New Roland E-X50 Arranger Keyboard - Overview with Ed Diaz

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Ed Diaz from Roland shares an overview of the E-X50 Arranger Keyboard.

The Roland E-X50 puts musical inspiration and entertainment at the center of your world, with stylish design, professional Roland sounds, and an integrated speaker system. Immerse yourself in rich, responsive acoustic piano sounds, or liven things up with a full-band sound and automatic accompaniment. A mic input with effects lets you sing along through the built-in speakers, while onboard Bluetooth audio allows you to play along with favorite tunes streamed from your mobile device.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Roland E-X50 arranger keyboard bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new arranger workstation, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable Sales Advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Roland Jupiter-X - Live Event for Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz and Scott Berry From Roland Share a livestream with Kraft Music to showcase the Roland Jupiter-X.

Roland Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm synthesizers mark the pinnacle of Roland sound and playability, combining classic design and premium build quality with a powerful synth engine. Faithfully recreating legendary synths from Roland's long history of genre-defining sounds, the 61-key Jupiter-X and 37-slim-key Jupiter-Xm offer multiple layers, loads of polyphony, and deep hands-on control for crafting huge, spacious sounds. As part of an expandable platform, the Jupiters can be updated with fresh content and share sounds and content with one another.

Get more for your money with exclusive Roland Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm synthesizer bundles from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new synth, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable sales advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Roland Jupiter-X - Live Event for Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz and Scott Berry from Roland joins us for a live Facebook event showcasing some features on the Roland Jupiter-X synthesizer.

Roland Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm synthesizers mark the pinnacle of Roland sound and playability, combining classic design and premium build quality with a powerful synth engine. Faithfully recreating legendary synths from Roland's long history of genre-defining sounds, the 61-key Jupiter-X and 37-slim-key Jupiter-Xm offer multiple layers, loads of polyphony, and deep hands-on control for crafting huge, spacious sounds. As part of an expandable platform, the Jupiters can be updated with fresh content and share sounds and content with one another.

Get more for your money with exclusive Roland Jupiter-X and Jupiter-Xm synthesizer bundles from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new synth, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable sales advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!

Roland Fantom - Tips and Tricks - Exporting Songs

Published on Jun 6, 2020 Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz shares a quick tutorial on how to export songs from the Roland Fantom.

Want to learn more about the Fantom? Check out our Advanced Tutorials... [Kraft Music Roland Fantom posts]
The Roland Fantom is a versatile workstation with a lot of features to offer. Kraft Music and Scott Tibbs provides you an advanced tutorial on many of it's capabilities. Check it out!"

Roland Fantom - Tips and Tricks - Using TR-REC

Published on Jun 5, 2020 Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz shares a quick tutorial on how to use the TR-REC feature on the Roland Fantom.

Want to learn more about the Fantom? Check out our Advanced Tutorials... [Kraft Music Roland Fantom posts]

The Roland Fantom is a versatile workstation with a lot of features to offer. Kraft Music and Scott Tibbs provides you an advanced tutorial on many of it's capabilities. Check it out!

Roland Fantom is made for rapid production and expressive performance, with fluid composition tools, instantly recallable creative environments, and deep computer integration. Its flexible and expandable sound engine offers inspiring and authentic electronic, acoustic, and hybrid sounds, while connectivity includes CV/Gate outputs, audio interface capability, and more. With immersive keyboard actions, immediate hands-on control, and multiple sequencing methods, Fantom is a complete musical composition platform.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Roland Fantom workstation keyboard bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new synthesizer, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable sales advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Roland Fantom - Tips and Tricks - Recording Drums

Published on Jun 4, 2020 Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz shares a quick tutorial on how to record drum tracks on the Roland Fantom.

Want to learn more about the Fantom? Check out our Advanced Tutorials... [see here]

The Roland Fantom is a versatile workstation with a lot of features to offer. Kraft Music and Scott Tibbs provides you an advanced tutorial on many of it's capabilities. Check it out!

Roland Fantom is made for rapid production and expressive performance, with fluid composition tools, instantly recallable creative environments, and deep computer integration. Its flexible and expandable"

Ed Diaz Synth Talk ep. 2 w/ the Jupiter-X

Published on Mar 17, 2020 Ed Diaz

"In this episode we will talk about and play through the Roland Jupiter-X."

Roland EA-7 Arranger Keyboard - Quick Jam with Ed Diaz

Published on Sep 29, 2019 Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz Jams with an EA-7 Arranger Keyboard Kraft Music.

The Roland E-A7 expandable arranger keyboard provides musicians with tones and styles from all over the world. It features a powerful arranger engine with direct control buttons and one-touch performance options. Its logical dual-screen layout is fast and easy to use. WAV import and onboard sampling offer even more versatility. Other features include built-in speakers and a mic input with dedicated vocal effects.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Roland E-A7 arranger workstation bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new keyboard - at home, on the road, or in the studio. If you have any questions, please give us a call. Our knowledgeable Sales Advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Roland RD 2000 - Quick Jam with Mainstage

Published on Sep 28, 2019 Kraft Music

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Ed Diaz Jams with an RD-2000 Stage Piano and Mainstage at Kraft Music.

