Say hello to to the new “visual” audio manipulation software from Roland, R-MIX software (Mac / Win / iPad). Powered by Roland’s newly developed V-Remastering technology in conjunction with VariPhrase, R-MIX lets you see the components of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of energy and harmonic matter as a song plays.

With R-MIX, you can select your desired components of the mix and freely edit them -- an impossible task in the past, according to Roland. In addition, you can change panning positions and levels to individual instruments within a stereo mix, for example, and add effects to each element as desired. You can even independently adjust the pitch and speed of the playback, realized with VariPhrase.

Add effects only to any specific part of a mix, such as vocals, and clean up your mixes with the built-in Noise Cancel, which eliminates undesirable hiss and hum noises. Delay and reverb effects are also onboard, letting you add depth and expression to each element (or all) of your mix.

You can use R-MIX to easily create “minus-one” type karaoke files from existing songs by lowering the level of a pre-recorded vocal or any other instrument you select within each mix. What's more, you can also create your own remixes and mash-ups by using two pairs of stereo tracks within R-MIX.

Roland also notes that with R-MIX, there’s only one friendly screen to navigate. No need to switch screens or hunt through a maze of embedded menus. R-MIX’s controls are designed according to natural workflow so you can work effortlessly. A built-in Help window is provided for each task so you can operate R-MIX without the need for a printed manual.

As a skill-building tool, R-MIX can be used to isolate any desired instrument within a mix, and then solo and slow down that element for study; isolate a fast guitar solo, for example, and slow it down to learn it. R-MIX can be used to clean up old recordings and master stereo mixes by adjusting individual instrument levels and applying noise reduction and effects.

Roland R-MIX features and uses:

• View the elements of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of energy and frequency matter onscreen
• Freely select and manipulate any element within a stereo mix
• High-quality sound
• Create “minus-one” type karaoke files from existing songs by lowering the level of the pre-recorded vocal or any other instrument you select
• Create your own remixes and mash-ups by using two pairs of stereo tracks within R-MIX t Isolate any desired instrument within a mix, and then solo and slow down that element for study
• Clean up old recordings and master your stereo mixes by adjusting individual instrument levels within a mix and applying noise reduction and effects
• Compatible with Mac and Windows
• Simplified version available for Apple iPad

A simplified version of R-MIX called “R-MIX Tab” will be available for the Apple iPad. With the iPad version, you can use V-Remastering technology to extract audio elements from songs and easily create “minus-one” type play-along tracks from an audio file on your iPad.

For more information on R-MIX, visit rolandconnect.com.