Roland is finally honoring its legacy instead of just cashing in on it

If the only thing Roland released is TR-808, the company will continue to deserve a place in the Hall of Monors of Musical Equipment. 808 It can be said that the most important tool since the creation of electric guitar. The cornerstone of hip -hop music, electronic music, and pop for 45 years, was used by everyone from Rihanna and Betney Houston, to Outkast, Talking Heads and RP Boo. Roland was undoubtedly one of the most innovative companies in music technology during the 1980s and 1990s, as it released the iconic analog and leading drum machines.
But during most of the first decade of the twentieth century, the company looked lost, as it pumped all digital products that can be forgotten such as D-2 GROOVEMACHINE and VARIOS. Over the past ten years or so, the focus was mainly on trying everyone to remind the days of its glory, often in ways that they felt is misleading, or in the worst case, exploitation, and paying the subscription service and escaping from its analog roots.
Roland has constantly protested her heritage with her label plans, but these tools did not have anything common with her names.
Now, for the first time in a long time, it seems that Roland actually takes his legacy seriously with the TR-1000 rhythm generator, rather than just treating it like feed for the marketing surface. TR-1000 is a dangerous (very expensive) tool that adopts Roland’s heritage with real representative circles.
By the end of the eighties of the last century, Roland had obtained everything on digital, giving up analog technology that operates its most famous tools. Roland was not alone in making a decision that the future was not analog. But emerging musicians began to shift away from digital in the first decade of the twentieth century. This was partially a reaction to the cold and clinical sounds that dominated the late nineties and early pop 00s, but it was also because analog concessions can be purchased at a cheap price in the used market. Despite this shift in tastes and a prosperous vintage market, Roland holds a ritual.
Ultimately, Roland realized that what people really wanted not some of the glorious gaming keyboard bearing the name Juno on it, or “GROOVEMACHINE” as a way to circumvent what appears to be snipers. However, instead of providing analog sounds or release sincere versions of classic tools, Roland decided to focus on digital modeling, trying to capture analog sound through software instructions. The company has been invested in its digital technology for decades and it seems that it is reluctant to change the gears. In addition, it is difficult to work with analog circles with many engineers who mastered art in the 1980s no longer work in the company.
Roland has constantly protested his heritage with his label: MC-808, SP-808, S-201, SH-01, and more than jubiters and Junos more than it allows law. But these tools did not have anything shared with their names.
It was not until 2014, and the company appears to have finally got a hint and issued TR-8, which he described as a spiritual successor for the year 808. But this was not some reactionary corresponding apostasy. It was an affair in all the numbers that characterized the beginning of what I liked to call Roland’s era “close enough”. Using analog behavior modeling technology (ACB), Roland has released a large collection of tools that tried to re -create their analog classic through simulation. The consensus is that it looks good, but people were demanding to change the real thing.
Behringer has happily raised the request by building the analog entertainment of TR-606, TR-808, TR-909 and TB-303. Meanwhile, Corg was introducing modern classics such as Minilogue, affordable astronomy, and release of ancient icons like ARP Odyssey and 2600.
But it seems that Roland is a $ 500 simulator for the most popular as part of its boutique line (and charge you an additional amount of $ 150 if you have the boldness in obtaining a new category with a keyboard).
Then in 2018 I presented Roland Claude. This subscription collection of virtual tools and Soundpacks is definitely the front hostility of the most hated Roland products. Customer poetry was burned due to the disappearance of licenses, the carts of animals, and the complex organic structures. And if your subscription is reversed, this may cut access to the so -called connectivity of devices such as Gaia 2.
This leads us to TR-1000, the first representative drum machine for Roland since TR-909 in 1983. The company accurately brought the analog circles of 16 votes from TR-808 and TR-909 using modern ingredients. Although there is an accompanying application, there is no need to clarify your tool through the subscription service to access the 808 Digital 808 engine. There are no cheerful light screens as you find it on the Aira family. There are a lot of practical controls that we hope to dive into the famous mysterious Roland lists to a minimum.
TR-1000 feels as if Roland has already listened to its customers for one time. It is free of cheerful tricks, serious appearance, and at least on trial videos, look great. The initial reaction of auditors and fans was largely positive. People in Reditt call it “beautiful, focused, professional”, “The last drum machine you will need at all”, and they announced “I have any complaints, this thing looks ridiculous.” Now, if Roland really wants to make its customers happy, he will create an abstract version that exceeds ACB and samples, and focuses only on analog sounds and may cost less than 2699.99 dollars.
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2025-10-05 16:00:00