Effective November 3, 2005, Roland Corporation U.S. assumed sales and distribution of Edirol Audio/MIDI-interface products. Edirol is a leading brand of multimedia tools developed by Roland Corporation for electronic musicians and audio professionals.

"Edirol has become a brand synonymous with innovation, strength, durability and affordability," says Roland Corporation U.S. President Dennis Houlihan. "Edirol audio interface products will be sold by the Roland U.S. sales team. Combined with our dedicated service and support teams, we're confident that we can help retailers who are looking for the best audio solutions to offer to their customers at affordable prices."

Edirol's recent product releases include the UA-101, the latest advancement in audio interfacing, and the new "motion dive.tokyo performer" software package.

The Edirol UA-101 is the first affordable USB 2.0 audio interface on the market. This single half-rack high-speed solution was designed to turn USB 2.0-ready computers into powerful digital audio workstations. One simple connection gives customers 10 inputs and 10 outputs at 24-bit/96kHz quality to the computer. The low latency, extraordinary stability, and pristine audio quality make it the easiest, most powerful compact audio-interface solution available.

"Motion dive.toyko" is an exciting new visual performance software package, complete with a dedicated hardware controller, for the performing musician and DJ. It's the easiest and quickest way to add visuals to your performance. The new "motion dive.tokyo performance" package is a collaboration between Digitalstage, creators of "motion dive.tokyo," and Edirol. Edirol has enhanced the already famous "motion dive.tokyo" software by adding MIDI functionality and designing a unique USB-powered hardware controller that mirrors the software interface. The combined pieces create a new and exciting way to perform visuals in real time. Motion dive.tokyo was recently crowned "Best VJ Product of 2005" by UK-based DJ Magazine.

All Edirol audio interface and MIDI products and peripherals will be distributed from Roland U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, CA.