Gearslutz.com - View Single Post

sinelanguage · 1st September 2010

OK so Sept 1st has come, and Roland has puked out a bunch of repackages and hoped to G-d that calling them "NEW" products would have some placebo effect. ANOTHER JUNO! YAH! Roland CONNECT - GAIA Synthesizer Sound Designer: Software for SH-01

The only one I will call out as insult to injury, is the GAIA software. TELL ME WHY at this day in age, why ANYONE would make a software companion to their hardware synth, without DAW integration? It seems to me, IMHO, if you watch the video and read the description, this software simply mirrors the GAIA, and doesn't offer any functionality advantage what so ever! And its the GAIA for **** sakes. I mean its got the sliders and knobs, its got a decent interface, so Roland decided to introduce software that simply produces a picture of whats right in front of their face just in case someone is tired of TOUCHING things

OK there's my specific product rant, and believe me I'm holding back, because to be honest (and this is where the "FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND" comes in; I feel almost a bit angry at Roland. I feel like, capitalism has gotten the best of what once was a producer of inspirational and heart warming electronic instruments. Almost the entire Roland line from the 70's to the JD800, to the D50 is still some of the most saught after, highest priced instruments in the vintage market, and compare contrast, I can get an MC303 for $50 on CL.

I know the reasons why, I don't pretend to not understand, but from someone who has promised himself a Jupiter 8 one day when I save enough; its just sad, its like watching an old friend go down the wrong path and there's nothing you can do to stop them. So RIP the Roland I once knew. RIP and thank you for all the amazing music and sound and tone color and tone you gave us from the 70's to 90's, but I think your release of "NEW AND EXCITING" products today, proves, you have jumped the shark 50 times over back and forth, and all that "Roland legacy" shit you put on your sites, is all it is, simply a legacy, as you have proven time and time again in this millennium you have no intention of continuing it. Again, IMHO.

1st September 2010	#1
sinelanguage Gear interested Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18 Thread Starter	Roland (Funeral for an old friend) OK so Sept 1st has come, and Roland has puked out a bunch of repackages and hoped to G-d that calling them "NEW" products would have some placebo effect. ANOTHER JUNO! YAH! Roland CONNECT - GAIA Synthesizer Sound Designer: Software for SH-01 The only one I will call out as insult to injury, is the GAIA software. TELL ME WHY at this day in age, why ANYONE would make a software companion to their hardware synth, without DAW integration? It seems to me, IMHO, if you watch the video and read the description, this software simply mirrors the GAIA, and doesn't offer any functionality advantage what so ever! And its the GAIA for **** sakes. I mean its got the sliders and knobs, its got a decent interface, so Roland decided to introduce software that simply produces a picture of whats right in front of their face just in case someone is tired of TOUCHING things OK there's my specific product rant, and believe me I'm holding back, because to be honest (and this is where the "FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND" comes in; I feel almost a bit angry at Roland. I feel like, capitalism has gotten the best of what once was a producer of inspirational and heart warming electronic instruments. Almost the entire Roland line from the 70's to the JD800, to the D50 is still some of the most saught after, highest priced instruments in the vintage market, and compare contrast, I can get an MC303 for $50 on CL. I know the reasons why, I don't pretend to not understand, but from someone who has promised himself a Jupiter 8 one day when I save enough; its just sad, its like watching an old friend go down the wrong path and there's nothing you can do to stop them. So RIP the Roland I once knew. RIP and thank you for all the amazing music and sound and tone color and tone you gave us from the 70's to 90's, but I think your release of "NEW AND EXCITING" products today, proves, you have jumped the shark 50 times over back and forth, and all that "Roland legacy" shit you put on your sites, is all it is, simply a legacy, as you have proven time and time again in this millennium you have no intention of continuing it. Again, IMHO.