Features Pro Audio Snap and Shutter: how Roland’s TR-909 escaped failure and built a legacy by Tom Cameron Some of the most groundbreaking music ever composed only has its genius realised retroactively. The same could be said for pieces of gear such as the Roland TR-909, a drum…
News Pro Audio Uli Behringer announces 2019 release of the RD-909 Roland clone by Happy Behringer CEO, Uli Behringer has announced that the highly anticipated RD-909 Rhythm Designer will drop early next year. The new unit aims to emulate Roland’s classic TR-909 Rhythm Composer which…
News Pro Audio Thomas Bangalter’s original Roland TR-909 is on sale featuring Daft Punk’s ‘Homework’-era presets by Happy Thousands of dollars? Millions? It’s anyone’s guess as to how much this original Roland TR-909 will go for, given that it was the very machine operated by Thomas Bangalter of…
News Roland founder and drum machine trailblazer Ikutaro Kakehashi passes away at age 87 by Happy Since it was founded in the 1970s, Roland has become a household name in the world of music production. Ikutaro Kakehashi was the father of the corporation, and the engineer responsible…
