Over 100 people attended a special Tyros3 keyboard demonstration and clinic featuring Mark Anderson, marketing manager, portable keyboards, Yamaha Corporation of America.

Hosted by Bouvier's Music in Ocala, the event took place at the Hilton Hotel and featured a buffet dinner as well as musical demonstrations.

Playing the Tyros3 Arranger Workstation is like controlling a virtuoso musician who happens to play hundreds of instruments.

"It's uncanny how human-like some of the voices sound," said Anderson…

Roland is pleased to announce the release of the latest system update for the Fantom-G workstations. Version 1.20 adds new enhancements to the Fantom-G that include 1GB RAM support and new Auto-Track functionality…

Roland® Corporation is pleased to announce the new JUNO-Stage synthesizer is now shipping. As the latest addition to the benchmark JUNO Series, JUNO-Stage is uniquely created for live performance applications.

This professional-grade 76-key synthesizer ships with an essential high-quality sound set, including an 88-key stereo multi-sampled piano derived from the Fantom-X workstation series. Two slots for SRX expansion boards add even more options to a player’s sonic palette. A redesigned weighted synth-action keyboard ensures the JUNO-Stage feels as good as it sounds…

Roland is pleased to announce that the new RMP-12 marching percussion instrument is now available in stores. This latest addition to the Rhythm Coach® line of products offers enhanced playability, expressiveness, and versatility for practice and performance applications…

EDIROL by Roland is giving everyone a chance to win a free R-09HR portable digital recorder by visiting the R-09HR Giveaway contest page.

The flagship R-09HR is the newest of EDIROL’s award-winning handheld digital recorders, providing crystal-clear 24bit/96kHz fidelity that travels light and performs like a heavyweight. The R-09HR is perfect for recording live music events, recitals, and rehearsals. It’s also handy as a songwriter’s sketchpad, ensuring that no moment of inspiration is lost…

Continuing its commitment to worldwide customer support, Roland is pleased to announce a new installment in its series of exclusive Drum Kit downloads for the MV-Series Production Studios: MA Dirt & Grime. This new drum kit is available for existing MV-8000 and MV-8800 owners and spans a range of musical styles from urban, R&B and electro house. The kit has a slightly gritty sound and a wider-than-normal range of sensitivity, so you can experiment with changes in swing and volume…

Continuing its commitment to worldwide customer support, Roland is pleased to announce a new patch download for the highly-acclaimed V-Synth GT elastic audio synthesizer.

This new download adds a treasure trove of new sounds to the V-Synth GT, with over 450 recreations of classic analog synthesizers from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, including vintage Juno, Jupiter, SH, TB-303 and D-50 sounds. In addition, its new filter bank patches are specifically designed to allow processing of external audio sources…

In conjunction with the second International Roland V-Accordion Festival, Roland Corporation U.S. held the first ever U.S. V-Accordion Festival in Los Angeles on September 20, 2008. Contestants hailed from all over the country, and played in styles ranging from Jazz to Celtic. Each contestant was given an FR-7 V-Accordion to play during their five-minute performance.

A panel of five judges including Frank Marocco, Joan Cochran Sommers and Eddie Monteiro awarded top honors to finalist Joseph Natoli…

Playing the Tyros3 Arranger Workstation keyboard is like controlling a virtuoso musician who happens to play hundreds of instruments.

Equipped with the most advanced instrument voices that Yamaha has ever created, Super Articulation 2, Tyros3 lets players simulate subtle sonic nuances and performance techniques associated with wind instruments, like legato, staccato and vibrato. Special Articulation Control buttons add pitch bend and glissando to note-on and note-off events. Other voices are culled from Yamaha's flagship Motif synthesizer and a new algorithm voices guitar parts like a real guitar player…

Roland is pleased to announce a new limited-time promotion through the Roland U.S. website. Customers who purchase a Fantom-G6, -G7, or -G8 between August 1st and October 31st are eligible for a free starter kit directly from Roland. Consisting of a two-button optical scroll wheel mouse and 1GB USB Flash Memory Key, these accessories will help customers bring the most out of this new breed of workstation keyboard…