We were in charge of developing “Roland Soundscapes,” an immersive sound installation that embodies Roland’s latest concept.

To coincide with the opening of Roland Corporation’s new headquarters, Roland Inspiration Hub, we were responsible for the system design and development of “Roland Soundscapes,” an immersive sound installation that embodies the company’s latest concept.

In this project, we built an audio system in which music continuously evolves in response to environmental factors such as weather conditions, time of day, and human movement, all processed in real time. Rather than just playing pre-composed tracks, the installation aims to create a spatial sound experience where the music itself constantly shifts and transforms in dialogue with its surroundings.

The music was created in collaboration with artist Sakura Tsuruta. Based on four musical sets composed by Sakura - composed of 20 total tracks featuring different moods and instrumentations. The system adapts these tracks to allow free transitions across keys, modes, and tempos, all dynamically controlled by external inputs such as weather, time, and human activity.

An eight-speaker system enables sounds to move fluidly through the space, fading in and out to create an installation experience that is never the same twice. In addition, the system incorporates a daily generative performance: using Sakura’s solo piano recordings as training data, the system generates a 30-minute improvised piano performance every day from 3:00 PM, ensuring a unique sonic expression with each iteration.