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Roland Cloud

$19.95 / month; $215.40 / year
Roland Cloud
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Roland Cloud by Roland is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin for macOS and Windows. It functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin and an AAX Plugin.
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Roland Cloud is a powerful cloud-based suite of high-resolution software synthesizers and sampled instruments, connected services and software for modern music creators. The global community of artists, creators and dreamers have easy-access to an ever-growing catalog of legendary and brand-new software instruments.

Latest User Reviews

Average user rating of 3.00 from 3 reviews
Roland Cloud

Reviewed By dctoe [all]
January 31st, 2023
Version reviewed: 5.808 on Windows

Lovely library of Roland's most classic instruments. Not sure about the low rated reviews beneath me but I wasn't building out my studio around RCM. Reactivation is only needed about once every 3 months. The US is a 3rd rate Internet shop and I always have a connection.

The VSTs load quickly and have never given me any issues with bugs or lockups. Very easy on the CPU.

The Play4Life program has given me lifetime licenses for 4 synths now and I know I've got 2 more coming this year. The sample packs are extremely useful and often have MIDI available, giving you a chance to really get flexible with sounds and timing.

Would be worth it for the Zenology Synth & FX alone, but if you need some classic Roland in your life, it's a great way to go.

Windows 11/Reaper/Mixcraft 9.

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Roland Cloud

Reviewed By Trader One [all]
January 8th, 2022
Version reviewed: 1 on Windows

To get access to retro Roland stuff which is most interesting part of offering you need to buy the highest level which is kinda expensive if you are only after their top 4 synths. You can also buy plugins for one time payment but it's very difficult to find pricing on their web pages.

as you can expect plugins checking online license very often. It means no Internet - no work. Sometimes you have Internet but their license server is not doing the best work. You can keep retrying, it will get fixed after one day.

Sound wise these plugins are average, you can find better retro gear emulation with another vendors. I would not say that Cloud is exceptionally bad, Roland just working that way and getting any kind of support is pretty difficult.

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Roland Cloud

Reviewed By dj_echo [all]
August 23rd, 2021
Version reviewed: .7422 on Windows

I had it, then I cancelled the subscription. I don't think they are as good an emulation as they could be...they certainly don't stand out and make me think WOW over and above any other emulations of their classic stuff. The SH101 and XV emulations were good, not sure why anybody would want a Sound Canvas emulation...some of the older ROMpler style synths really show the age of the original units. Sampling has come on a long way since then. I think the Model 84 takes the crown of best Juno 106 emulator over Rolands own offering. The 303 was ok but I ended up buying the Behringer TD3 which I love. The 808 and 909 were ok but I think I ended up preferring the D16 emulations.

The UI's are pretty horrible, finding presets and the way they use banks is awful. It just wasn't a pleasant experience. All in, they are years behind the latest developers which leads me to believe they are trading on name and reputation and just aren't putting the effort in for a premium product.

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Thohi
Thohi
25 February 2018 at 9:19pm

Let's see.. Pay $20 a month, for years, ending up having paid hundreds, maybe thousands, for plugins, only then to lose every single one if I can't keep it up? Yeah, I don't think so. I'll buy a plugin. I'm never going to RENT one.

ReceptorNoob
ReceptorNoob
24 July 2019 at 8:18am

I second that! I'll pass.

Big Mouth Strikes Again
Big Mouth Strikes Again
6 April 2023 at 9:34am

The only reason why companies offer subscriptions is to make more money than they would selling individual products. It's as simple as that. And yet clueless people continue to sign up for subscriptions and in doing so encourage other companies to also adopt subscription models. If we all voted with our wallets and purchased just the individual plugins we will actually use, maybe companies would get the message that WE DON''T WANT YOUR SLEAZY SUBSCRIPTIONS.

meast
meast
27 February 2018 at 7:09pm

@Thohi.

I bet you already do in someway. Welcome to the future. Pretty soon you'll be renting your computer power through cloud technology so you don't have to store a tower at home, and it can be upgraded without needing to tear the entire thing apart. Personal PCs will be like gaslamps and steam powered dildos.

Zipede
Zipede
23 October 2019 at 9:03pm

Is it still the case that you cannot specify your own installation folder with Roland Cloud? I asked Roland support about a year back and they said if you change the installation folder you will have issues with updates etc. It's a big problem for Ableton users since you can only have 1 VST folder. Currently my VST folder is on a 2T external SSD. Do I really need to move all of my existing vsts over to Roland's default folder on my tiny C: drive?

Has anyone found a way round this silly restriction?

dreyam
dreyam
2 April 2023 at 1:11pm

IMHO this is just one notch above a scam!!! Every other keyboard manufacturer - Korg for example - has released their vintage keyboards as for-purchase VSTs, with prices ranging from $50-100 (picked up the M1 and Wavestation VSTs for $50 each, which I think is reasonable.) Not so Roland, apparently! No, first you have to buy a subscription and renew it yearly. And then, if you want a vintage synth, you have to buy it separately, for prices up to $150 each!! To top it off, most of the user reviews I've read say that they're not even faithful reproductions, that they're "lifeless" and "flat". And, having heard a couple of plugins that a friend purchased I would have to say I agree. I regret having sold my D550, my Super JX, Juno 6 and XV5080, and really glad I at least hung onto my S-550 and JV-1080. IMHO, this is just a naked cash-grab and a betrayal of their previously-loyal customers, of which I was one... until now, that is. It's a f**king outrage, and I would say do NOT, under any circumstances, give them the satisfaction.

Big Mouth Strikes Again
Big Mouth Strikes Again
6 April 2023 at 9:52am

You are absolutely right. The Roland Zen-core and "Legendary" synth models don't sound as good as similar emulations from Softube, TAL, and even Cherry Audio. The only Roland Cloud synth plugins that sound faithful to the originals are the JD-800 and to a somewhat lesser degree the D-50.

If you want an old school ROMpler that is really nothing more than a warmed over XV-5080, then Zenology Pro is decent option, especially now that it finally includes various reverb effects. But Zenology Pro is $229 for a Lifetime Key. You're half way to affording Omnisphere for that kind of money. And Omnisphere is a significantly more capable and better sounding synth plugin.

chtomch
chtomch
25 August 2023 at 10:37pm

No one became a musician to screw around with software licenses.

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