Roland is now shipping the new DB-60, a metronome that includes a menu of rhythmic patterns, a note-mixing feature to create rhythms that match the feel and style of your music, and the ability to handle time signatures of up to 17 beats per measure. It also offers a Memory function, which stores independent tempos for each song; a Loop Play function; Tap Tempo; a Standard Pitch mode for tuning instruments; a volume control; and Timer and Stopwatch functions.

Roland also announced version 2.0 software for the GR-20 guitar synthesizer, which allows bassists to use the synth when they have the GK-3B divided pickup installed in their instrument. The upgrade to version 2 is a free download.