Roland SBX1 Sync Box (USB, MIDI, DIN, CV, Gate)

SBX-1: SYNC BOXis coming- they had one under the table at the Musikmesse but here is the final Aira-Addition to System 1, TR8, VT and TB3… it has 3 MIDI Ports for the obvious tasks and another 3 for DIN Sync and you can assign those 2 DIN Out Ports to clock with 24 or 48 clicks so you can use Korg and Roland DIN machines in nice sync and there is CV and Gate for analog connection as well. – so this is the first real „analog“ interfacing device…

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Roland Aira Updates… more control / added details

AIRA | Roland updates all 4 Aira devices – there are – double memory VT3 (6 instead of 3) all pitches can be MIDI controlled via MIDI in VT3 – same of other Airas since they all weren’t responsive to MIDI recording (they could only be played via MIDI). quality and sensitivity optimization for VT3 recognition / processing and responds to MIDI CCs – Audio Level via USB controllable _ TB3 gets library function for dumping via USB and back assign sound to pattern – not just pattern OR sound. easier…

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Roland Aira in a black suit

Ulrich Bielefeld (the man behind Oscillation-Rhythm) sent these pics my way – just for those who’d like to know – how do they look like when you paint those green framing black – So sieht es aus, wenn man die grünen Rahmen schwarz einfärbt. Danke an Ulrich für die Bilder und den Selbstversuch. Diskutiert wurde dies und mehr  auf über 136 Seiten im Forum: Roland Aira TR-8 und Roland AIRA – TR8 – TB3 – System 1 Original look: (my shots from the Musikmesse 2014) __ Added to SynthDB / UPDATE: Dave Smith…

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Roland TR8 and TB3 – the best videos

additional to this I found the 3 best videos for those who really want to know how to handle the TR8 & TB3 and what is really in especially for real performance and usability. there are masses of videos up, but only 2-3 good ones, and these come from this guy – Paul Crossman. TB3 best explained Roland AIRA TB-3: First LookDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen TR8 best explained Roland AIRA TR-8: First LookDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen you got 11 individual outputs  via USB on the Computer.. Using Multiple Outputs…

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Roland Aira – Post NAMM 2.nd-4th Teaser for new SH101/TR808/TB303 -> TB3, System 1, TR8

UPDATE – it will be presented on Musikmesse but also in Feb. – and they put out some more till then – they seem to be more into the promotion of stuff – they did not show the AIRA series at NAMM but have another teaser for the world and I also just post it and send you to the longish forum posts (page 35) .. 4th Update: it’s called ACB – Analog Circuit Bahavior – Korg’s buzz word is quite similar (component modeling…) it means – they analyzed it…

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