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The Benefits of Electronic Drums

Considering playing drums or adding an acoustic drum set to your household, lesson room, or house of worship? Take a look at the unique benefits provided by electronic drums and percussion, especially Roland V-Drums.

See What’s New In SONAR X2 Producer

Take an in-depth tour of the powerful features of SONAR X2 Producer including R-MIX SONAR, Console Emulation, Matrix, BREVERB and Take Lanes. Cakewalk recently released SONAR X2a, an update adding touch support and other improvements to this already impressive DAW. Brandon Ryan and Seth Perlstein gave a live demonstration of SONAR X2 a few weeks before it [...]

Billy Duffy

The Cult of Tone Led by guitarist Billy Duffy and vocalist Ian Astbury, British post-punk band The Cult is still going strong after nearly 30 years. Formed in 1983 and strongly influenced by classic rockers from the ’60s and ’70s, the group unleashed a hard-edged sound with shades of psychedelia that presented a strong contrast [...]

Herman Li of DragonForce

A Master Shredder Hones His Chops with eBand Featuring shred-masters Herman Li and Sam Totman, the British power metal band DragonForce delivers a high-adrenaline, twin-guitar onslaught that takes no prisoners. Riffing together with incredible precision at dizzying speeds, the virtuoso duo were recently recognized for their skills by axe fans around the globe, earning the [...]

Team Pitbull

Roland Delivers the Hit Sounds of Mr. Worldwide Miami-based rapper Pitbull is riding high, enjoying worldwide mega-success with his 2011 release Planet Pit and his latest release Global Warming. The CD showcases the sharp-dressed Cuban-American entertainer’s engaging charisma and features collaborations with a who’s who of today’s hottest music artists, including T-Pain, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, and [...]

Learn to Play Electronic Drums

There are over 50 video V-Drums lessons available for you to learn and improve your drumming technique. Choose by demonstrator, playing style or even V-Drum kit.

Play an Entire Live Set with Just the GT-100!

Watch Roland Australia’s Joshua Munday take you through an entire set list of songs live on stage. Using the GT-100 Amp Effects Processor, Joshua is able to get the perfect tone for each of the songs with one easy tap of the foot. No need to bring an entire collection of guitar pedals, cables and power adapters [...]

Synth Basics with Ed: How to Make a Synth Lead

In this edition of Synth Basics with Ed, Ed describes how to program a lead on the GAIA SH-01. This knowledge could be applied to any synthesizer regardless of make or model by using basic synth components and effects. Related links and articles: Synth Basics with Ed: Programming Strings Back to Basics with Ed Diaz Synth Basics [...]