Roli: Equator 2 is here !

[Ou_Tis]

Someone pointed out on Reddit that Andy Huang's video for Roli Airwave shows an Equator2 update with "a mod section tab called “Custom CC” which I hope lets you [set curves for] (probably 5) assignable CC controller numbers [like you can for the MPE parameters]. And a new set of 5 extra LFOs and 5 extra Math modules."

https://www.reddit.com/r/ROLI/comments/ ... are_button



[Edit: this forum is messing up the Youtube link that goes directly to the relevant timestamp, but it's at 3:36 seconds in]

[killmaster]

I'm really confused about the price for upgrading to Equator 2 from Equator 1 (I own a Seaboard RISE 39 and Equator 1). Are the following statements true?

1) regular price for Equator 2 to buy outright is $249 ?
2) normal upgrade price if you own Equator 1 is $149 ?
3) Black Friday sale price if you own Equator 1 is $89 ?

Or is the normal upgrade price always $89 ?

Thank you!

[Ah_Dziz]

Did they ever get equator to be more CPU friendly? I got it with my seaboard and it was great but was kind of over the top for a relatively straightforward synth. I

[benedettodue]

For User Multisamples, using sounds in sfz format works without any problems. The important thing is to use the simple SFZ format where root and high -low note are described with midi note number.
Loop points must be indicated in .wav files
Here is a simple example.
<control>

<global>

<group>

<region> sample=SURPUJC2.wav lokey=0 hikey=36 pitch_keycenter=36 loop_mode=loop_continuous
<region> sample=SURPUJC3.wav lokey=37 hikey=48 pitch_keycenter=48 loop_mode=loop_continuous
<region> sample=SURPUJC4.wav lokey=49 hikey=60 pitch_keycenter=60 loop_mode=loop_continuous
<region> sample=SURPUJC5.wav lokey=61 hikey=108 pitch_keycenter=72 loop_mode=loop_continuous

[jancivil]

Equator2 update with "a mod section tab called “Custom CC”



[Edit: this forum is messing up the Youtube link that goes directly to the relevant timestamp, but it's at 3:36 seconds in]

1) that's something from the future (he has something that hasn't seen release)
2) here clicking on your URL link takes me to 3 minutes 33s (213 seconds).

[Vaultnaemsae]

I posted this on the ROLI group on Reddit but this forum might be a better target for informed users so I'm reposting it here. BTW, I'm not using ROLI hardware.

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"Equator 2.5.1 - remote preset navigation on macOS"

I've been playing with Equator 2 since November 2024. It's a great synth with a massive amount of possibilities. But I'm having some issues with remote preset navigation. I'm on macOS 15.3, FWIW.

Here are some observations:

1. The standalone Equator 2 application/AU both respond to MIDI PC but in unexpected ways.
- Any MIDI PC triggers a step through a playlist (PC numbers seem arbitrary, unimportant);
- Sometimes a PC will trigger the next preset in the list, sometimes it will trigger the previous one;
- Sometimes only the first and last preset in a playlist will be selected despite sending PC#00-04 (the extent of my testing) consecutively;
-MIDI MSB/LSB have no bearing on preset selection.

2. The VST3 version does not respond to MIDI PCs at all.

The only way I can control preset selection reliably within Equator 2 is by setting up a playlist of desired presets and using the up/down arrow keys on my computer's keyboard to navigate. This seems rather poorly thought out on the developer's part, no?

This software instrument costs USD $250, so I expect more. Even Surge XT (free) has a usable preset management system. Does anybody have any points of assistance on this vexing issue? Am I missing something? Thanks.

[aMUSEd]

The way I get round it is to use it in Komplete Kontrol (there is a version with all presets saved to NKS)

[Vaultnaemsae]

The way I get round it is to use it in Komplete Kontrol (there is a version with all presets saved to NKS)

Thanks for the tip. Is Komplete Kontrol friendlier for preset selection? I had a look around and found the NKS tags for Equator2 on the NI forum but at first glance it doesn’t seem to me that KK has a better way of selecting presets than the up/down keys in the Equator2 GUI.

[aMUSEd]

The way I get round it is to use it in Komplete Kontrol (there is a version with all presets saved to NKS)

Thanks for the tip. Is Komplete Kontrol friendlier for preset selection? I had a look around and found the NKS tags for Equator2 on the NI forum but at first glance it doesn’t seem to me that KK has a better way of selecting presets than the up/down keys in the Equator2 GUI.

It's a better way or organising sounds, with previews and tags, and if you have a S series keyboard you do get preset browsing via the keyboard

[Vaultnaemsae]

It's good to know this, but I don't have an NI controller.

Ideally, I'd just like a way to select presets reliably, preferably via MIDI PC, but I'd even take a prev/next via MIDI CC...just something "standard" to get the job done. There's probably a way to do a MIDI transform to keyboard commands if I dig deep enough, but it seems kind of daft for a $250 flagship synth.

I'm guessing that ROLI hardware might make this possible too.

[aMUSEd]

You don’t necessarily need one, you can map all the main functions to most MIDI controllers with knobs and that includes the previous/next buttons

[Vaultnaemsae]

You don’t necessarily need one, you can map all the main functions to most MIDI controllers with knobs and that includes the previous/next buttons

You can map automatable parameters to macros in KK (or any old DAW) but:
- The previous/next buttons are not mappable in Equator 2.
- Komplete Kontrol does not have previous/next buttons.

So we've returned to the disturbing reality that this synth has no effective native preset management system.

[aMUSEd]

You don’t necessarily need one, you can map all the main functions to most MIDI controllers with knobs and that includes the previous/next buttons

You can map automatable parameters to macros in KK (or any old DAW) but:


- Komplete Kontrol does not have previous/next buttons.

Yeah it does

[Vaultnaemsae]

Ok, that’s good to know. I kompletely missed it. Thanks for pointing it out.