Roland Corp has recently made generous donations of Roland and Boss practice, recording, and performance gear for the use of MI students. Equipment scheduled for delivery includes:

Roland/Boss JS-8 eBands: 24 cool desktop-mounted guitar/bass preamps with complete modeling effects, tuners, flash drive inputs, drum loops, metronomes, mp3 “slower downer” study software and more. These one-stop study/practice stations for guitar scholars will be installed in MI’s library practice modules.

Roland Keyboard gear: new knob-based Gaia synths (MI is currently the only institution in the world with a Gaia lab), Lucina Shoulder Synths (“Keytars”), and Brass Section and Electric Piano upgrades for Fantom G6 workstations.

Boss RC-20xl Loop Stations for checkout from the MI library

Roland JC-120 guitar amplifier for MI’s Concert Hall

Coming on Saturday, October 23, MI will also host Roland/Boss’s international Loop Station Championship, where some of the best loopers in the world will compete in our Concert Hall for prizes before a panel of celebrity judges.