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Strange Tales wrote:I would at least hope that if Roland does do digital recreations of old drum machines, they learn from the mistakes of their boutique series.

What was wrong with the boutique series? Just curious cuz at one point I was entertaining the idea of getting one.

I've actually mostly heard overwhelmingly positive reviews of the JU-06 and JX-03, but the limit of four voices seemed arbitrary and limiting (and like a sort of obvious cash grab) and it did take them a full year to implement MIDI CCs.

Four voice is set by the price point and what the DSP can handle realistically.

I don't think it was a grand cash grab.

John Matrix wrote:

Strange Tales wrote:I would at least hope that if Roland does do digital recreations of old drum machines, they learn from the mistakes of their boutique series.

What was wrong with the boutique series? Just curious cuz at one point I was entertaining the idea of getting one.

They were fine, just really lacking on features, like MIDI CC. People were clamoring for that for a while because the keyboard you could get with it was a joke.

Most reviews I saw of it were positive, although I did read more than a couple people saying that they had a problem getting them to sit correctly in a mix. Maybe that's something you figure out yourself

rfurtkamp wrote:Four voice is set by the price point and what the DSP can handle realistically.

I don't think it was a grand cash grab.

I don't disagree, i was just positing the reasons other people have disliked a synth i've never owned.

I played all the roland boutiques and the arias at NAMM. They all had this kind of pristine sheen or premixed reverb spatial sound I didn't like and made them sound more uniform across the board. Like they were made more to compliment a home computer setup than live use (sound wise). It could have been the headphones/amp too though and that could have also been the way they kinda dialed in the way they wanted to be presented.

Anyway, I didn't really dig them. They felt quality enough though and were kinda fun in the moment.

I've heard good uses/mixes with the arias live too. I think, like anything, it's just about how you use them. Then again, I'd find a way to make an fb01 or cmu800 interesting...it's all just waves fit for manglin'

So basically 3 new boutiques, the TB-03, TR-09, and the VP-03. Looks like ACB.

http://www.factmag.com/2016/09/04/rolan ... ne-images/

302, 909 and a System 8, which looks to be a pimped out System 1.

The TB-03 doesn't look quite as interesting as even just getting a Cyclone TT-303 to me, let alone the Twisted Electrons Acid 8. But it does have built in overdrive and delay, which should be required on 303 clones these days, lezbe-real here.

Well the Boss GT-1 is looking pretty great...like a pedalized GT-001 with the exp and switches built in.
Wish there was a way to fast forward and rewind this shit though...

Yea, there was a static page with a photo earlier but everything redirects to the stream.

Will have to see what specs it has.

If it's another GT-100/001, can't say I'll need it (since I have both already).

If the GT-1 keeps the programmable external footswitch and adds an fx loop, that's huge. If I was a performing musician I'd go for it in an instant. As is, I'm cool with the more limited 001.

The Roland Accordion wasn't a joke, holy shit.

I'd also like to add that this dude is KILLING IT on the accordion.

Was a standalone unit with integrated footswitches and a small expression pedal, bigger than the little GP-10 but not by much it seemed.

No specs or other info.

Photos from the livestream look nearly identical to the GT-001's LCD, which means no FX loop (which the GT-100 has).

https://www.gearnews.com/909-day-boss-g ... -fx-pedal/