Interestingly, Tennage Engineering will be offering a special silicone case which fits any of these devices for a reasonable $1799.00

The effect of showing the note and pattern of whatever cord or arpeggio you were playing in real time with the yellow lines coming out of the back of the J6 was so friggin cool! Your videos just keep getting better and better and better!

As someone who always ends up with the same chord progressions because I am a simple man, the J-6 completely resonates with me. Absolutely getting my hands on one. Thanks for the outstanding review, as always!

man that j-6 is starting to look more and more like an absolute arpeggio monster

Impressed to note that Roland have written out all the chords in the manual for the J-6, so you can copy them into eg. Scaler! Big love always for the vids, man 🙏

It's like Roland finally caught up with the QY series we did in the 90s :-)

The J-6 is just what I've been looking for - so easy to get ideas down. What an inspiration machine! Shout out to Roland, loving these little beasts.

The T-8 is basically a hardware version of ReBirth. Nice!

T8 totally reminds me of Propellerheads Rebirth

Great to see these mini-synths coming out. When combined with the upcoming Behringer range it will be a fun way for folks to enter and fall down the synth rabbit hole

Dude I love your channel. Thank you for being so thorough in your reviews. There are many synths out there that can be pretty complex to grasp so I really appreciate your reviews.

The J6 looks so interesting even for music theory learning purposes!

Everything you need, nothing you don't, with the real kicker of them having pretty much every feature that the majority of the competition's gear lacks or could use to enhance and make both better, not just trying to do the exact thing in a Roland box. These are hopefully only the first step in Roland's re-emergence to the front of the pack, cause it's been a while since they have been the kings that were with the Juno, etc. Awesome times for sure. Welcome to the future of now, keep that groove rollin' into the infinite horizon of time, and space... Now, Let's Jam.. ✌️💕

Two videos in one day, what a treat! All products I'm very interested in too!

This is a nice move by Roland .... great to see a third contender on the mini-market! Thanks a lot for this great demo🎀

Oh man, that J-6 would be great to just chuck in the backpack for noodles

Props to Loopop for finding a line-level input on the E4. That's major as it can now be used as a great little portable FX box. Imagine adding harmony, looper, reverb/delay, and scatter to a small monosynth, drum machine, or in a mixer send/return. I use TRRS adapters all the time to use old ipads and iphone as cheap multi-effects units.

Sold on all 3. Man this is cool. I feel like I have plenty of gear that will do similar but the idea of them saving so much space has me sold. Functionality too of course. Good video. Thanks man. Awesome, totally Awesome!

Roland Volca's are here! Thanks for showing these to put some fire under our G.A.S. ;-)

I either have something similar or I’m waiting on a comparable product. That e-4 thought has caught my eye.

FINALLY a unit with built-in rechargeable battery! Jesus christ, I thought we'd never see it.

Great stuff i love all the new acid bits that have been coming out of late.... people will never stop making acid music... Whatever u think about Roland, behringer etc this is all good for the music

Looking forward to seeing these on Bad Gear :)

Always great to have good sounding low cost entry level devices like this for folks getting into the hobby, but with maybe 60% of the features, of a proper unit, nearly everyone will outgrow these quickly if they want to do something more advanced. Nice to see USB-C though!

Never been a better time to get into music so much gear when I got my first electribe around 2000 It seemed like the best buy at close to 400 if I remember correctly

Great to see a video that doesn't give me gas for a change!

The amazing sub menus of Roland and there calculator displays. Still love em forever though.

Thanks for the review. Just bought the J-6. “A chord midi pack” in your pocket. That was the missing piece in my setup. With less than stellar music theory knowledge but long time guitar playing, this is ideal to generate ideas. Hook up the JU-6a and get the full parameters and knobs for a fuller sound design experience. Add a beatstep pro and sequence drums on laptop/ableton/vst or MPC. Really cool add-on to a static studio setup or on the fly just by itself or a laptop. We’ll done Roland and good price.

i'd have loved more sound design features in the j-6, i love when gear comes in a small form factor like the volcas.

I recently got the E4 and your video was a much more and understandable way to learn its nuances. All three sections did great job of pointing out the features of the compact series.

Thanks (as always) for the excellent review. It never ceases to amaze me how you are able to make a deep dive and provide a review of the different menu options, including "hidden" options. The T-8 is quite a bargain for what it provides. I hope Roland or a 3rd party will provide a software editor. The E-4 also looks to be an excellent processor for the money. I have never understood the appeal of the Juno 106 and so don't understand the need for the J-6. But it is cheap.

Thanks for the great review and showing the potential of these little guys ! Im picking up a T-8 tomorrow .

