AIRA Compact- First Look at the new Range
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Roland today announced three new machines in the new AIRA Compact range. Its s new form factor and one that is going for entry level and portability. All the new machines back on the ACB modeling technology.
T-8 Beat Machine
Roland drum and bass sounds from the TR-808, TR-909, and TR-606 drum machines, paired with the dynamic TB-303 Bass Line. The six-track TR-REC workflow with deep tools like step loop, pattern shift, probability, and
others to generate dynamic performances.
J-6 Chord Synthesizer
The J-6 Chord Synthesizer pairing a powerful chord sequencer with tones of the JUNO-60 synth. Simply call up one of 100 chords sets and build chord progressions with one-touch presses on the
built-in keyboard. Styles, variations and rhythmic patterns from chords via step
input and tweak the sound with dedicated filter and envelope controls, and add
customizable delay and reverb effects.
E-4 Voice Tweaker
The E-4 Voice Tweaker combines voice transformer tools and standard vocal
effects with a hands-on interface. Pitch and formant sliders are available to instantly
change the vocal gender, create robot voices, and more. Auto Pitch, automatic harmony,
and vocoder processors are included, along with reverb, delay, and other effects.
There's also a built-in 24-second looper for capturing performances on the fly, plus a
unique Scatter function for slicing and dicing the sound via a dedicated panel knob.
All three are class compliant USB-C connectivity with 2 in, 2 out audio and MIDI over USB, a build in rechargeable batter (around 4hours), MIDI and Sync input and output.
All are available shortly priced at 208Euros, £175 UK pounds.
We had a visit from David Ahlünd who gave us a demo of the new units.
#soniclab #roland #airacompact
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Yes yes Nick , we need that MX-2 , keep requesting and one day!! 🤞
Yes we need mx 2
That J-6 is something I’d like to own
Was thinking the same myself.
With four voices, roland wants you to get two?
Yes. That’s the one I’m interested in
How does the j6 compare to the ju06a?
@@PorchBass or you could just make great music with four notes? :D:D
honestly, david is roland's greatest asset.
i'm not the target demographic of these devices but david makes them look appealing nonetheless. great and informative demo!
Totally agree with this statement! 👍
He's ok, but watch the Loopop review to actually learn about them.
Yeah these look like really well thought out machines for someone, just not for the style of music I make.
He knows his stuff, for sure.
@@athopi if you can stay awake
I absolutely under no circumstances need any of these but every video of somebody jamming on them makes me want them anyway. Looks like instantaneous fun for hours
You like Volcas?
Always exciting to see what David can do with the new stuff, never disappoints!
I thought these were a gimmick but these are actually all really brilliant. David is an absolute gem too. Makes all the machines sing!
David is such a great demonstrator (top musician & nice guy too). The J-6 looks tempting for a live jamming/song creation tool. Love it. Keep up the great work Roland!
I was all ready to roll my eyes at a new Roland release but these actually look like a lot of fun and at the right price too.
Cant complain for £175 there great and very portable.
These look like a lot of fun! Battery, small, not costly and most important for me Class Compliant!!! Well done Roland - thanks for the demos David and Nick!
J6 looks like and can sound like one of Roland's classic sythersizors the 303 Bassline.
Usually I find these little devices by Roland to be underwhelming but they've actually really thought about this new range. Quite interesting indeed!
The SE-02 and vocoder are pretty good.
@@michelvondenhoff9673 the SE-02 is the not-so secret weapon of the Boutique range. ;)
The insert/ second unit shot at 0:20 was superbly done👌
David has too be the best demo guy out there..he can make anything sound brilliant and make it a must buy…unfortunately 99.9% of buyers don’t have his talent so once bought the gear gathers dust …
Nick's videos are always very cool. Now, David's musicality was really amazing in this video. Very quickly made some simple things sound pretty awesome! Congrats you both!
Just judging from this video these things actually sound fantastic!
The uneven pattern length to create variation is a nice tip 👌
These Roland small boxes are the best thing Roland does. The TR6S and MC101 are my absolute favourite bit of studio gear I've had. Very unsung heroes.
