine on its release (and how they actually helped define dance music today)

Best of 2023: If they hadn't panned the 909, you might now be dancing to a very different beat…

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Yamaha CK Series keyboards review

What do you get if you cross a stage piano with a portable keyboard, organ and synth? Something like this…

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