Digital Recorders

Have Roland finally outgunned Akai's renowned MPC series in the battle for the hip-hop market?

As Boss introduce their tiniest ever portable studio, we discover just how much can be packed into such a small box...

Can you help me understand the effects routing on my Roland VS2400CD and how to 'print' an effect to a track?

A collection of imperative tips for harnessing the power of Roland's monster multitracker.

Get the most from Roland's flagship recording workstation with this indispensible collection of power user tips.

This recording workstation is the most affordable and portable of the VS series, but it still lets you record, mix, and master all in the one box.

Roland offer a downsized version of their flagship VS2480, providing all of the most important facilities at a much lower price point.

Some users of the Roland VS2480 discovered that their unit's inputs suffered from significant harmonic distortion for signals above -6dBFS...

Roland have enhanced the VGA monitor graphical interface of their flagship 24-track recording workstation to make it easier to use, and have also thrown in a few extra features for good measure.

Handy tricks and tips for getting the best out of Roland's VS880 and VS1680 workstations.

Roland's eagerly awaited new flagship VS workstation builds on the success of the VS1680 and VS1880, offering a massive range of features including 24-track, 24-bit and 96kHz recording, a 64-channel digital mixer, up to eight stereo effects processors, 24-voice phrase sampling, and an enhanced graphical output for a VGA monitor.

Hot on the heels of Fostex's DMT8 Roland's new VS880 offers another take on the affordable digital multitracker concept. But as Paul White discovers, beneath the apparent similarities lie significant differences...