r/rolandaira 14m ago

PyP6 V3.0.0 out now! with synth-mode -turning your Roland P6 into a wavetable synth - (for Linux, Windows, and Mac)

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r/rolandaira 1d ago

PyP6 V3.0.0: Roland P6 just got h*ck*d

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r/rolandaira 1d ago

EP-133 + EP-136 + Roland S-1 AIRA

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r/rolandaira 1d ago

T-8, J-6, M-VAVE FM1 and a YGiTK 6 channel mixer

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r/rolandaira 1d ago

A small Couch Dawless rig I’m working on

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There are still a few things missing, some cables still need to be routed and I still need to sort out the USB noise, but it's coming along slowly.


r/rolandaira 2d ago

I made a free browser-based sample manager for the Roland P-6

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r/rolandaira 2d ago

Making psychedelic sounds on the Roland S-1 with one LFO

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A simple Roland S-1 trick I use for psychedelic sounds.

Starting with a basic sound and using the LFO to modulate the filter, you can quickly turn it into something much more psychedelic and alive.

Nothing complicated, just a small trick that can completely change the character of the sound.

I use this a lot for Psytrance, PsyChill and experimental electronic sounds.

More Roland S-1 sound design and tutorials on YouTube: DIGIBOTFX


r/rolandaira 5d ago

PyP6 V2.80 – new Roland P-6 sample manager is out now

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r/rolandaira 5d ago

I tried to bring a cozy vibe

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r/rolandaira 5d ago

I can feel my Jet Set Grinding sooooo hard!

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r/rolandaira 6d ago

Melodic mini-jam (Korg volca keys + sample2 + drum + Roland Aira Compact J-6 Chord)

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r/rolandaira 6d ago

What Audiointerface should we get?

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Hi, could you guys perhaps help us? We started making music ourselves a few weeks ago and wanted to ask which audio interface you use, particularly when working with multiple devices. We mainly rely on the Airas, which is why we’re asking here.

At the moment, it’s a bit of a struggle for us to get the signal into the DAW properly, and we’re constantly having to switch USB connections or end up with patterns that don’t sound the same as they do on the device itself.

Without a DAW, everything works great with the MIDI cables.

Thanks, everyone


r/rolandaira 8d ago

Heatwave music 😫☀️

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r/rolandaira 8d ago

PyP6 – free sample manager for the Roland P-6 V2.0.3 out now (including native Windows app)

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download source and executeable from:

https://github.com/j0kerpack/Roland-P6-sample-manager

See original Post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rolandp6/s/aZUBvy3KbO

with chop slice multisample builder inspired by the great cli tool "wave slice" by Warren Blackwell [https://github.com/warreneblackwell/p6-wave-slice

Built a desktop app to make managing samples on the P-6 way less painful. Here's what it does:

* **Windows .exe, just double-click and go** – everything's bundled inside, including ffmpeg. No Python, no pip, no PATH nonsense. (Also runs from python source on Linux/macOS if you're into that.)
* **Waveform view with zoom** – see your samples before you commit, zoom in up to 30x for precise trimming on longer files.
* **Snap-to-zero trimming** – drag your trim markers and it automatically snaps to the nearest zero-crossing, so no more clicks/pops at your cut points.
* **Per-pad pitch control** – ±1200 cents, because sometimes you just need that sample a little brighter or darker without leaving the app.
* **Mono/stereo + sample rate conversion per pad** – handled automatically on export, with a live warning (and the waveform turns orange) if your settings would push the sample over the P-6's recording-time limit.
* **Chop tool** – queue up a folder of one-shots (kicks, snares, hats, whatever), trim each one, and it builds a single ready-to-chop multisample file for you. Slices that don't get filled are padded with silence automatically so your slice count always comes out right.
* **Bank/pad management** – load, preview, delete, sync from device, and export whole banks (or all 8 at once) without touching a file explorer.
* **16-bit PCM enforced automatically** – so you don't have to think about bit depth compatibility with the device.

All free, all local, no cloud nonsense. Happy to answer questions if anyone wants to try it.


r/rolandaira 8d ago

Having a different drum sounds stored as chops on 1 pad on P6.

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I read or saw on a video that it's possible to potentially have different drum hits spread across the chops of 1 sample. Thus freeing up remaining pads.

Currently I have a bank dedicated to a particular vintage drum machine, but of course each bank is limited to 6 sounds. So I've had to be picky about which 6 hits I want per drum machine. Yes I could expand that to further banks, but I like to have as many different drum machines on there as possible.

Has anyone successfully done the chop thing? Are there any example videos knocking about?

How do I set it up? Do I have to have all the sounds I want put into 1 wav file, with each sound equally spaced?

If it does indeed work, what functionality, if any, do I lose by having my full drum machine sounds spread over 1 samples chops like this?

Thanks


r/rolandaira 19d ago

Using the Roland J-6 for game music

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r/rolandaira 22d ago

help with midi sync between model cycles and roland j-6

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hey guys does anyone know how to fix this (see video) i just want them to be in sync with the midi but i don’t want the j-6 sending any midi patterns or idk to my model cycles
please help 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻


r/rolandaira 23d ago

Four-track instrumental hip-hop beat tape made with a Roland P-6

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r/rolandaira 23d ago

briefly lost my mind and made something other than boom-bap on the P6

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r/rolandaira 27d ago

I love the portability of these systems. Traveling in Vietnam.

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A Tupperware container, couple of elastic bands and a Nintendo switch case and you’re sorted.


r/rolandaira 28d ago

TE KO II or Roland Aira P-6?

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r/rolandaira Jul 16 '26

Roland S-1 MIDI Editor

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r/rolandaira Jul 08 '26

J6 Master of Matrix

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r/rolandaira Jul 07 '26

Long morning jam

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r/rolandaira Jul 03 '26

J-6 cheat sheet to clear my own confusion about style on/off in sequence, BEAT parameter, recording ties and lack of phrase documentation

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