I absolutely love my TR-6S. Small, but fantastic sounding and flexible. I use it in conjunction with my Volca Drum, and they compliment each other quite well!
It's wonderful to see Roland come out with some serious contenders.
My Volcas have got some serious competition.
what is wild ! is that the E-4 records more then 24 second loops! i did a +60 second loop just to see how long it can go for. i even added ad-libs on top of it and it was phenomenal.
Cheers Roland. Like I need another drum machine! But I still want one!
awesome, I'm getting one for my 3 year old
😂
That demo ant the end sounded great, would stuck around for another 5 minuts for that. Great demo.
Outstanding demonstration
David is so dang talented, but he's also possibly the most likable person imaginable. His smile is beyond priceless.
The chord sequencer is a great device. I can see that being a big hit as there isn't really anything like it that i can think of. It's quite niche but ib a good way. Its a pretty good price too. Are they available now, or awaiting chips?
The J 6 looks genuinely different and quite interesting.
Great! 👍 hope they release a sampler next 🙏😽
An absolutely awesome and comprehensive demo of the AIRA's capabilities. I would love to produce Deep House tracks in the near future. Wonderful! Thanks you a whole bunch. :)
They sound really good
Same ol' same ol'. See you at Superbooth!
The last big "age" of music was sampling. Been nothing but recycled ideas since then.
@@6581punk Nah mate. There was physical modelling and thats not come of age yet due to processing power
as usual David does a great job and has some singing chops too :-)
these are cool little boxes to add to my other cool little boxes
I love my tr8, this stuff looks better withouth the green and sounds great imo... Delay n reverb on the tb noise well useful too
I was thinking the same thing! Good sound. Better looking.
These are actually quite nice… Especially the T-8, Roland’s greatest hits in a small box.
Best demo I've seen so far. David Ahlund is number one when it comes to demoing new gear. Hope Roland pay him enough.
I like the look of the J-6 and can see use for it in a live situation, but for use with a DAW in a home studio surely you would do better with something like Scaller at about a quarter of the price, with way more sophistication. Having said that I'm a sucker for hand held harware.
This was nice to see a live presentation with more than one person. BTW I wish Roland would do a remake of the MSQ 100 Digital recorder with all its old functions and Rolands new ideas. These machines are still selling on online auctions.
The outro jam was awesome! I've seen his demos before he's amazing.
Great video all the way through, loved the ending song when the pieces came together.
These look (and sound) great. Khordmaster approved ✔️
The T8 is perfect for my needs. Must have. Great Demo.
David is very talented. Really enjoy these Roland compact devices.
I learnt something about the T-8 here; I didn’t know about pressing and holding the keys (in 303 mode) to edit the pitch. Good tip on applying reverb to only the clap, too. Great little unit!
Enjoying the e-4 so far! Ideas for e-4 firmware upgrade: (1) original value indicator* (2) ability to save patches and scroll through them with the scatter dial [that way you could burn through exactly what sounds you want mega quick - this is a digital product so it should be able to do that] (3) time control for the delay (all it seems to have is a feedback control for the delay, needs a time control)
Just bought a j6 but I am going to get all 3 over next few months. These will be my first ever Rolands I like the look of these love that they can be portable and I can take these little boxes outside make a tune anywhere.
Ive bought all 4 and hooked them all up for some crazy jamming...
I've been waiting for years for some devices like this
Good demo, thank you. J-6 is looking more and more interesting.
Roland packed so much in each one of these boxes and at the price point - amazing. That chord synth/sequencer is going to be a classic.
Also David does a great job at the end again. His demos are always great.
Wow Roland made Volcas a decade after Korg how innovative.
My Volca FM contains a full 3-note poly DX7. The poor demo guy here seemed almost at a loss as to how to promote these. A cut down TB303 with one choice of oscillator and minimal controls and a cobbled together mish mash of roland drums of which I dont think can be swapped out like say a 606 tom for an 808 tom. Useless
and that’s how I feel NI Maschine plus
@@AveMcree
Do you feel Akai has fulfilled the legacy of the MPC lineup with it’s modern iterations? Or do you think it’s become more niche over time with introduction of modern competition and branding?
