If you think Roland's nostalgia-infused music gear is a new thing, think again. As far back as the mid-'90s (and maybe beyond), the company was cashing in on the gravitas of some of its legendary ...

After a very long wait Roland has this week confirmed the return of the MC groovebox line, announcing the Roland MC-707 and MC-101 will be available later this month for $1,000 and $500 respectively.

The groovebox was a peculiar device that allowed musicians to create both beats and synthesizer loops on the same device. Roland and Yamaha had both released products in the early 2000s, but software ...

While, what we've come to call "grooveboxes" have been around for some time, it was Roland that first used the term and really pioneered these sort of all-in-one music production boxes. But, the ...

A mishmash of Roland’s SH-101, TB-303 and MC MicroComposers, the MC-202 was a commercial failure when it was released in 1982, but history has been much kinder to it. Now the machine’s story is being ...