{"id":153298,"date":"2026-05-08T12:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153298"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:46:09","slug":"roland-announces-project-lydia-phase-2-neural-sampling-pedal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/08\/roland-announces-project-lydia-phase-2-neural-sampling-pedal\/","title":{"rendered":"Roland Announces Project LYDIA Phase 2 Neural Sampling Pedal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-153300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia-728x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia-728x409.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia-534x300.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/tag\/superbooth-2026\/\">Superbooth 2026<\/a>, <strong>Roland Future Design Lab<\/strong> and Tokyo-based AI music technology company <strong>Neutone<\/strong> have announced <strong>Project LYDIA Phase 2<\/strong>, an update on their experimental AI-powered neural sampling pedal concept.<\/p>\n<p>Project LYDIA Phase 2 builds on the technology preview first unveiled in November 2025, and end-user feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Roland says that, rather than positioning AI as a replacement for musicianship, &#8220;Project LYDIA emphasizes augmentation and control, allowing performers to interact with neural models in immediate, physical, and musically expressive ways. The familiar pedal format puts AI processing into a workflow many musicians already trust, bringing transparency and tactility to technology often associated with screens and abstraction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official intro video:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-153298-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/articles.roland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lydia_phase_2_2c_h264CompressedB.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.roland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lydia_phase_2_2c_h264CompressedB.mp4\">https:\/\/articles.roland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lydia_phase_2_2c_h264CompressedB.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Project LYDIA Phase 2 introduces several key hardware enhancements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refined hardware design with enhanced flexibility, supporting easier Raspberry Pi 5 installation and standalone USB MIDI controller operation<\/li>\n<li>Fully integrated audio I\/O, eliminating the need for an external USB audio interface<\/li>\n<li>Onboard LCD display for clearer navigation and real-time parameter feedback<\/li>\n<li>User Preset memories for saving control settings and more<\/li>\n<li>MIDI connectivity for deeper control, automation, and integration with existing studio and live rigs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the project <a href=\"https:\/\/articles.roland.com\/project-lydia-phase-ii-neural-sampling-evolved\/\">site<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roland Future Design Lab and Tokyo-based AI music technology company Neutone have announced Project LYDIA Phase 2, an update on their experimental AI-powered neural sampling pedal concept.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/08\/roland-announces-project-lydia-phase-2-neural-sampling-pedal\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roland Announces Project LYDIA Phase 2 Neural Sampling Pedal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,1],"tags":[35979,35980,277,35345,35841],"class_list":["post-153298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware-effects","category-music-news","tag-neutone","tag-project-lydia","tag-roland","tag-roland-future-design-lab","tag-superbooth-2026"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/roland-project-lydia.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153377,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153298\/revisions\/153377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}