In fairness that T-8 is more impressive than any Volca, it sounds beautiful!
@@annother3350 lol you can set both saw and square waves.
E-4 is going to make a lot of roots & dub heads really happy
Wow !
David is so talented!!!!
28:49 I cant seem to play chords in real time like that. my j-6 play's one chord on the first bar of every step with no pattern I play in. any ideas what im doing wrong?
0:49 I have I'm listening on 2 studio monitors with a sub and this thing KICKS
That’s how to do a demo. I need none of them, but they look like they have a lot of advantages over big boy gear. Sound is pretty fine.
I’m gonna recreate Cabaret Voltaire style beats on camping trips with these. Can’t wait. This is awesome!
Please post that!!
Great new product video! Unfortunately, like many other new Roland products, we won’t be able to buy them for a year.
That T8 has me interested! A mini acid groovebox on the go.
All I need is an MX-2 Mixer.
At 9:52 "Oh just what we need." 😄I feel the same, very sweet sound, my brain cells just harmonised.😇
That Juno sounds great. Wow.
So is an MX-2 coming? That's all I want to know.
Great Demo
Rebirth RB-338 vibe at the outro jam
Hey Sonicstate (and music gear reviewers/showcasers in general). No more house beats, please. We should already be able to safely take it as read that any drum machine can do dn-dn-dn-dn "4 on the floor" patterns. Instead, test whether drum machines can do swing, whether they have microsteps and important stuff like that. Thanks.
I thought for sure the Aira series was dead. These look like fun little boxes! Roland’s volcas. I’m def getting the J-6. ✌️🎶🎹
Excellent demo 👍👍👍
I like the little step sequencer drum machine.
It only took Roland 40 years to incorporate a 909 kick with a 303 in one box. Well done Roland 😩
I guess you've never heard of the MC-303, just to name one.
@@Flava_Clown if you think the mc303 is a real 303 then god help us all
@@amazingworld8592 I could answer: "if you think the T-8 is a real 303 then god help us all..." but I won't, because 1. I am not a religious person and 2. no one talked about a "real" 303.
You probably mean "analog" when you say "real". The T-8 is not analog nor is any other 303/808/909 clone from Roland.
Sure the technology behind the MC-303 and the T-8 are different, but in the end of the day they are both digital. And none of them is the real deal, but that was hardly the point anyway, since you only talked about a box with a 909 kick and a 303. And the MC-303 fits that description.
@@Flava_Clown wow that was long winded. Peace out ✌️
Great little devices. I will visit the SuperBooth in a couple of days and sure take 1 or 2 of them with me. Kudos to Roland for entering the Volca-Style mini synth market. Sick jam btw 👍
Very impressive, sound excellent.
Very cool demonstration, informative. dig the tune too. The boutiqes never really caught my eye til now.
Oha, Korg will look very stupid!
These Roland boxes are a thousand times more interesting than all Volcas and Electribes combined!
Thank you Roland!
Man you sold me on that voice piece.
Great answer to the Volcas
Brilliant and thankyou
really cool and nice pricing plus inbuilt batteries!
I didn't expect these sort of devices from Roland at all. They all look and sound great fun. I'm not one for the vocoders normally. But at this price point it would be rude not to give one a try. Last time I saw David with the Aira VT, he was doing a naughty impression of Prof, Stephen Hawkins. Obviously that has disappeared from YT.
Very cool video and persentation guys!
Nice 👍. Cool little machines
Love that alluding to an mx-2.... As much as it would pain me (financially), as an owner of 3 mx-1s to hear a 2 is on the way I hate enough about the mx-1s I love enough to have 3 of to have spent what now feels like an eternity knowing the ultimate reiteration is waiting in the wings!
How many bands is the vocoder in the E-4 (8, 16, other … ?!?!)? 🙏🏼
They're the roland equivalent of the volcas. I have the e4 which has really helped singing !
Except these sound good unlike those shitty Volcas. I bought two sent them back the next day. Horrible sounding things...
