Emulations of Roland gear (synths, drum machines and FXs)

[audiojunkie]

Right, no need to clean it up imo too.

OK.

Maybe some kind of sorting and/or rating ha to be done at some point.


Ingo

Sorting and rating sounds better, and keeps everything on the list. I'm for that. Thanks!

--Sean

[chk071]

Something like this would be awesome for the Roland emus: http://www.acidvoice.com/tb_303_vst_plugin_software.htm Of course a lot of work and ressources (web adress and space) needed...

[electro]

Something like this would be awesome for the Roland emus: http://www.acidvoice.com/tb_303_vst_plugin_software.htm Of course a lot of work and ressources (web adress and space) needed...

It was a good idea because there are countless 303 emulations, but there is not enough volume of any other emulation besides the other x0x machines for it to be worth the time. There are at least 4 different 808 and 909 emulators on the market.

[Ingonator]

I'll soon try to create a list with only the plugin names in the OP and people could add their rating (i propose from 0 to 5 stars) for each one or just those they have used.


Ingo

[chk071]

Nice, thank you.

[Ingonator]

Hi,

i just prepared a list with categories, the real synth names and the corresponding emulations in the list. Some are included several time like e.g. Diva. Would be nice if people could add a rating for the synths they used (from 0 to 5 stars, e.g. like +++++ for 5 stars).
Please delete the plugins you did not rate when posting it.


Here is the list:

SYNTHS:

Jupiter 8:
- Arturia Jupiter 8V 2.5
- U-He Diva
- Vintage synths v1.0 (for Reaktor)
Jupiter 6:
- U-He Diva
- EFM Jup-6
- GTG JP7A
Jupiter 4:
- Modular Samples free samples collection
Juno-60:
- TAL U-NO-LX
- TAL U-NO-62
- U-He Diva
Juno-106:
- Tube-Ohm Bruno-RP
- Juno-106 Facelift v3.0 (for Reaktor)
- Digital Performer PolySynth (included with Digital Performer 7)
Alpha-Juno / MKS-50:
- Phuturetone Phutura
- U-He Diva
- SMC JOONO 2012 (currently at Beta version 0.8 )
Juno-6:
- Elektrostudio Sixth Month June
- JUNO-6 v1.(for Reaktor)
JX-8P:
- Martin Lüders PG8X
JX-3P:
- JV3P plugin
- UVI UVX-3P (for UVI Workstation 2/Mach Five 3)
JX-10:
- JX-10 MKS-70 JX-8P PG-800 v0.9 (for Reaktor)
SH-101:
- TAL BassLine-101
- D16 Lush-101
- TAL BassLine (freeware)
- SH-2000 v3.0 (for Reaktor)
- Vintage synths v1.0 (for Reaktor)
- SC 101 (available with bundle)
- tc electronics PowerCore 01 (Powercore hardware discontinued)
- TC Works Mercury-1 (discontinued)
TB-303:
- D16 Phoscyon
- AudioRealism Bass Line 2 (ABL2)
- AudioRealism Bass Line Pro (ABL Pro)
- Muon Tau Bassline MkII:
- Muon Tau Pro Bassline
- G-Sonique Alien303
- Venom VB-303
- Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338
- Tekky Synths Acidic
- Orion Monobass (included with Orion)
- TT-303 for iOS:
- TB3 for iOS/iPad
- AudioRealism TechnoBox2 for iOS
- Finger BassLine for iOS
- AudioRealism ABL2 Rack Extension (for Reason)
JP-8000:
- Adam Szabo JP6K:
- Superwave P8 (freeware)
- Superwave Ultimate
- WOK Superfake(FX)
- Sunrizer (for iOS)
VP-330:
- Xils Lab V+:
- G-Storm Plugins VSP-330 version 2.0 Voice Synth Plus
D-50:
- Tube-Ohm Vintage
- PinkNoise Deepflight (for Kontakt)
SH-1:
- SHX Analog synth from Void Modular
SH-2:
- Kriminal Krolar SX-2
SH-3A:
- Ricko-3A
SH-5:
- Boland SH-8 (for Reaktor)
SH-09:
- Postdawn Nurseries SH-009

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DRUM MACHINES:

TR-909:
- D16 Drumazon
- AudioRealism Drum Machine ("ADM")
- Marvin Tromine Z
- Superwave D-909
- Sounds Outside The Lines Revolution-909
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines:
- CL-909-xi v3.0 (for Reaktor):
- TR-909x v2.0 (for Reaktor)
- simple 909 v0.2 v2.0 (for Reaktor)
- Orion Pro-9 (inclluded with Orion)
- AudioRealism TechnoBox2 for iOS
-Rhythm Studio DR-9 for iOS
TR-808:
- D16 Nepethon:
- AudioRealism Drum Machine ("ADM")
- Tactile Sounds TS-808
- Marvin Tromine GT
- Superwave D-808
- Sounds Outside The Lines Revolution-808
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines
- Boom 808 (for Reason)
- AudioRealism TechnoBox2 for iOS
- Rhythm Studio DR-8 for iOS
TR-707:
- Superwave D-707
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines
- Puremagnetik Devil07
TR-727:
- Superwave D-727
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines
TR-626:
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines
TR-606:
- D16 Nithonat
- AudioRealism Drum Machine ("ADM")
- Marvin Tromine
- Arturia Spark vintage Drum Machines
CR-78:
- Marvin ReTromine
- Arturia Spark vintage Drum Machines
- Forgotten Keys CR-78 (for Kontakt 4)
R8:
- Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines
DR-55:
- Arturia Spark vintage Drum Machines
DR-110:
- PLASTICID 110

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EFFECTS:

RE-201 Space Echo:
- GSI GS-201 Tape Echo
- Universal Audio Roland RE-201 Space Echo Tape Delay plugin
SDD-320 Dimension D Chorus:
- Empty Room Systems Dim D
- WOK VDimension
- Universal Audio Roland Dimension D Plug-In
- Xils Lab ChorX
Juno Chorus:
- TAL Chorus-LX
Boss CE-1 Chorus:
- UAD Boss CE-1

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PLUGINS/ADD-ONS for HARDWARE SYNTHS:

- TB-303 for Roland VariOS
- Jupiter 8 for Roland VariOS
- VC-1, D-50 V-Card for V-Synth (and VariOS
- Jupiter 8 for Arturia Origin




Ingo

[chk071]

Alright, giving it a go even though i'm not able to tell how they compare to the real deal, and not having used a whole lot.