The Roland RD-2000 stage piano is a dream come true for the performing keyboardist, delivering unmatched performance on stage and in the studio. A dedicated acoustic piano sound engine along with a second independent engine for electric pianos and other instruments provide a wealth of top-quality sounds. The RD-2000's PHA-50 hammer-action keyboard uses a hybrid wood and molded construction for premium touch and lasting durability, while knobs, sliders, a pitch/mod lever, and wheel controllers offer real-time control of sounds and effects. In addition, the RD-2000 features eight fully-assignable zones and two wave expansion slots for loading additional sounds from Roland's Axial website.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Roland RD-2000 stage piano bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new piano - at home, on stage, or in the studio. If you have any questions, please give us a call. Our knowledgeable Sales Advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

Roland Fantom Synthesizer At Knobcon 2019

Published on Sep 14, 2019 Synthtopia

"At Knobcon 2019, Roland introduced a new Fantom line, three new flagship synth workstations.

The Fantom offers a deep synth engine, sequencing, beatmaking tools, a big touchscreen display, lots of MIDI and CV connectivity options and more.

We talked with Roland synth guru Ed Diaz, who gave us an overview and demo of what the Fantom can do."

Knobcon 2019: Roland Fantom Demo

Published on Sep 11, 2019 sonicstate

"With three new versions of the popular Fantom keyboard Roland were on hand to show off some of the new features. A new program structure means that all setups are now stored in scenes, there's no other unit of memory storage - each scene stores the whole lot.

The three different versions of the Fantom give a range of different keybeds and keyboard sizes. Ed Diaz was at Knobcon this year to show off the Fantom."

MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2016 Pics

Update: Booth list added below.  30 booths in one day!  It's become tradition for me to come on Saturday only.  The site is just too busy leading up to then.  Be sure to see the last image in the set  It's the NAMM Booth promo for the first showing of the original Minimoog Model D.  The Bob Moog Foundation was giving out buttons of the flyer which you can see in the second to last image.  You never know what will be your last pic at NAMM.  I am glad it was this one.  It's more than fitting considering the Minimoog was the birth of modern day synthesizers.  Apologies for not calling this out earlier.  It was one of those should I not say anything and let people pause at that image and discover what it meant on their own, or should I call it out.  I guess I did both.  :)

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So first of all, apologies for the super tall pic to start! For some reason Flickr's slideshow is not resizing it, and a few others, to fit the desired frame size. Mouse over the image and use the controls that come up to move through the slide show. Once you get past the first image, the majority of the rest should fit fine. For what it's worth, the super tall pic to start does give you a feel of what it's like to walk up to the entrance of NAMM. If you prefer you can check out the set on Flickr here. Feel free to grab any pics for your wallpaper but if you'd like to use them professionally (not that any are that good :), please contact me by clicking on the small email icon on the bottom right of the site. This year I took a total of 328 pics.

All that said, enjoy the set! The pics speak for themselves. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them in the comments.

NAMM was great this year. Lots of familiar faces and lots of new. Modular has grown exponentially. It was on the main floor this year rather than what we like to call the dungeon. As for new synths, the DSI Oberheim OB-6 stole the show. The minilogue looked and sounded great and the KORG Volca FM was a very nice surprise. Roland's booth was great; nice dim lighting to let the blinky synth lights shine, as well as giving you a more intimate experience with their synths. There was also a cool wall sized timeline of Roland synths. Malekko's Roland System 500 synths were in show and I actually was able to help with one that had its envelope switched to loop mode. Moog's Island of Electronicus was an incredible space. The pics don't do it justice. It was literally like an oasis in NAMM. Things get pretty hectic and can feel overwhelming at times. Moog's booth just made you smile and relax. Thank you Moog!

PS, there are a couple of non-synth shots in the set that might make you smile. I took them to show my wife what I was looking at. :)

Including this post, 253 NAMM2016 posts have gone up and more are sure to follow.

Update: The booth list in order of appearance in both the set and in me walking through NAMM.  The pics in the set are in the order taken.

