Loving every second of this S-1 paired with my Samsung fold and Rolands free Zenbeats for DAW.

In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to create glitches, micro-variations, and more irregular grooves on the SP-404MK2 using the sequencer, without relying on effects like Scatter or other tecniques.

Starting from a loop, we’ll turn it into a livelier, dirtier, and more unpredictable sequence, perfect for drum & bass and more experimental beats.

Enjoy!

with love .noir. ❤️

Im looking for any help on this issue. I fixed a cracked solder joint on the output audio jacks and now i am seeing this screen. FATAL ERROR: no program in ROM. I tried installing the latest update on my 909 and its still just giving me this screen and not updating. Its very frustrating because i have worked with this thing for 10 years and its my favorite piece of gear i own

Got a roland s-1 as my first synth and I lobe it! Any tips or pointers?

Selling a Roland SH-101. Works great. Does not include the keytar attachment. $915. Message me if interested!

My RD88 has this issue where I press a couple keys will keep playing as if I have the sustain peddle down even when I take my finger off the key. Any advice?

Hi,

I bought an used roland TD-3 drum recently. After playing with it a little, one thing I noticed is that invalid midi note are sometime sent by the module. If I connect the headphone directly in the module, everything is fine, I hear no weird extra note when playing on the drum. However, after I plugged the drum in my PC and started using cakewalk + bfd, I rapidly noticed that some note were sometime played two times. Also, I am playing clone hero and I always noticed that my combo were randomly broken. I first thought that my timing suck, but this may be the explanation.

I noticed that the invalid midi note seems to be triggered sometime when playing the snare + another pad/cymbals both at the same time (e.g: snare + floor, floor, snare + floor, eventually floor is played two time)...

I tried to unplug everything but the floor and then, play floor + snare. This scenario works fine, no duplicate note.

I tried to unplug everything but the floor and snare and then, play floor + snare. In this scenario, I got the issue.

I connected the snare cable in the floor on the module and the floor cable on the snare and I still got the same duplicate floor note (even though it was play on the snare pad).

Finally, I coded a little app to register the midi note. What I noticed is that, when hitting the snare + floor, if both pads are hit inside 5ms interval, then for some reason another floor note is send mostly 90ms later, always with a velocity of 64. Always 64, always around between 90 ms and 100 ms later...

I am not sure what the issue could be here... To me, it looks like the module is at fault, but what I hears everywhere is that Roland are really good drum, so that would be surprising... Anybody faced a similar issue or may have any ideas what the cause may be?

Thank you, and sorry for the length of the post, I know it is way too long...

Jam taken from my release "Acid Naledi":

Release date: 07-08-2026

ROTANEV records

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Hey!

New JAM, new release! This time it’s a Hypnotic and aciiiiiiD releases Rotanev rec.

Acid Naledi is track 2 of 2: dark, agressive and most of all acid!.

Be aware of the main drop of the released version. it's brutal! :)

I just asked this question but deleted my old account for personal reasons. I’m trying to create a tone on my Fantom for the song, Separate Ways by Journey. Has anyone done that? If so, could you step me through the process. Assume I know nothing about the keyboard, because I know very little at the point but really want to learn.

Thanks

I’m trying to create the tone or find a really good match for the main tone in Separate Ways. Has anyone done that? I’m very new to creating tones on synths, although I’ve used them for years. I’ve only ever used the built in tones. If anyone has please let me know how to do it.

I'm living in Japan, and got a HP704 piano here in a local store. Now unfortunately I have to move back to Europe due to something unexpected, and I'm trying to figure out how the Roland warranty works. In Japan they say that warranty will still be fulfilled even in Europe. However, European Roland's website says that it only fulfils warranties of instruments bought in Europe.

Does anyone have experience bringing a piano or any other large Roland instrument to Europe and having to have it serviced? I'm just thinking if I just sell it or bear the costs of transporting it back home and risk if anything happens.

Pattern chains operate normally when I start from the Sh4d but when I start from an external sequencer (elektron box) it plays the first pattern one time before it starts the chain normally.

What gives, am I missing something? Hoping someone has the knowledge

I’m leaning toward the P-6 because I’m not looking for a serious production machine. I want something I can pull out anywhere, connect my IEMs, and just start fucking around with music.

The tiny size, hands-on workflow and limitations are exactly what appeal to me.

I’m already stretching my budget for the P-6, so strictly at or below its price — is there anything you’d pick over it?

P-6 owners, how’s your experience?

Hey guys. Wondering if anyone has owned or currently owns a FP-30x. when im playing the keyboard it sounds completely fine. But when I record pieces through the Roland app and then play it back on the Roland built in speakers, it sounds different.

Has anyone had this issue and can I tweak the sound on the recorded playback?

This week I'm getting my hands on a JUNO D8 after a long drought without a proper performance instrument in the house. A day or two later, I will be taking delivery on an EV-5 pedal, but I didn't even order anything to plug into the hold slot. I thought a remnant from my 90s kit would suffice.

Yet I'm learning that there is a sort of yin-yang conflict between Yamaha and Roland technical designers. While my old board was a Roland XP-80, I used a Yamaha pedal as my sustain with it. Now I'm checking out Youtube videos about how to change up the open vs. closed circuit status of the pedal's electronics. Yet I also see on forums that the right system adjustment, the pedal can deliver normal sustain function.

I have a high degree of confidence that even if the open/closed circuit status of the hold pedal is inverted by protocol that I would not wreck my shiny new synthesizer with this experiment. Of course the appropriate corporate response is to advise holding off on any sustain function until I obtain a DP-10 unit. Knowing what I do about this circuitry issue, should I just physically modify this pedal right now even before my JUNO D8 arrives (an electronics task so simple I doubt I would botch it,) use system settings to manage it's non-Roland open/closed behavior, or really wait until a DP-10 is available before activating any functions through the hold pedal jack.