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- KVRist
- 40 posts since 18 Sep, 2020
Hi, JamminFool! Great question. I'm not sure why reverb wasn't included in ZENOLOGY Pro. My personal opinion is that it's rather easy to slather patches in verb (I do it all the time admittedly), but that could obscure the textures that are possible in an instrument like Zenology. It could be that the team wanted to showcase the wave shaping capabilities first and foremost. Many times a reverb like effect can be achieved by tweaking the ASDR section of the patch, allowing for much more tonal variation than if one reverb type was added at the end of every patch, which could ultimately lead to everything sounding a little too similar. That's just my personal take, though.JamminFool wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:26 pm@brian from rolandJamminFool wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:45 amHi Brian, Is Zenology Pro going to get reverb? Why was it not included? If it is added in an update, will the Presets be updated to match the equivalent presets that used reverb in the original hardware (the XV-5080 presets, for example)?
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- KVRian
- 1222 posts since 16 Apr, 2004
Hi Brian, thanks for the reply. I was hoping you could find out whether it will be added in an update, since you work for Roland.Brian.McClelland wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:00 pmHi, JamminFool! Great question. I'm not sure why reverb wasn't included in ZENOLOGY Pro. My personal opinion is that it's rather easy to slather patches in verb (I do it all the time admittedly), but that could obscure the textures that are possible in an instrument like Zenology. It could be that the team wanted to showcase the wave shaping capabilities first and foremost. Many times a reverb like effect can be achieved by tweaking the ASDR section of the patch, allowing for much more tonal variation than if one reverb type was added at the end of every patch, which could ultimately lead to everything sounding a little too similar. That's just my personal take, though.JamminFool wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:26 pm@brian from rolandJamminFool wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:45 amHi Brian, Is Zenology Pro going to get reverb? Why was it not included? If it is added in an update, will the Presets be updated to match the equivalent presets that used reverb in the original hardware (the XV-5080 presets, for example)?

Shut The F*ck Up Donny.
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- KVRist
- 414 posts since 2 Nov, 2014
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- KVRist
- 40 posts since 18 Sep, 2020
Hey, Jammin' Fool! I don't have information on that feature being updated currently, but I'll include it on the request report so we can track demand for it. Thanks!JamminFool wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:27 pmHi Brian, thanks for the reply. I was hoping you could find out whether it will be added in an update, since you work for Roland.Brian.McClelland wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:00 pmHi, JamminFool! Great question. I'm not sure why reverb wasn't included in ZENOLOGY Pro. My personal opinion is that it's rather easy to slather patches in verb (I do it all the time admittedly), but that could obscure the textures that are possible in an instrument like Zenology. It could be that the team wanted to showcase the wave shaping capabilities first and foremost. Many times a reverb like effect can be achieved by tweaking the ASDR section of the patch, allowing for much more tonal variation than if one reverb type was added at the end of every patch, which could ultimately lead to everything sounding a little too similar. That's just my personal take, though.JamminFool wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:26 pm@brian from rolandJamminFool wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 2:45 amHi Brian, Is Zenology Pro going to get reverb? Why was it not included? If it is added in an update, will the Presets be updated to match the equivalent presets that used reverb in the original hardware (the XV-5080 presets, for example)?![]()

- KVRAF
- 31687 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from another dimension
I purchased some presets via RCM. I was trying to activate install them when RCM got stuck. Internet connection bad. RCM got stuck in an ''activating'' loop. Had to uninstall RCM in the end and reinstall it. If there was a PANIC button in RCM like you sometimes find in virtual synths that might have broken the loop and let me try again without having to reinstall RCM.
Hi-de-Hi!
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- KVRAF
- 2506 posts since 15 Jun, 2006
Glad you got it fixedAloysius wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:55 pmI purchased some presets via RCM. I was trying to activate install them when RCM got stuck. Internet connection bad. RCM got stuck in an ''activating'' loop. Had to uninstall RCM in the end and reinstall it. If there was a PANIC button in RCM like you sometimes find in virtual synths that might have broken the loop and let me try again without having to reinstall RCM.
- KVRAF
- 31687 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from another dimension
I don't know the exact answer to your question but I like the D-50. You can get a ton of free patches for it as well.
Bobby Blues D-50:
http://bobbyblues.recup.ch/roland_d-50/ ... tches.html
Maybe the Roland person will answer you directly.
Bobby Blues D-50:
http://bobbyblues.recup.ch/roland_d-50/ ... tches.html
Maybe the Roland person will answer you directly.
Hi-de-Hi!
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- KVRAF
- 2506 posts since 15 Jun, 2006
Thanks,Does the cloud D50 import SYSEX ?Aloysius wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:10 pmI don't know the exact answer to your question but I like the D-50. You can get a ton of free patches for it as well.
Bobby Blues D-50:
http://bobbyblues.recup.ch/roland_d-50/ ... tches.html
Maybe the Roland person will answer you directly.
The cloud D50 was the first one that I installed.
Anthology 1987 is sample based with the 64 factory D50 patches.
According to a youtube review.
- KVRian
- 612 posts since 29 Nov, 2002 from Finland
After cooling down for a while and playing with the new Juno-60, I feel better again about RC. It's been working OK now for a while, no repeated login prompts or strange reappearing update notices etc. The manager software still feels slow, sluggish and ugly, but as long as you don't need to touch it, things are OK.
Yesterday I put RC Juno-60 against TAL's TAL-U-No-LX in a highly unscientific test, just creating a random sound in one and then trying to replicate it in the other. I could get them pretty close to each other, but I usually seemed to slightly prefer the RC version. Both sound absolutely beautiful, and I could do just fine with either, and of course RC Juno uses quite a lot more CPU, and I just generally prefer using TAL stuff when possible... but well, at least RC has done something pretty much right! I also like the ability to set the saw & square levels, and having two envelopes. Nice!
Edit: I think this was discussed before, but what's with Chorus 1+2 being mono? TAL Juno doesn't do this, don't remember how the actual synth did it, it's been something like 25 years since I played one...
Yesterday I put RC Juno-60 against TAL's TAL-U-No-LX in a highly unscientific test, just creating a random sound in one and then trying to replicate it in the other. I could get them pretty close to each other, but I usually seemed to slightly prefer the RC version. Both sound absolutely beautiful, and I could do just fine with either, and of course RC Juno uses quite a lot more CPU, and I just generally prefer using TAL stuff when possible... but well, at least RC has done something pretty much right! I also like the ability to set the saw & square levels, and having two envelopes. Nice!
Edit: I think this was discussed before, but what's with Chorus 1+2 being mono? TAL Juno doesn't do this, don't remember how the actual synth did it, it's been something like 25 years since I played one...
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- KVRist
- 241 posts since 9 Apr, 2005 from Japan
Are you sure it’s mono? I never noticed…probably because (IMO) I+II is a neat trick you try once, then never use again. It sounds like the hamster wheel version of a Leslie speaker.
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