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WAS IT WORTH IT?

Last week i talked about Roland releasing some new product or products (Aira). Well Roland having finally announced what Aira is. Its 4 new products.

 

  • TR-08 - A drum machine that blends the sounds of the TR-808 & TR-909.
  • TB-3 - A bassline that recreates the TB-303
  • SYSTEM 1- Plug out Synth
  • VT-3 - Vocal Transformer

So were these products worth the hype? Yes & No really. I mean they all recreate what Roland have done in the past.

  • The TR-08 is digital. Looks very nice & does sound good & certainly going to be cheaper than the original. Would i like one? Ok yes it would be nice. Honestly not essential right now though

TB-3 - This recreation has been brought up to date with a touchscreen. It is also a usb midi interface (Quite handy). Again looks nice & will be cheaper than the original. To be honest im not sure whether having a touchscreen was the right thing to do. Hmmmmm!

SYSTEM 1- Now, What's this mini synth then? This looks interesting. A plug out synth. It only has 25 keys. A synth/keyboard & controller for computer software recreating classic Roland synths which you can load onto the keyboard (Hope that makes sense). I will probably look at this more in depth when it is released.

VT-3 - It contains the usual effects: Vocoder, Robot, Autopitch etc. However, it does not have an external carrier for the vocoder, which is a shame. I have to say the VT-3 is a bit disappointing. Out of the 4 this to me is the weakest link.

What do you think of these new products? Any favourites? Have Roland done right in recreating these classic synths/voice transfer?

 

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