How does a channel this big get away without marking chapters for the different instruments?
Volka, crying)
no way. im not a huge fan of getting stuck in the roland-verse in terms of synths (like the jd whatever it was) but these are a no brainer. pmt and andertons both have them on 3 month pre order. damn, i would have gone and bought both of these tomorrow!
I'm sure you both are closet Roland MC-09 fans. lol - thanks for the demo... love the music at the end!
Do you also get 808 kick / 909 snare etc. on the T8 or would that be too much to expect? Seems to be a fixed 808/909/606 mashup but there's obviously some stuff under menus.
Nope thats all!
Does the E4 provide phantom power (for use with condenser microphones) or does it only work with dynamic mics? Is it worth selling/trading my Aira VT3 for an E4?
Well if these are coming out then Roland certainly isn't short of BMC chips, as a few implied that was a reason for the Juno-X using (single chip) Zen rather than full ACB..
They are cute.. but I have big boy versions of all of these.. and bit of a shame access to the synth engine parameters are locked off. But props for class compliant USB-c and ACB.
An MX-2 could be nice! :)
the juno x has up to 256 voices of polyphony, and that's why it uses zen core. acb has limited polyphony, and it wouldn't make sense to have a workstation type synth like the juno x that can only do 8 voices. the j6 has has 4 voice polyphony, so it makes sense to use the superior acb technology :-)
@@emilyschmanks that’s 256 partials, it does not equate to 256 voices. Sad state of affairs when a Juno is considered a workstation
@@Wagoo i said 'up to 256 voices'. at one partial per voice, you can have 256 voices. there is a polyphony of 64 to 256, which ACB can't deliver.
@@emilyschmanks 256 voices of garbage.
@ghost mall really? Like you, these are not for me.. but I can see what Roland is going for. I know we've battled about ABM vs ACB on Juno-X videos but calling me a "troll" is rather a low blow, ghost mall!
What about MIDI control? I would like to get some more movement with an external sequencer. I hope it is all there.
Nick has regained his oomf and doof.
They never went away, they were merely sleeping
If the price in Canada isn't silly, the T-8 is going on my wishlist.
I think these are great - I've not felt very excited by the cloud-linked stuff (except for the look of them) but these are very hands on and immediate.
Roland laying it down. Nice.
J-6 with 4 voices... makes sense for Roland.
Nice machines, but I already have an MC-707. I prefer ACB over Zencore, but its main problem persists. It's is only four voices per processor board and engine. Roland should put two boards with eight voices inside or change the design to an updated processor with six voices at least.
Good demonstration with a professional player!
So, All of these devices are hooked up to a mixer or straight into a soundcard?
I believe they were daisy chained. Each has a stereo pass thru input
@@sonicstate How does the keyboard control the manual notes of the devices? is this done through USB?
I would totally buy one of they made an SH 101 version
They have the Roland S-1
Sweet Roland! But analog? No. But at least it's ACB & not ZenCore.
A warmer sound. I'll go for the drum machine!
ACB is fine. They made a lot of effort to get analogue vibe with that architecture. Glad these are ACB.
@@blakecasimir it's a very old argument. One that always seems to result in resale values of ACB instruments falling and resale values of the Analogue instruments rising
@@PorchBass Have you checked the used prices for the Boutiques recently?
@@blakecasimir have you seen the resale on a TR8 or VT1 , TB3?
Ah, but the 'form factor'!
I'm trying to understand all the hate when these completely blow out all of the volcas, which is the main competition here. Sure they could have more features, but for $199 I would not expect much more.
In the Volcas' defense, they are cheaper, and I would honestly use the Volcas together with these mini Aira boxes anyway, but these things aren't for me.
i dunno, volca drum is a pretty unique piece of kit.
@@EnochDark it sounds like the Drumbrute
So my VT-4 is obsolete already? 😆🤖 E-4 looks good, small. T-8 not enough options? I'd stay with slightly larger TR6s! J-6 nice mini keys.
If only the E-4 had a balance knob and presets. I’m gonna stick with the VT4
Good job Tommy from Power!!!
David!!! YES! YES… YES