Synths:
- U-He Diva 5/5
- TAL U-NO-LX 5/5
- TAL U-NO-62 4/5
- Elektrostudio Sixth Month June 2/5
- Martin Lüders PG8X 4/5
- TAL BassLine (freeware) 3/5
- Muon Tau Bassline MkII 1/5
- Venom VB-303 5/5
- Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338 4/5 (fun factor, quite aged by now, hence not the closest emulation by now probably)
- Superwave P8 (freeware) 2/5

Drum machines:
- Tactile Sounds TS-808 3/5

Effects:
- TAL Chorus-LX 5/5

[Ingonator]

Alright, giving it a go even though i'm not able to tell how they compare to the real deal, and not having used a whole lot.

No problem. I guess doing a rating compared to the real thing will be impossible for most people.
Anyway if enough people with knowledge about the real thing will vote the result will become more or less correct.

For some synths i added links to audio demos of the real thing (mostly from Synthmania).

I'll try to do my own votes soon and wait for some more before i do an analysis of the results.

I could also try to include the KVR ranking to the result where it is available.
Example:
Arturia Jupiter 8V gets a rating of 8.0 which would translate to 4/5:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/jupiter-8v-by-arturia
Diva would result in 5/5 then:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/diva-by-u-he
Problem with Diva is that it includes multiple synths which makes it almost impossible to use this for each single included synth.


Ingo

[Audio~Geek]

has there ever been an emulation of the RE-501 or RE-301 Chorus Echo?

[Ingonator]

has there ever been an emulation of the RE-501 or RE-301 Chorus Echo?

Good question. I have only seen a RE-201 emulation yet (see the list).


Ingo

[Ingonator]

or this:


Jupiter 8V Mellow Strings 3

That pad sound in that video is very beautiful. This is a modified version of the "Mellow Strings" factory sound. My earlier attempts seemed to be too close to the original sound and/or too bright.

This one seems to be better:
Jupiter 8V Mellow Strings 2 + Chorus-LX

The TAL Chorus-LX was added with this (Chorus mode I, moderate amount).

A screenshot of the patch and the Chorus settings:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/532 ... s-LX_1.png

The Jupiter 8 seems to have a kind of "natural Chorus" or "natural stereo spread" that makes the sound special and difficult to be emulated. With some Chorus like in this example the result seems to get closer to that.

This patch looks simple at the first look but it seems to be difficult t replicate with other synths. Both the PWM and the filter seem to be quite unique. To that the "broad" sound already mentioned is added.
The "all Arturia synths sound the same" thing is BS in my opinion.

I guess that tuning tripods for each voice like in e.g. OP-X Pro would be helpful for this.


Ingo

[electro]

There are quite a bit on Ipad. I just found this TB303
http://en.audiofanzine.com/virtual-inst ... 16190.html

[Ingonator]

There are quite a bit on Ipad. I just found this TB303
http://en.audiofanzine.com/virtual-inst ... 16190.html

In the list are 4 other TB-303 emulations for iOS. For TB-303 there seem to be by far the most emulations, also as hardware clones.

I got D-16 Phoscyon, the free Venom VB-303, TB patches + waveforms in RAyblaster and the Acid filter in Diversion which currently is enough TeeBee for me.


Ingo

[Ingonator]

Hi,

i started doing some tracks/demos that only use Roland synth emulations and also Roland FXs were possible.

The first track of that kind is based on TAL BassLine-101, Xils Lab V+, Arturia Jupiter 8V 2.5 and Pink Noise Studio Deeplight for Kontakt (length 9:45, Lead sound starts at around 1:50):

Journey To The Land Of Ro - Part I

The track is recorded "Live" which means no overdub and also no further editing afterwards.


Details about the instances and additional FXs:

1.) Lead:
TAL BassLine-101 (= SH-101), patch: "BR Horny 101 IW" (included with my free collection)

external FXs: TAL Chorus LX (mode I), TAL Dub-3 Delay, Valhalla DSP ValhallaVintageVerb

2.) Pad 1:
Xils Lab V+ (= VP-330), patch: "STR Slow Strings IW".
external FXs: Arts Acoustic Big Rock Phase Shifter (= Small Stone Phaser emulation)

3.) Pad 2:
Arturia Jupiter 8V 2.5, patch: "Mellow Strings 2 IW" (same as in a few posts above).
external FXs: TAL Chorus-LX (mode I, moderate amount)

4.) Pads 3 + 4
Pink Noise Studio Deepflight for Kontakt (= D-50) in Kontakt 4,
patches/presets: "DF Fantasia" + "DF Arctic Vox Pad".
No external FXs used.

No additional mastering FXs (e.g. Compressor etc.) used.


Ingo

[DrGonzo]

Hey Ingo - a big thanks for doing this. Great list. As always I look for some JD800 emulation - weirdly enough since I'm not a big fan of ROMplers! But I have some fond memories of the JD.

Again - thanks for your effort! And it also reminds me of bumping Audio Realism for an update of ABL Pro.

/C