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A Teacher’s Guide to Live Streaming Your Classes

The need for streaming courses to students online has never been greater. This guide is aimed to help teachers and lecturers navigate the often difficult and technical transition of delivering your normal face-to-face lessons as live streaming courses for your students. We will discuss the following: Do I need a video streaming solution? A typical streaming setup ‘How to’ stream to Facebook, YouTube & Zoom What’s the best streaming

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Learning Piano for Bedroom Producers

Learning to produce your own music can be one of the most fulfilling things you can do as an artist. There’s no better way to

News & Views

Interview With Kirin J Callinan

Contributed by Greg Phillips for the Roland Australia Blog Formerly a guitarist with independent Australian acts Mercy Arms and Jack Ladder, Kirin J Callinan has more

Product Guides

I Heart Guitar: Comparing The BOSS Phaser Family

Contributed by I Heart Guitar BOSS released its first 3 compact foot pedals in 1977. These were the OD-1 OverDrive, the SP-1 Spectrum (a parametric

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Expanding the Possibilities with your SPD-SX

Expand the possibilities of the Roland SPD-SX More? How is this possible? We all agree that the SPD-SX is an amazing instrument. The ability to trigger virtually any

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Aeolian Mode for Guitarists

Background Most guitar players have used the Aeolian mode – probably without even knowing it. However, understanding how the mode works, and knowing when to

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Dorian Mode for Guitarists

Background I could go into details about the difference between the medieval, modern and Greek Dorian modes, but that would require a history lesson and

Product Guides

Hybrid Drums – FAQ

A Hybrid Drumset combines acoustic and electronic elements, giving you access to the best of both worlds.

Product Guides

Roland Cube Street – the Perfect Portable Guitar Amp

Paul White describes the various uses he’d found for his mains/battery Roland Cube Street. An oil tanker can take over six miles to make a

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BOSS Talk: The Definitive Beginner’s Guide To Looping

Contributed by Christian Moraga for the Roland Australia Blog Live looping has quickly become a technique that has taken the art of live performance to

Product Guides

Roland AIRA TR-8 Review by Audio Technology Magazine

The TR-8 has finally dropped, and its sound doesn’t disappoint. But does it have the same feel as the original? Contributed by Audio Technology Magazine I

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5 JUNO-Gi Features for Multi-Instrumentalists

The Working Musician’s Auxiliary Keyboard Being a multi-instrumentalist in a band is like being the quarterback and the kicker of a football team. If one doesn’t

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Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Crazy Train’ Guitar Tone Dissected

Crazy Train was the first single released from the 1980 Ozzy Osbourne debut solo album Blizzard of Ozz. The classically trained axe-slinger that blazed through

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Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part II’ Guitar Tone Dissected

If you Google a very specific search term like ‘Another Brick in the Wall Part II guitar tone’ you still get more than 16 million

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Using the Roland SPD-SX Sampling Pad Live – Ryan Jenkinson

Wouldn’t it be great if drummers could get advice from professional drummers. Don’t get too excited – we’re not about to give out phone numbers

News & Views

Alt-J: Drummer Thom Green backstage with the TD-4KP

Mercury Prize award winning band Alt-J have had a busy few years. As well as penning award winning albums, they’ve toured relentlessly. As a drummer

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Using the Roland Kit Chain and Set List Functions

Contributed by Roland UK Team We explore the kit chain and SET LIST functions on Roland V-Drums and percussion products. Here’s what it does and

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BOSS GP-10: A Guitar Tech, Roadie, Studio & Rack in a Box

The BOSS GP-10 Guitar Processor puts a universe of amazing tones and tunings at your command all in one compact processor that’s affordable and easy

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Lydian Mode for Guitarists

Background It is generally accepted that the musical modes can be traced back to different tribes in ancient Greek society, which dates their origins to the

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Roland Upgrades V-Accordion FR-8x Models

Roland is pleased to announce a significant ‘Version 2’ system update for their flagship FR-8X V-Accordion.