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The Roland's answer at Yamaha reface

Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

I guess we'll have to wait for more information to see if they bring anything special to the table. If they end up being similar to Yamaha's Reface then I don't think they will be of much use to me.

afr wrote:http://www.roland.com/promos/roland_boutique

The Roland's answer at Yamaha reface

Thats a wild guess

Boutique means little shop with fashionable items...

My best guess would be an expndable VA synth, where you can buy new synth engines(software) like the JP8 but maybe also the aira series plugouth synths..

If they add the Integra 7 as the base soundset and a sampler, it could just as well be the ultimate workstation and Fantom replacement

Your guess is just as wild as mine...


Roland is alleeady covered in the low end market with their aira range, and the reface was actually Yamahas answer to the aira range, so why would roland then react?

Sharp wrote:Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

I really wish they'd release an Integra 7 keyboard without the silly limitations. To have unlimited access to essentially all of Roland from the past 40 years simultaneously is a beautiful pipe dream!

They'll never do it though. It'll become 5 different keyboards which not one of will be interesting enough to buy. *sigh*

Bald Eagle wrote:I guess we'll have to wait for more information to see if they bring anything special to the table. If they end up being similar to Yamaha's Reface then I don't think they will be of much use to me.

Yup, judging by the video these appear to be 2-3 octave TOYS.

Professional keyboards are DEAD I swear!

Sharp wrote:The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy.

With the amazing addition of beautifully digital aliasing in case of PWM.

EvilDragon wrote:

Sharp wrote:The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy.

With the amazing addition of beautifully digital aliasing in case of PWM.

It's as close to the real thing as I'd ever want to get.

I don't take photo's with a film camera either, I prefer digital.

Regards
Sharp.

Just shows lack of attention to detail when making a virtual analog synth IMHO. Aliasing is something that can be combated, but Roland chose to cut corners, yet again.

Sharp wrote:Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

Why do you say that? At $1500 it's not exactly cheap, tho I see it's come down in price, wasn't it originally $2,000? I'm in the market for a new keyboard but a module is not out of the question, tho with the Roland DS 88 and the Casio px 560 coming out I'd be inclined for sounds with a keybed.

Sharp wrote:Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

Why do you say that? At $1500 it's not exactly cheap, tho I see it's come down in price, wasn't it originally $2,000? I'm in the market for a new keyboard but a module is not out of the question, tho with the Roland DS 88 and the Casio px 560 coming out I might be inclined for sounds with a key bed.

I just got a Center Point Stereo Space Station V.3, this speaker makes my Nord Stage sound amazing. A module with fantastic sounds would probably be the smartest partner to this mind blowing speaker, but I haven't heard the integra 7 supernatural sounds, so I'm not sure what I'd be missing.

Sharp wrote:Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

Why do you say that? At $1500 it's not exactly cheap, tho I see it's come down in price, wasn't it originally $2,000? I'm in the market for a new keyboard but a module is not out of the question, tho with the Roland DS 88 and the Casio px 560 coming out I might be inclined for sounds with a key bed.

I just got a Center Point Stereo Space Station V.3, this speaker makes my Nord Stage sound amazing. A module with fantastic sounds would probably be the smartest partner to this mind blowing speaker, but I haven't heard the integra 7 supernatural sounds, so I'm not sure what I'd be missing.

Randelph wrote:

Sharp wrote:Jupiter 8
JX 3P
Juno 106

Those were epic originals back in the day.

For me it's hard to imagine why I would want one since I have an Integra 7. The SuperNATURAL Synthesizer engine is able to replicate the classic sounds with scary accuracy. There's a lot of patches to download on Rolands Axial site too that replicate the preset.

The Integra 7 is by far the best value module on the market. Nothing even comes close.

Regards
Sharp.

Why do you say that? At $1500 it's not exactly cheap, tho I see it's come down in price, wasn't it originally $2,000? I'm in the market for a new keyboard but a module is not out of the question, tho with the Roland DS 88 and the Casio px 560 coming out I might be inclined for sounds with a key bed.

I just got a Center Point Stereo Space Station V.3, this speaker makes my Nord Stage sound amazing. A module with fantastic sounds would probably be the smartest partner to this mind blowing speaker, but I haven't heard the integra 7 supernatural sounds, so I'm not sure what I'd be missing.

The Juno ds88 seems to be rolands low budget 88 controller.... Only PCM sounds, no super natural sounds, no accoustic ones and no synth ones.

The Integra 7 on the other hand has all digital Roland sounds with the exception of the very latest piano sounds...


If however you want good 88 keys the px560 will come close soundwise to the px5s, look much nicer and have a beatifull touchscreen OS..

Unsure if they're iPad mockups or Aira-like plugouts. But given that they appear to share similar positions of LEDs (and therefore most likely sliders/knobs too), they could be some kind of new 3-in-1 plugout keyboard to complement the System-1, where, like the System-1, you buy the new hardware, let's say it's called the "System-2" keyboard, and then decide which software model (Jupiter, JX, Juno) to buy from the Roland software 'boutique' and install on the Sys-2 hardware at any one time. Which could suggest they're most likely digital, like the Aira system, not analogue.

Just a guess.

Two octaves seem extremely restricting for polyphonic usage, though.

Randelph wrote:Why do you say that? At $1500 it's not exactly cheap, tho I see it's come down in price, wasn't it originally $2,000? I'm in the market for a new keyboard but a module is not out of the question, tho with the Roland DS 88 and the Casio px 560 coming out I'd be inclined for sounds with a keybed.

I wont bore you with all the specs since you can read that on Roland’s site. For me personally it's simply comes down to how darn good the module sounds, the sounds are very realistic, and it's stuffed full of 6000 sounds, 12 SRX boards and those new SuperNatural sound engines.

Rolands axial website will also give you access to an additional 16 libraries that emulate a wide range of classic hardware and more.

It's a lot of great content to put into one box. I think it's excellent value.

Regards
Sharp.