For all the cocky whiners, it’s not meant to be new or innovative it’s meant to be extremely small and affordable, if you a young spoiled child you don’t actually understand products like this back in the day were obnoxiously expensive
@@rorz999 the 707 and the linndrum for me are the best kicks to sit over sub heavy music. The 707 is a whole world of different music and I love it! Come ooon roland, starting to think an algorythm is spitting out these new boxes automatically
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on one of these. I've pre-ordered mine from Sweetwater and they are not expecting them until August so I am waiting with bated breath. Allot of my producer friends seem to be very excited about this machine simply because it combines the 303, 606, 808 and 909 in one box. I think Roland may have underestimated what they have created here as they have done many times in the past, including with the creation of the original 303. I guess battery powered units are the shape of things to come which will be handy when electricity rationing kicks in. Cheers!
Sweetwater also has 48 mo interest free for it until the end of the month. Roland looks like it's starting up a whole series of compact Aira gadgets coming out; chord and drum machines, voice tweakers, and mixers so far.
the tr-6s is better if you can afford but this thing looks sweet. i got a j-6 and its cool as hell. i love taking them to the park. starting a track and then taking it home and using the j-6 to control my other synths. acb is real deal. shit sounds good.
Actually I struggled for a while whether I should get a TR-6S or what. The TR6s sounds cool and easy to play, the green-black and all the led effect. But at the end, I use the similar budget and get T-8 + J-6 and will get mine tomorrow. Let’s see what happens next 😬🤘🏻
I love the j6 for similar reasons. I’m primarily a guitar player but I love being able to sit on the couch, pick a chord bank and sequence it and just hum along and write song parts. Then eventually I sit back down at my DAW and flesh it out with arps, a baseline, guitar riffs, etc. really think this whole line is so cool
@@graemeross4842 yes and no. It actually has 909 and 606 sounds in it as well. So 909 hats (sampled acoustic) wouldn't have been odd at all. A TR-8 or TR-8S doesn't try to emulate an 808 specifically either :)
4.5 hours per charge. Over the years that battery will degrade, do we have the ability to change this battery at all? Buying this is like signing up for a subscription, which is that battery's life expectancy lol
It is really cool for what it is for sure. My only concern is I see no advice (in the manual) about replacing the battery years down the line. How much life will that battery have in 10 yrs? I know, this is it's only flaw. Other than that, my MC-307 has every Roland drum that's known about so I do not need this. But wow, it does sound good & very quick to use ( not like my 307 ). Awesome stuff anyhoo, I look forward to you trying the VT version 🙂
I'd be really shocked if it used anything exotic for a battery, but yeah, given how hardware synths, even lil' pocket joints, have a long user life, replacing the battery wouild become an issue.
It's a lithium ion battery which should have a long life, but like the ones in iphones DO need to replaced eventually. Some place like 'iFixit' will likely have a solution. I've replaced a couple of iphone batteries myself. Btw, a lot of lithium ion battery banks are really just stacks of cylindrical batteries (except in iphones where they need to be thin or flat). They are shaped like regular AA batteries, and inside that are stacked button cell batteries. I have some 18650 lithium batteries in my LED flashlights. A large car-battery sized container would have dozens of 18650 batteries wired together to get the right amp-hours for storage batteries.
When is Roland going to learn that they're not good at recreating their older gear and they just need to stick to making new things? Behringer has them beat seven ways to Sunday and they're still trying to get a foot in the door with these little toys. USB power only, no MIDI, tons of menu diving, and only 1/8" jacks???
@@SpeccyMan batteries don't count, they're always guaranteed to be dead whenever you actually want to use your gear. MIDI through audio jacks is a complete joke because you have to use adapters. I'm not really concerned with what measurement system you use, 1/8-in or 3.5 mm jacks are for toys
Roland sed the Aira Compacts were available 'now' when they premiered 'em in Germany in May, yet there's not a single one of any of the models to be found at any retailer, UK, US, CAN or otherwise. What gives?
@@j1mmy76 AH. That might 'splain it, though I thought it hadn't been released in the UK either. Cuckoo's got him some, as well as Bo from Bo Beats, but I think those were show samples right from Roland. Guess I'll have to be patient! How are you digging the wee thing so far?
@@suga4all Yeah, looks like the supply chain slows down the further out from Japan we get. There's still a chip shortage on/being recovered from, so I'll be the good lad and wait. Still getting to grips with the looper on the Sonicware 8Bit Warps anyhoo!
I’m not really impressed with these new mini airas..when you compare them to the volcas the volcas offer way more editing and they sound much better also there cheaper.
I’m sorry mate but I wouldn’t agree with that I’ve owned all of the first gen volcas ...and some of them are great little boxes ...but this little thing packs a really big punch 👌it fits in your pocket and has built in battery...think korg will need to raise the game
