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Today, Roland Corporation announces Melody Flip, an artificial intelligence-powered melody-generation application, created in collaboration with Sony Computer Science Laboratories. It is designed to inspire new melodic ideas.

However, Roland is at pains to present Melody Flip as a musician-friendly application of the technology, describing it as embodying “Roland’s vision of technology as a partner that coexists with the creative process.”

The application itself is a tool designed to analyse existing audio, presenting users with information on its various musical attributes, as well as generating a variety of musical ‘options’ that can be used to build on and develop the original source material.

“In recent years, AI and other emerging technologies have advanced rapidly in music production,” Roland says in its announcement. “Roland’s view is that these tools should not replace the artist, but instead amplify them, supporting a workflow where human intent, taste, and creativity remain at the core, with technology acting as a partner or co-creator, rather than a main creator.”

Melody Flip puts this philosophy into practice by letting you import an audio file and automatically analyze its musical DNA, including the structure, BPM, key, chord progression, genre, mood, and more. It then pairs the analysis with a library of about 300 ‘creative palettes’ (predefined musical styles and tonal directions) to help you generate new melodic ideas. Users are then free to edit and rework these ideas as needed, in Roland’s words, “treating the technology like an active collaborator.”

Roland says that the result is a new kind of production workflow, where humans and software work side by side to bring music to life.

Powered by Sony CSL’s Expertise in AI-Assisted Music Creation

Melody Flip incorporates technologies derived from Sony CSL’s research in AI-assisted music creation.

For example, Melody Flip extracts musical elements, including structure, BPM, beat positions, key, chord progression, genre, and mood, from the imported audio file and recommends suitable creative palettes based on its characteristics.

This functionality not only supports the generation of new melodic ideas but also helps creators visually understand the song’s structure and key, ultimately improving workflow efficiency.

Melody Flip will be available for macOS and Windows as a plug-in that will work within standard DAWs. Users can export generated melodies, as well as chord, bass, and drum parts, in both audio and MIDI formats.

“Roland has always been committed to supporting the evolution of music culture through electronic musical instruments and production tools,” says Roland CEO and Representative Director Masahiro Minowa.

“Melody Flip represents a significant step forward in the era of responsibly developed AI, introducing a future in which technology and people work together and elevate creativity. As we move forward, Roland will continue to expand the boundaries of musical expression with innovative products and services that amplify creators’ instincts and connect human sensitivity with the full potential of technology.”

Melody Flip will be available via Roland Cloud Manager in May 2026. Pricing is to be announced.

For more on Roland Cloud, head to the official website.

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) and Jean Michel Jarre have announced that Jarre will be featured as special guest of honor at this year’s event, being held Oct 21-25, 2026.

Jarre will perform Oxygène & Beyond: A Sonic Journey Celebrating 30 Years of ADE and be featured in a keynote interview.

“Electronic music, as well as ADE, has a history, a legacy and a future. The live show at ADE is going to celebrate its 30th anniversary, but also the 50th anniversary of Oxygène,” notes Jarre. “I have the ambition to keep the suspense and go from one track to another, into a different atmosphere, different stage design, mapping, giant projections and architectures of lights and videos, to share that moment that can stay in your heart and your brain for the rest of your lives.”

Tickets are available now. Visit the Amsterdam Dance Event site for more info.

Klevgrand promises to “redefine what a drum sampler can be” with OneShot 2.

Klevgrand has announced an update to its OneShot drum sampler, introducing a sophisticated Motion engine, expanded sound library, new effects and multiple workflow enhancements to an instrument that the company promises “redefines what a drum sampler can be” – empowering anyone to create timed cymbal swells, shaker patterns, foley textures, and virtually any rhythmic movement imaginable.

While OneShot is based on a drum engine designed for single hits, OneShot 2’s Motion engine has been designed to create phrases that “breathe and evolve” by morphing through multiple samples, such as cymbal swells, brushed textures, shaker figures or foley elements. The engine can be controlled via an advanced envelope editor or MIDI CC, or even using your iPhone’s accelerometer via the new Motion controller app.

OneShot 2 expands the instrument’s sound library dramatically, and the collection of factory sounds now includes more than 20,000 samples, 780 slots and 310 presets.

Among the new content is a broad range of drum kits and percussion sounds equipped with multiple velocity layers and round-robins, including a new Studio Kit designed for “modern productions that call for expressive acoustic drums” and a Jazz Brush Kit “rich in subtle tone and articulation”.

Alongside the additional sounds, OneShot 2 has been kitted out with three new effects: Reverb2 is an easy-to-use reverb based on the algorithms from Klevgrand’s recently released Walls plugin, and Transient Adder draws on the company’s Fosfat plugin to add bite, punch and character to percussive sounds. Joining these is Unstereo, a utility for narrowing sounds with too much width in the stereo image.

OneShot 2 also brings a number of additional features requested by users, including Stack triggers, which allow the user to trigger several sounds with a single MIDI note, and workflow improvements such as smart batch preset import/export, effects copy/pasting, and Note Off functionality for one shot triggers.

OneShot2 is priced at $119.99 until the end of April, and upgrade pricing is available. The plugin is available for macOS and Windows in VST/AU/AAX formats.

Find out more on Klevgrand website.