This video, via Hunart, demonstrates some of the sonic potential of the new Roland System-8 synthesizer.
Hunart notes that every sound comes from the System-8 sound engine and the Jupiter-8 plug-out synthesizer, with only limiting applied.
This video, via Hunart, demonstrates some of the sonic potential of the new Roland System-8 synthesizer.
Hunart notes that every sound comes from the System-8 sound engine and the Jupiter-8 plug-out synthesizer, with only limiting applied.
Very Nice Job! Thanks for posting.
Virus TI sounds much better. In terms of sound it seems more similar to Alesis ION / Micron.
That’s great considering the Ion is the best sounding VA synth.
gee, really wish it had 5 octaves… great sounding synth… but as a controller, can’ have it right in front of me all the time!
I also think the TI is better and far more flexible. Amazing really as it has been out 10 years! I just think VA is done now that people can make real analogue cheaper and with a higher voice count!
just so disappointing.
so looking forward to this. love my system 1 (apart from the keybed). Bring on the Jupiter 8 & JP8000 v2.0…
The 106 will be all cream on the top 🙂 just hope for a Alpha Juno 1/2 pulg-out next.
Looks great, sounds great. Roland are doing good things at the moment
how many times do you want to insult us Roland with a failed digital “Jupiter 8” synth copy … give up trying just make the Analog Jupiter 8 again already. Sheesh.
Seems to be missing the low-mid richness of a real analog synth, but it sounds beautiful in its own way, especially in Hunart’s hands.
Still not convinced. Especially I dislike the effects section. Let’s here it without that.
Doesn’t stand out amongst its competitors. Maybe future demos will show something impressive. It sounds good, but it doesn’t sound better than a Blofeld, or King Korg. I’d gladly sacrifice knobs for 3 times the polyphony. I could understand this limitation if it sounded better, but this just feels like an Apple style incremental release. So far I agree with the VST fanboys on this one. Why bother?
funny to hear some people prefer the Virus as a VA synth. The Virus is ancient and it sounds like it for a VA. For a dance machine the Virus is fine but for analog like sounds it pales in comparison to the system-8.
The Virus is a nice synth, I don’t deny that. But it’s not sounding analog in any way. It’s a well deserved price winning machine but just not a modern VA.
Well… Part of the reason why I decided to buy one is because it’s not analog and it doesn’t sound like one. Sure, I like and own analog synths but I don’t play Journey covers or Berlin School. This is a digital synth and to my ears it’s a damn fine sounding one, and a unique instrument. It’s been thirty years since I last bought a Roland, and I’m buying this one.
I think i would go 300 more for the JD-XA
Just the specs alone are mind blowing, then the sound, wow
All this analogue modelling stuff does is waste 1000s of CPU cycles per sample, so a 10 year old Virus TI can give you 90 voices, FM, granular etc. whereas Roland can only push out 8 pseudo-analogue voices. Is the difference worth it?
would you get more if you bought 3 system-1s , same price