Roland TR-1000 Leak

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Roland Tomorrow Returns – TR-1000

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So … I’ve been waiting for this to emerge. Many people have contacted me and told me of a big upcoming Roland release this year. Quite differing stories as to what it would be were presented. However, the one that seemed more likely was a new drum or groovebox style product. Now the rumours are starting to come to light …

The Roland TR-1000 is emerging as the new flagship drum machine and sampling engine. It’s gray appearance brings back the Roland 90’s MC-303 and MC-505 heritage style.

The Sweetwater article talks about multiple hybrid engines including FM, PCM, ACB and VA styles with a nod to their iconic TR-808 and TR-909 products. They also mentione over 2500 sounds available. Whilst this may sound a lot, it probably will quite easily be divided up into categories of drum hits and styles, percussions, and other synth samples.

Sweetwater published this in their flyer:

Then we see this on socials:

We can assume this is another “suck of the sav” from Roland re-hashing their already hashed product samples and sound libraries into a similar style interface. It becomes questionable as to where their TR-8S product compares, and what sets this apart. The rumoured $2000 USD price tag is also getting people showing annoyance on the socials.

More info: https://www.roland.com/tomorrowreturns/

Price expected to be somewhere $2K – 2.5K USD