Yeah. I read on Facebook that Roland’s free official software editor (VST/standalone) will be coming soon. I’m so stoked to try that for creating sounds and sequences.
With the coming firmware upgrade, free editor, and that breakout box from SE, this thing is going to be even more of a beast!
External box looks awesome. Probably about $89 and coming in a few months. I love that SE is addressing issues people complained about (stepping on the filter, minijack connections, etc) and making the synth even more badass by adding a high pass filter and more gain.
I know, right?! It’s already a total beast. So happy that Roland and SE are giving it so much love. I can’t wait for the standalone editor for creating patches and sequences. That will speed up the workflow.
That’s a cool little box and honestly pretty surprised (and happy) it’s under $100. I know they need to make their money, but SE is a boutique outfit and I was expecting it would cost near 2x that. Glad to see they’re keeping it reasonable. Not sure it’s something I’ll run out and get right away, but I’ll watch it for sure.
Nice add-on in the SE-02 EX Box! The gain thing is a nice, but the 1/4" jacks, hipass filter, bypassing the stepping problem, and bigger knobs in general would be the bigger attractions.
Likely source of that pic - “I propose…” he says… He can propose all he wants but I think Korg might have first dibs on a 2600 reissue as they did the Odyssey already.
Yeah, I don’t know why Roland doesn’t want to do an analog reissue of their own Juno or Jupiter polysynths. Maybe all their engineers from that era are dead or refuse to come out of retirement.
Korg was able to reissue the MS-20 because they coaxed one of the original MS-20 engineers out of retirement, with the side benefit of his mentoring of Tats Takahashi.
I was surprised that Roland let Cyclone Analogic get away with cloning the 606 and CR-78 drum machines. Maybe they just gave up after seeing all the 808 clones out there.