Honestly, if the T-8 had a couple dozen different kits, I'd be completely sold on it, as the MC-101 is just too expensive for what it is. All of these seem cool but are too limited in my eyes. I feel like the sub-$200 market is going to pick up very soon, and these will become outdated in no time.

Couldn't figure out how to ratchet but I got the hang of it quickly once you showed me. Thank you!

Great video on these machines...this video covers the essentials of the products and a clear view of their functions...💯👍

Just preordered an e-4 it’s exactly what I was looking for and it’s a great value for what you get.

Roland T-8 reminds me a lot of the monotribe. It looks more oriented towards drums, whereas the monotribe is more of an acid bass synth that happens to have drum samples. But it's definitely on my wish list

The E-4 seems like something new, I like it!

The E4 seems like an amazing synth pedal for 200€. Octaver, pitch shifter, scale quantizer, harmonizer and so much more. The looper / scatter function seems dope as well : this might've sold it to me.

T-8 looks like fun but the big issue I have compared to the entry level elektron grooveboxes is that saving patterns doesn't save sound design or tempo info. Makes it a challenge to really build songs/sets...

The amout of things people expect these little synths to do just amazes me. The comments are what I mean does it do this does it do that. People's expectations these day are ridiculous.

Bro u r born to make tutorials, u never disappoint, never miss a feature, never leave questions unanswered, thanx for being.. u!

I love all these little synths...they are a GREAT and inexpensive way to add new sounds to my mpc1 😄

prices are insanely good blew my mind just on the quality in sound alone.

I really like the T-8! Nice little drum machine to play with on the go

Can't believe I'm hearing the weird, breathy sound of Variphrase again in a new product. Absolutely on board.

Best review of these units on the interwebs... thanks! Definitely interested in the T8 and E4, thinking with Microfreak, but not sure I could afford it so might be stuck with the J6.

Thank you for the effort you put in to this video !! Have a great day my friend!

Finally, all acid in one package :)

46:28 ! I love the singing! 😃 Amazing review as always! Thank you so much for all you do! 💙

Idk if I’m the only one. They all seem like very good placement for entry based synths, but that vocoder seems like an awesome live performance tool in the box. Maybe I’m overhyped but it seems like the bomb. Sheesh, the looper besides the effects makes it a good unit, and it has usb-c connectivity. I’d probably like this more than the new Juno 😁

The musical equivalent of a Happy Meal

The e-4 really speaks to me. LOVE that it has a midi/ clock syncd looper.

your reviews are fantastic as always

They sound very, very nice. I imagine travelling with either of the synths would be fun.

definitely one of the better things roland has done in the last year

Thanks loopop, great review. Finally liked and subscribed. Love and best wishes from England, keep up the good work.

Like the size, and hidden functionality. I'm surprised by how much they've packed into the juno synth and T8. Although Roland have come late to the mini-market, as it were, they've made some nice pieces for useable workflows; you can never have enough boxes of fun to get your groove on. Thank you for such a thorough review🌅

Personally not a huge Roland fan, but this is very cool and gives another option for newbies than the volcas I started out with.

ngl, the J6 caught my attention. Seems like a fun little inspiration machine, especially with that battery. Waiting for a used unit closer to 150 though probably

your channel is amazing bro, thanks for the work you do!

Is there any reason the J-6 wouldn't make an absolutely epic sequencer for a Microfreak? The J-6 has limited sounds but a monster sequencer, the Microfreak has a limited sequencer but a vast set of sound design tools, seems like a match made in heaven.

Hard to believe but Roland actually managed to make a step backwards in time with their displays.

The vocal effects might be just what I need for my live setup. My singer already has a TC Electronic Voicelive, but I just need something simple for my vocals, and my EHX vocoder died a couple years back. Cool beans.

Wow this video is just amazing! Thanks a lot for such a huge amount of work!

24:30 Yup, SOLD! Excited to see if they add more in Firmware updates (more 909 pls!). Picking up mine today from Sweetwater.

Picking up the T-8 for sure. Excellent video

For the price that e4 sure is tempting. Salivating at the possibilities running it through modular

Tweezers included.

I wasnt really feeling the T-8 bass sound untill that drive was pushed, sounds really nice.

Nice video! Finally Roland released something low cost! I might buy one!

@loopop Thanks again for this insanely comprehensive review. Went for the J6. One question though: Have you found a way to control the synth parameters (filter, env etc) via midi? Couldn't find anything in the manual. That would be a shame. Anyway, keep up the great work, you're definitely my number one source for hardware reviews. All the best!

I was checking out this video for the J-6 but I like the E-4 more. Great demonstration!

Well... These are the right toys for my lil baby Chris... Thanks Roland.

