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Re: Roland 50 Studio

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ben174 wrote: post #38
heavyarms wrote: post #35

If you inspect the network traffic you can see what the "hidden" additional devices behind the countdowns are. SP404 2022-04-04T12:00:00.000Z TR606 2022-06-06T12:00:00.000Z TR707 2022-07-07T12:00:00.000Z TR909 2022-09-09T12:00:00.000Z

Yea those are the expected devices. I think that pretty mimics their botique line which are adorable little synth replicas of the original. They're so cute I had to collect them and have them displayed on shelves in my living room. Damn, I really wish they would have given these away as VSTs instead. I'd love to bring an official Roland 303 software synth into my setup without paying their ridiculous subscription fee…

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Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by Johanx64 »

kzrdude wrote: post #30

I've learned piano using my dear Roland FP-30, but now looking for an upgrade. Probably a kawai or Yamaha with warmer, more natural sound and more high end action. Anyone have recommendations? P515? CA59? Other? Clp 745?

You're not going to get a "natural sound" out of pretty much all of the digital pianos out on the market. Even the pretty pricey ones.

What you can do however, is try hooking up Roland FP-30 to a computer and using the computer to generate sounds (so called VST).

I'm visiting relatives for a few weeks, and they happen to have FP-30X (same action), the built in sounds are absolutely god horrid (they are so bad I consider them useless, outside of maybe the rhodes sound), but I'm hooking it to my laptop which has Garritan CFX Concert Grand (full version), Ivory II grand pianos and Pianoteq.

Garritan CFX being the overall most realistic. But you can't go wrong with Ivory II either as it will be a massive upgrade compared to any built in digital piano sounds.

So the full stack would be:

1. The best action you can get (the built in DP sounds don't matter since they are all going to be some gradient of suck anyway)

2. PC with audio interface with very low latency drivers

3. Garritan CFX

Re: Roland 50 Studio

#53

Post by errozero »

NackerHughes wrote: post #49
ben174 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea those are the expected devices. I think that pretty mimics their botique line which are adorable little synth replicas of the original. They're so cute I had to collect them and have them displayed on shelves in my living room. Damn, I really wish they would have given these away as VSTs instead. I'd love to bring an official Roland 303 software synth into my setup without paying their ridiculous subscription fee…

Check out AudioRealism Bassline 2 (ABL2). It's the closest 303 soft synth I've ever used and no subscription BS.

ABL3 is out now too, it has a much better emulation.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by throw_m239339 »

Reminds rebirth on desktop and audio-something, an app made in Flash.

The Flash app in the browser had better performances and stability though. This app panics as soon as one pressed the random button.

The Flash app had effects and more powerful synthesizers and it was 15+ years ago.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by throw_m239339 »

tomc1985 wrote: post #9

Wonder how good the emulation is compared to some of the other commercial solutions out there. Usually software implementations of this hardware don't sound right My current fav is Image-Line's Transistor Bass

phoscyon is really good. I've been using it for 15 years. Roland Cloud has its own TB303 plugin I believe.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by throw_m239339 »

blub wrote: post #16

For those that prefer something with buttons, Roland has issued desktop module versions of some of their iconic machines under the name Roland Boutique. The equivalents of the devices they have in this online tool would be the SH-01a, TB-03 and TR-08. E.g: https://www.roland.com/us/products/sh-01a/

Or just buy the cheap Behringer clones which are fairly accurate and full analogue like the originals, unlike the boutiques which are digital.

https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0DG6

https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0DTD

https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0DG5

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by nobleach »

tomc1985 wrote: post #15
nobleach wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did SO much with Rebirth-338 back in the day. Its emulation wasn't so bad. I've tried getting it to run on Windows 10, but even after all the hacks I could find online, it just doesn't run quite right. It was made in the era of 800x600 resolutions. And even though there's a pixel-doubling patch available, it looks like hot garbage. Even still, this was a huge part of my music experimentation phase of life. (My yout…

There is a free VST version of Reason that includes the RB-338 core

Hey that's really cool! I'll have to poke around for that.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by nobleach »

thereddaikon wrote: post #39
nobleach wrote: post #14

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I had been eyeing that Arturia V collection. The cost isn't too bad at all! I had a demo a few years ago and I really only messed with the grand piano and the DX-7. I'd love to do some nice warm pads on a Juno-106!

I can't speak to the accuracy, I only have a few bits of hardware, but V collection sounds really good on its own. As for the DX-7, Dexed is really popular.

I've owned a couple DX-7s. I just can't get into the original. The DX7 mk2 was a really cool instrument and I'm glad the V has some of those sounds. I messed with FM7 a bit too. I've seen mention of Dexed for years but haven't tried it out.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by mh- »

Johanx64 wrote: post #52
kzrdude wrote: post #30

I've learned piano using my dear Roland FP-30, but now looking for an upgrade. Probably a kawai or Yamaha with warmer, more natural sound and more high end action. Anyone have recommendations? P515? CA59? Other? Clp 745?

You're not going to get a "natural sound" out of pretty much all of the digital pianos out on the market. Even the pretty pricey ones. What you can do however, is try hooking up Roland FP-30 to a computer and using the computer to generate sounds (so called VST). I'm visiting relatives for a few weeks, and they happen to have FP-30X (same action), the built in sounds are absolutely god horrid (they are so bad I consi…

I don't disagree with you for the low-mid end of the market, but I don't think this question can be answered without a price range, haha.

I have a YDP-184 [1] that includes the CFX you mentioned. I actually think the weak point in its sound is the acoustics of my room, coupled with the inboard speaker placement.

Then of course there are the Hybrids [2], which I haven't tried myself (and are considerably more than I'm looking to spend as a hobbyist.)

1: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/pianos/a...

2: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/pianos/d...

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