yellowcake64
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Roland type strings
Hi all
My Roland Juno D keyboard has finally died. This coincides with a desire to try and minimise the hardware I have due to lack of space and go more 'in the box', using more plugins in my recordings.
The only thing I think I'll miss is the Roland strings/pads. I'm a big fan and I'd like to try and replicate them (or something very similar) in a plugin rather than purchase another synth. I'm woefully ignorant on what alternatives (if any) are available in the marketplace.
Can anyone offer any advice please?
Many thanks
Dave
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JohanSebatianGremlin
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Re: Roland type strings
2016/12/31 19:33:57
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Spectrasonics Omnisphere and Arturia Jupiter 8 will get you as close to scratching this itch is possible. Buy both and don't look back.
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Re: Roland type strings
2016/12/31 19:52:45
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Roland Strings sort of falls into two categories. The type of analog synth Roland string sound for sure but there is also another very famous Roland string sound that is based on samples and this one is much harder to get. Although I am sure you can create it with a suitable instrument based on samples. I have Arturia Jupiter 8V and yes it is very fine indeed. Those classic pads and analog string sounds are there to be had for sure. I solved the other Roland string sound by picking up a second hand JV2080 which you can do these days quite easily. It is loaded with sounds that are just real easy to search and find which may be harder to get in other ways.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/01 09:40:46
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☄ Helpfulby Fleer 2017/01/01 13:10:25
While Omnisphere does include many classic Roland patches (same sound designer), it won't give you the complete collection. However, you may find that there are so many great alternatives in it that you won't miss your Juno-D. AFAIK there are no Juno-D software emulations. There are, however, several Juno 106 emulations. This one's very popular, and just 60 bucks. Yeh, I know, not the same instrument. But fills a similar role.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/01 14:14:04
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This is the better Juno 106 emulation though: http://www.tubeohm.com/TubeOhm/106-Emulation.html I have got both and this is way closer in my opinion. Also the extender panel takes it into far more interesting territory than the original Juno did. It is only 32 bit though so you have to either bridge it or as I have done got it installed on a second 32 bit machine and play it from my main 64 bit machine.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/01 22:26:58
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/02 00:58:12
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Hollow Sun has sampled. Roland's RS-202 and VP-330 string synths.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/02 22:54:03
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One option is always Roland themselves. They make a SoundCanvas plugin now that is a dead on accurate emulation of the SC-8820, SC-88Pro, SC-88, and SC-55. Expensive for what it is, but you get the Roland strings to a T. Unlike early soft synth SoundCanvases that had garbage mixing/resampling, this one is great, completely faithful to the hardware near as I can tell. Called SoundCanvas VA.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/03 07:16:45
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/08 13:37:56
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I"ve got a JV2080 with 8 expansions in it. Was about $200 off the internet. Use it all the time with my XP-80. I 2nd using some of this old hardware.
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Fleer
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/08 13:54:11
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Would love to find some cheap expansions for my JV-1080 even though they're all freely available on the Axial site to download for Roland FA synths.
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JohanSebatianGremlin
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/08 19:49:16
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mixmkr
I"ve got a JV2080 with 8 expansions in it. Was about $200 off the internet. Use it all the time with my XP-80. I 2nd using some of this old hardware.
Not for nothing but when a friend tells you he's getting married and asks you for advice on the best place to hold the wedding reception, is your suggestion 'well you could always just not get married'? The OP has decided to move away from hardware and is asking for advice. Saying 'well you could always use hardware' isn't helping. It'd be one thing if the OP was asking for opinions on whether or not to move away from hardware synths. But he wasn't asking that. He's already made his decision. Respecting that decision seems like a pretty basic thing IMO. And FWIW, when I got engaged 12 years ago, my boss at the time did in fact pull me aside and told me 'you know, you don't HAVE to get married. Maybe you should reconsider'. Yeah he was a dick. And he wasn't my boss for much longer.
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Fleer
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/08 20:13:58
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/09 17:10:52
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Roland makes guitar strings? 
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/10 18:12:38
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/10 21:19:07
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Sure about that? Showing full price here.
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/10 21:27:20
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Fleer
Sure about that? Showing full price here.
Add to the cart and it will show $9.
post edited by kitekrazy1 - 2017/01/10 22:06:13
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/10 22:33:09
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Re: Roland type strings
2017/01/10 22:37:15
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And then you could still get Chromatix for $12.5 as fast as you can say no-Weiner !
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