1.   Entrance to NAMM
2.   Dave Smith Instruments
3.   Moog Music
4.   Schneiders Buero Booth featuring Doepfer, MFB, Birdkids, AJH Synth, Endorphines, soundmachines, and Haken Audio
5.   Pittsburgh Modular
6.   Modal Electronics
7.   Make Noise
8.   Moon Modular
9. WMD (4ms, Verbos & Koma pics came prior to Moon Modular as they were across from each other. The WMD modular area was huge): 4ms Pedals, Abstract Data, Audio Damage, BaSTLE, Delptronics, Elite Cases, Rossum Electronics, Expert Sleepers, Foxtone Music/ Black Market Modular, Koma Elektronik, Hexinverter, Macro Machines, Mordax Systems, Noise Engineering, Qu-Bit Electronix, Soulsby, Steady State Fate (SSF), STG Soundlabs / Detachement 3 [check out the Crowbox black SEM eurorack module!], TipTopAudio, Toppobrillo, Verbos Electronics.
10. Studio Electronics, Mode Machines, and D-Tronics (check out the massive DT7 dedicated programmer for the DX7 similar to the old Jellinghaus)
11. Roger Linn's Linnstrument
12. Tom Oberheim
13. Elektron
14. Malekko - complete with Roland banner to promote their new System 500. Check out the glowing case! You can control the color with CV control.
15. Big City Music - Analogue Systems, Critter & Guitari, Cwejman, Dewanatron, Dirty Boy Pedals, Effectrode Tube Effects, EMC, Eowave, Jomox, Livewire, Mellotron, MWFX Pedals, Sherman
16. Schmidt in the Big City Music booth.
17. Radikal Technologies
18. Waldorf
19. Arturia
20. intelligel
21. Social Entropy and Abstrakt Instrument
22. Expressive E
23. John Bowen Synth Design - check out the custom Sonic Six with Sequential Model 700 Programmer & modded Model 800 Sequencer.
24. Roland (the guy with the hat on the right is the drummer for Train - I was taking pics of the timeline and they were standing there. I asked them if they wanted to be in the pic and they said sure! :) Apologies to Ed Diaz! I took his pic right when he saw me. Trust me he was full of smiles after that pic. I was flattered to find out he knew about the site! :)
25. Yamaha
26. Novation
27. KORG
28. Tangible Instruments showing their Arpeggio
29. Industrial Music Electronics (formerly Harvestman) and Sputnik Modular Synthesizers.
30. The Bob Moog Foundation

30 booths in one day!

Roland JX-03 Sound Examples

Published on Oct 21, 2015 Ed Diaz

"Hello everyone, in this video I wanted to give you some sound examples of the JX-03. There were even more examples but the video would have been over 30 minutes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these examples and that you go out and get these pieces of synth candy.

Take care,
-Ed."

Roland Boutique synths on eBay
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Roland JU-06 Sound Examples

Published on Oct 20, 2015 Ed Diaz

"Hello everyone, in this video I wanted to give you some sound examples of the JU-06. There were even more examples but the video would have been over 30 minutes. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these examples and that you go out and get these pieces of synth candy."

http://www.rolandus.com/promos/roland_boutique/

Roland Boutique Synths unboxing JX-03 JU-06 JP-08

Published on Oct 1, 2015 Ed Diaz

"Hi everyone,
In this video I want to share the experience of opening the Roland Boutique Synths for the very first time. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did. I'm a little goofy in the vid, but that was my honest reaction."

http://www.rolandus.com/promos/roland_boutique/

How to sync Roland JD-XA to Roland MX-1

Published on Aug 26, 2015 Ed Diaz

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Roland MX-1s on eBay

"In this video I wanted to show you how easy it is to sync the Roland JD-XA to Roland MX-1. Just following the video and have fun making some great music.

Take care,
-Ed."

How to sync Roland MX-1 to Roland JD-Xi

Published on Aug 25, 2015 Ed Diaz

"In this video I wanted to demonstrate how to setup and use the MX-1 to sync up to a JD-Xi. This is possible if you have version 1.03 OS installed in the MX-1. If you need to update your Roland MX-1 just click on the link below. I hope you have fun with this!

Take care,
-Ed.

http://www.rolandus.com/support/by_pr..."

Roland JD-Xi - How to record a pattern sequence with special guest DJ Hush

Published on Jun 21, 2015 Ed Diaz

"Hello everybody, here's a video that I shot with my nephew, DJ Hush, while he was staying with me. As you can you see, DJ Hush was a very good listener and was able to easily record a pattern sequence."

Roland JD-Xi Webinar

Streamed live on Mar 14, 2015 Ed Diaz

"In this first webinar, I wanted to take a more in-depth look at the JD-Xi. In future webinars we will cover other synths such as the FA-06/08, GAIA SH-01, FANTOM-G, FANTOM-X, and V-SYNTH GT. Please check it out and hopefully we not only learn a lot, but let's also have fun. Thanks for your support. -Ed."

Roland JD-Xi 4 Part Feature Demos

Published on Feb 4, 2015 Synthbug

"Roland's Ed Diaz demos the JD-Xi. The JD-Xi consists of 4 parts, SuperNATURAL synthesizer, Vocoder, PCM Drums and an Analog Monophic Synthesizer. Other bonuses include a TR-707 style sequencer, multi-effects and more goodies for editing under the hood. This demo was recorded straight into my recorder 48k 24bit stereo. There is some distortion here and there in the video due to moments of loudness. (not many though)"

Playlist:
Roland JD-Xi Demo Part 1 of 4 - SuperNATURAL 2015 - for Synthbug
Roland JD-Xi Demo Part 2 of 4 - Vocoder NAMM 2015 - for Synthbug
Roland JD-Xi Demo Part 3 of 4 - Drums and Analog Synth NAMM 2015 - for Synthbug
Roland JD-Xi Demo Part 4 of 4 - Sequencer NAMM 2015 - for Synthbug