VC - 3 ??

[XyFy]

New to the Varios technology which is quite impressive - I'd like to see a Modular Synth on the next Card - The Nord Modular Springs to mind - why just have a card dedicated to one type of technology when you can have several !
Or how about an effects processor or combine this with Modular synth technology .....

[philicorda]

I'd like to see a card that extended the v-synth OS to include more cosm types, oscs and more flexible routing.
The version 2.0 OS changes pretty much boiled down to a couple of new oscs and an analog style sequencer for me, I don't really use the built in samples.
The routing does get a bit frustrating, as for instance with FM you cannot make anything more complex than a 2 operator synth before running out of oscs.

Actually, I'd really like to see this as an update, but Roland would probably hve to recoup the r&d costs somehow....

[Pighood]

I like that idea. I'd love to see the ability to have the PCM's interact linear or exponentially for some truly WRONG sounds.

[Artemiy]

I'd like to see some new synthesis form instead of old analogue emulations. I dream of a wavetable synth, it is something I am emulating quite happily with my Fantom-S, and maybe the results are even more interesting and unique, but still a real wavetable synth gives some special things hard to emulate. A wavetable synthesis VC card would be a perfect bang for the buck compared to a some used wavetable synth. Though, I realise that as I know Roland never ever touched the wavetable synthesis area.

[calyx93]

I agree - an interpolating wavetable synth should be easy for the V-Synth to emulate. User defined wavetables and wave creation should be implemented too - maybe with an eight-track step sequencer. Kind of like a cross between a Wave and a Poly-Evolver.

[soundman]

Hello,

I would like to see a wavetable or wavetable/vector synth first and foremost.
Also possibly FM or additive (ala Kawai 5000).
If it must be based on an existing Roland product, the JD-990
is the only one I care to see recreated as a card.
I think any manufacturer should play to the strengths of their product. Digital synths do those types of synthesis best. The VA stuff is cool when used in conjunction with digital tones
however, its not a sustitute for real analog.


Regards,


LWG

[Pighood]

I doubt Roland will enter into an entirely new field (for them) on a VC card project.

Safe to speculate that they'll adapt something they already patented.

Think along the lines of TB series, Juno 106, JX-8p.

[D70]

Okay, how about a sampling or sequencing expansion card?

[soundman]

"Okay, how about a sampling or sequencing expansion card?"


Hello,

The JD-990 does have sampling in a sense. It was a more modern and elaborate version of the D50 and had waves that could be imported on cards. The D50 had more of a closed architecture. A VC card version could be modified to accept
user waves.


"Think along the lines of TB series, Juno 106, JX-8p."

Remember, those instruments were originally done with hardware. I've heard software simulations of the Juno and
the TB series and none of them had a sound that would surpass (even equal by some ears) the originals.
I just think that at this point, the market is a bit oversaturated with digital similations of analog gear, and
when you put it next to the original, you can hear the difference right off.
I still love the wavetable concept.


Regards,


LWG