Roland 50 Studio

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Post by risktopark » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 11:29 AM UTC

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by risktopark » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 11:29 AM UTC

In celebration of 50 years, Roland have collaborated with sound designer Yuri Suzuki to create Roland50 Studio, a digital reworking of some of their most famous and influential devices.

It's a 808/303/101 in your browser.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by nonrandomstring » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 11:40 AM UTC

risktopark wrote: post #2

In celebration of 50 years, Roland have collaborated with sound designer Yuri Suzuki to create Roland50 Studio, a digital reworking of some of their most famous and influential devices. It's a 808/303/101 in your browser.

Wonder how it compares to "Rebirth", an earlier Steinberg (later Propellerhead) take on the classic analogue production deck? Surely the Roland version is the most accurate to date?

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by risktopark » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 1:24 PM UTC

nonrandomstring wrote: post #3

risktopark wrote: post #2

In celebration of 50 years, Roland have collaborated with sound designer Yuri Suzuki to create Roland50 Studio, a digital reworking of some of their most famous and influential devices. It's a 808/303/101 in your browser.

Wonder how it compares to "Rebirth", an earlier Steinberg (later Propellerhead) take on the classic analogue production deck? Surely the Roland version is the most accurate to date?

Sometimes accurate is good, but my vst favourite 808 clone of recent times was this one: https://rc-808.com/ which is similar but more with a focus on a more flexible drum synthesis engine than the original.

I think the joy of the roland 50 is how approachable the sequencing is though, with the sounds everyone is familiar with

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by jasoneckert » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

And just like that, I said goodbye to all job productivity today. It looks like Roland took a cue from Google's Blob Opera: https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHW...

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by 0xcoffee » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC

Damn this sounds so cool. Accidentally clicked the red clear button and deleted score though :(

Would love a way to ctrl-z to save myself from myself.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by yitchelle » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

jasoneckert wrote: post #5

And just like that, I said goodbye to all job productivity today. It looks like Roland took a cue from Google's Blob Opera: https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHW...

Thanks mate, I took your hint and purposely avoided taking a look. I will wait until I get home. My work productivity says thanks.

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by misthop » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

Looks like they also have countdowns to add 4 more units to the interface - check out the lock tabs on top or the Countdown link in the hamburger menu. Looks to be they will have new interfaces in about 1, 3, 4, and 6 months. Guesses as to what will be added?

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by tomc1985 » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC

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

Re: Roland 50 Studio

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Post by tomc1985 » Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

risktopark wrote: post #2

In celebration of 50 years, Roland have collaborated with sound designer Yuri Suzuki to create Roland50 Studio, a digital reworking of some of their most famous and influential devices. It's a 808/303/101 in your browser.

VST or bust