THREE NEW MACHINES MAKE UP THE LAUNCH OF ROLAND'S NEW AIRA COMPACT SERIES.

AIRA Compact puts the legendary creative magic of Roland in the palm of your hand. Print, perform, and develop ideas anywhere with sounds that define the genre. Chain the three AIRA Compact instruments to expand your sound palette or connect them with MIDI equipment, computers, and music applications to expand your existing setup. Fun, affordable, and easy to learn, AIRA Compact provides great musical power to creators on the move.

Jam instantly.

AIRA Compact invites you to make music the instant you turn it on, with user-friendly controls, inspiring sounds, and many creative tools with which you can quickly turn simple ideas into improvised masterpieces. No matter how or where you make music, the AIRA Compact instruments are there for you. Keep one in your pocket or backpack and make music on the go. Mix and match them to play on the street, at club gigs, and in live streams. Or use them as high-quality sound generators and input devices for large-scale performances and computer music production.

Recognized Sonic DNA

Powered by the advanced analog circuit technology (ACB) found in top-tier ROLAND instruments, AIRA Compact offers the real sounds behind decades of successful music. Create with the authentic voices of Roland icons, such as TR rhythms, TB basses, JUNO synths, VT effects, and more. AIRA Compact provides extensive I/O to interact with everything in your musical world. Sync multiple AIRA Compact instruments from a single unit, connect with stereo audio and MIDI devices, and work with computers and music applications via USB-C. Aira Compact achieves the perfect balance between portability and power. Each model is small enough to fit in a pocket and features a touch panel to drive your creative flow. Built-in lithium-ion batteries provide hours of continuous fun on a single charge. And with Roland's famous build quality, your AIRA Compact is ready for years of musical exploration. The series is composed of three machines that we will introduce below:

T-8 BEAT MACHINE:

Create catchy tracks in seconds with the T-8 Beat Machine, a miniature rhythm factory loaded with the legendary Roland TR drum kit and the inimitable TB-303 bass. Create acid jams on the fly or trap bangers with the intuitive 16-step sequencer. Shape your sounds with the built-in controls and change rhythms with practical tools that stimulate ideas and bring the fun back to the beat. Loaded with comprehensive I/O, the T-8 is ready to be the rhythmic centerpiece of any electronic music setup. It connects and syncs with other AIRA Compacts such as the J-6 Chord Synthesizer and the E-4 Voice Tweaker. Interact with any DAW, mobile music apps, and hardware instruments via USB-C or MIDI.

SEVEN TRACKS OF INSPIRATION.

The T-8 features six drum tracks and one bass track combined with a user-friendly interface for quick recording and practical adjustments. Capture and fire 64 patterns with up to 32 steps each, and with its dedicated potentiometers and buttons you can shape and control your sounds in different ways. Backed by the TR-REC step sequencer, loved by beat makers since the 1980s, the T-8 simplifies idea development without stopping the action. Real-time recording, sub-steps, and tempo expand the programming power at your fingertips even further. And with deep features like step loop, pattern change, and probability, it is easy to deliver dynamic performances with constantly evolving rhythms.

The T-8 offers an authentic TB-303 bass experience, including the tactile power to tighten, silence, and tear apart sounds on the fly. Record notes with the traditional step-based input, or play parts live with the bottom row buttons or an external MIDI keyboard. Create space and atmosphere with the T-8's high-quality effects. Change the basses with a little overdrive and keep the rhythms pumping with side-chain compression. And with its Delay and Reverb effects, you can add all kinds of spatial colors to the rhythms while you play.

J-6 CHORD SYNTHESIZER

The J-6 chord synthesizer is an endless well of musical inspiration that combines a powerful chord sequencer with the splendid tones of the renowned JUNO-60 synthesizer, with which you can generate moving song ideas in seconds and experiment with styles and variations to get dance lines and rhythmic patterns from its chords. Add lush effects to modulate your sound and expand your possibilities by interacting with other AIRA Compacts, MIDI hardware, and music production software.

THE CHORD HEAVEN

With 100 chord sets covering a wide range of genres, you will always find new fuel for songs and jams with the J-6. You don't need to know chords or theory to make great music: simply call up a set and compose chord progressions on the fly by just pressing a button on the keyboard. Generate ideas for new melodies, create accompaniments for live performances, or send chord information to other MIDI equipment. Loaded with comprehensive I/O, the T-8 is ready to be the rhythmic centerpiece of any electronic music setup. Connect and sync with other AIRA Compacts such as the J-6 Chord Synthesizer and the E-4 Voice Tweaker. Or interact with computer DAWs, mobile music apps, and hardware instruments via USB-C or MIDI. Once you have a chord progression in mind, tie it together with the J-6 chord sequencer. There are 64 patterns with up to 64 steps each, and you can quickly enter chords, style variations, individual notes, and tempo changes on each step to shape your masterpieces.  

E-4 VOICE TWEAKER

The E-4 Voice Tweaker is a shockingly jammable box of fun that harmonizes, auto-tunes, vocodes, creates loops, and glitches your voice or anything else you feed it. Move the practical controls to manipulate the sound and connect AIRA Compacts and other electronic instruments for perfect synchronization. The E-4 combines powerful voice transformation tools and standard vocal effects with a touch interface designed for playing. This sleek machine puts a hidden treasure of high-quality processing in a portable device that is infinitely enjoyable and surprisingly affordable.

PERFORM WITH SOUND.

Working on the attractive E-4 panel, you can go from traditional vocal enhancements to powerful rhythms and surprising soundscapes, all in a single performance. Select different sonic shapers, activate the looper controls, run through the Scatter effects, and modify the tone, formant, and more with its unique workflow.   Now you know the new machines with which Roland Aira presents this new series that promises to make a lot of noise. You can already order them on our website at a launch price of €209 each and they will be available starting this very week. Visit the ROLAND section in our online store and discover more about the T-8, the J-6, and the E-4, from the new Aira Compact series. And don't forget to check out the presentation of the VOLT interfaces, by Universal Audio, that we published on our YouTube channel.

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