On the T-8. Don't forget "tuning" of the hats, aswell as decay and colour of clap or tom in the menu. Whatever parts lights up per menu-item can be impacted by it. If you crank the regular gain on selected parts in the menu it makes for a stonehard overdrive if want to vary the type of distortion. It even has nudge also aswell too. 😋

um...are you going to publish 5 more videos today? LOL. New gear day😍

Fantastic video. These are really interesting devices. So glad they didn't just re-hash what they've already done a million times. The J6 in particular is really cool, and I appreciate that they've embraced long sequences. I cannot for the life of me understand the appeal or usefulness of 16 step sequences in 2022. Even 32 (on the T8) really isn't enough. I already have the TR-6S and MC-101 (thanks largely in part to your videos on them) and I'm fresh out of I/O with all my other synths but if I was just building a collection, these would be very attractive. Also interested to see how Korg respond, if they do at all. The Volcas sound really cool IMO but their on-board sequencers are *so* limited. The Pajen mod for the Sample showed what would've been possible if Korg had thought more about this. Even pattern chaining would bring them into the current year, and I don't see how it's not possible through firmware. For now, they're most useful using external sequencers (like Reason's Player devices).

Great video, as always.

I’d like to see your basement or garage! I can’t imagine all the awesome stuff you’ve accumulated!

From what I see/hear I think Korg should be a bit worried....

Interesting set of tools, you've illuminated them really well, but left me kinda ambivalent. At first I was sceptical of the T-8, due to the fixed drum sounds. But considering everything in the box, all the little features and so on, it would be a knock out, if not for one massive oversight. The fact that you can't save the sound settings with the patterns! And it's a big deal, because so many of the features are hidden in menu/button combos. It's not a quick and easy job to redo your settings, and that's no good for a device such as this. The J-6 is a different deal. I'm normally not for preset-boxes. But I totally get, how they placed the emphasis on the sequencer, with all it's depth and various features. It's pretty clever, and as you say; not something commonly seen in hardware. But with such a locked preset engine, I'd just wish they'd given it more than 64 presets - those will grow old SO fast. I so hope the interesting sequencer transmit fully via MIDI, in which case I think, we'll see it sequencing more fully featured synths all over the place. But for me it'd be a much easier sell with just 128 presets instead. The E-4 is in some regard both the best and the worst. I can't really put my finger on any deal breaking oversights. But it's far too close to their VT-4 in every regard. And that seems quite a bit more well appointed, in both connectivity and controls. So I'm not sure I see the point of it. Still an interesting move on Rolands part, and not bad options for people looking to build a small and portable setup. And as always a big thumbs up for your work.

Hi Loopop,,will you be doing a video on the New Synthstrom Deluge update?😊

Wow Amazing desk top machines...and a superb explanation and show case as usual....👍👍

These looks like so much fun! Ordered!

if you set the T-8 in pattern mode can you switch patterns with a single button press? Thinking about getting two of these just for the 303 sounds but id like to be able to switch patterns on the fly.

Thank you for this vid. Helping me learn the T-8

the little pre KZfaq video ad for these Roland AIRA Compact is embarrassing. cool little boxes

The only thing that could be solved differently in T-8 in my opinion is to highlight every fourth step to make it easier. Great video btw.

If you're not interested in going the software route or the MPC beat maker route; these three as a combo would be a lot of fun for someone wanting to get into synths without breaking the bank. What a fun little concept. Roland Volca's indeed.

Highlight for me was the mention of Scaler. Didn’t know about that. A much more capable tool for a quarter of the price. Thanks

More excellent content as usual. Nice 1, fella. Looks/sounds like Roland have again done what they do best - create devices with friendly user interfaces and massive sweet spots. You think they can have a role in serious music production, or are they more for jamming on trains?

Wow what a trio! 3 affordable and very usable boxes. It's like electronic punk to the recent greed and shame of some companies! (TE, Elektron, etc), I bet we hear more out of what these can give in opportunity to creative music makers than what we hear out of things like Syntakt and OP anyway. Well done Roland 👏

J-6 is just a great little handy keyboard with useable chords. I never even connect the audio output. 😃

The E-4 could be very useful for an fx loop out of your mixing desk if they had the detents and scatter on/off like you say. Maybe they could release an E-4mkII with those 🙏

Awesome review, as usual. I find the E-4 super cool.

Lovely review ! I totally hated the synths.

Wait, are you saying the E-4 can act like a Messina from the Bon Iver records if you plug in a midi keyboard? Or does it not pitch track the input signal in harmony mode?

Great video, very thorough and awesome! Very interested in the J-6

Roland est sur tous les fronts ! Et j'aime ça ! 👍🏻 👊🏻

Old wine in new bottles is the only thing Roland has done for a very long time now.