Roland
ROLAND ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION OF ROLAND CLOUD
2025
Roland’s ZEN-Core Synthesis System
All-new membership program featuring multiple price options, the ability to buy “Lifetime Keys” to instruments, the ZENOLOGY “virtual ZEN-Core” Software Synthesizer, a refreshed Roland Cloud Manager app with access to hardware and software sounds, multi-language international availability, and more.
The expansion moves the platform to the company’s primary “roland.com” website and welcomes the ZENOLOGY Software Synthesizer, a “virtualized ZEN-Core” plug-in instrument that will change the relationship that hardware and software creatives have with sound. Other enhancements include new membership plan options, Lifetime Key purchases, international availability with multi-language and local currency support, and a refreshed “Roland Cloud Manager” app that now offers access to new sounds for compatible hardware owners.
The power and flexibility of the ZEN-Core Synthesis System deliver an incredible array of sounds, from analog modeling synths to crystal-clear pianos.
Roland’s ZEN-Core Sounds – An always-expanding sound library to keep you inspired
Whether you want to keep your music fresh with genre-focused Sound Packs, or you’d prefer to explore a specific instrument via the Wave Expansion series, ZEN-Core is the gateway to a constantly evolving collection of sounds, created by some of the world’s most exciting sound designers. The ZEN-Core Synthesis System powers some of Roland’s latest hardware.
ZEN-Core Sound Packs
ZEN-Core Sound Packs are genre-specific sound collections that give you an extra shot of inspiration—complete with deep editing and programming options absent from most sound packs. ZEN-Core sound packs will be dropping regularly too, so your music will always sound fresh.
Wavesynth an Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
Karanyi Sounds launched their most forward-looking instrument so far. Wavesynth is a new virtual instrument and a compelling waveshaper instrument for Kontakt 6.
Wavesynth Features
- 220+ Factory & Artist presets
- Sounds from 12 classic synths (Juno 106, JX & 8P, Voyager, Emulator, M1, Sub37, Prophet 6 & 8, OBX, MS20, CZ)
- 14 type of wavetable algorithms
- Amp & wavetable envelopes
- 2 LFO: Wavetable position & Prophet-type low pass filter
- Moog-type low pass filter
- 3 customizable effects: dimension, tape delay & hall reverb
- Master EQ, Compressor & Limiter
- ROLL (intelligent randomizer)
Big, bold basslines to super peaky sequences and arps, cinematic soundscapes, drones. Fully packed with synth legends and brave new sounds waiting for you to create something unique. Wavesynth, a powerful waveshaper instrument for Kontakt 6. Fully packed with synth legends and brave new sounds waiting for you to create something unique. Wavesynth is almost as flexible as an analog synth: you have plenty of possibilities to shape, twist, stomp your sounds.
With over 60 parameters (all MIDI-learnable) and an intuitive interface design and Roll (our built-in intelligent randomizer), you can go wild and create new inspiring patches in seconds. Including Classic Essentials + VHS Cinema Sound Sets.
You have two toys to play with right out of the box: Classic Essential Sound Pack is a big warm hug for retrowave lovers while the VHS Cinema Sound Pack is fully packed with useful patches for film composers, electronic musicians. With over 220 artist presets.
Wavesynth Features
- 220+ Factory & Artist presets
- Sounds from 12 classic synths (Juno 106, JX & 8P, Voyager, Emulator, M1, Sub37, Prophet 6 & 8, OBX, MS20, CZ)
- 14 type of wavetable algorithms
- Amp & wavetable envelopes
- 2 LFO: Wavetable position & Prophet-type low pass filter
- Moog-type low pass filter
- 3 customizable effects: dimension, tape delay & hall reverb
- Master EQ, Compressor & Limiter
- ROLL (intelligent randomizer)
Please note: Wavesynth requires Native Instruments Kontakt 6.2.2 (Full, retail version – free version of Kontakt NOT supported) or later in order to run.
About Karanyi Sounds
Karanyi Sounds is a sample developer company that was founded by award-winning composer, music producer Dani Karanyi in 2018. Over the last 17 years, Dani produced electronic music albums as well as film, animation, video game scores, and TV advertisements. As a pianist, he was always passionate about exploring how to bring life to the digital world of music production and seeking new techniques of sound manipulation. Teamed up with Los Angeles-based composers and other sound designers around Europe, he started to sample his favorite synthesizers and release them as Kontakt instruments with a simple-to-use, intuitive interface. Karanyi Sounds keep developing new inspiring instruments and expanding our repertoire to other sound sources too. Personally, I find the aesthetics mind-blowing outstanding pleasing.
Karanyi Sounds is crafting inspiring, high-quality sample collections in Kontakt format, focusing on film and video game scoring. Their goal is to create sonically rich, detailed and characteristic instruments like (or sometimes unlike than) the original sound sources. The company carefully select these sound sources while they also set up custom analog recording paths and rare combinations of effect chains to create unique, playable instruments. Unconventional recording techniques and sound design are as important parts of the modern music production as melodies and orchestration – so Karanyi Sounds is focusing on moods and characters as well as the sound sources themselves.
Pricing and Availability
Wavesynth is available now.
CL-Projects joined Triple Spiral Audio
Frank Dierickx from CL-Projects joined Triple Spiral Audio with a beautiful collection of products. Frank created 2 Omnisphere soundsets, 13 Kontakt libraries, and 3 soundbanks for the Roland D50 and Juno Alpha hardware synths.
CL-Projects is Frank Dierickx, a hobby musician & self-made sound designer. CL-Projects saw the light in 2012 with the idea to make patches for hardware and software synthesizers and later on to create sound libraries for the Native Instruments Kontakt sampler. He became interested in sampling because he wanted to use non-synth sounds like realistic choirs in his compositions. Kontakt was ideal for this purpose. He got interested in creating libraries himself, mainly libraries devoted to synthesizer sounds and his experience in programming synthesizers came in handy for creating these Kontakt libraries.
Because Frank’s first libraries (Electronic Expanse and the Pad Factory Series) were well received by friends, he decided to release his libraries to the public for a very economical price. He also creates patch banks for software and hardware synthesizers.
These CL-Projects soundsets, libraries, and soundbanks take you on a fantastic analog sound journey inspired by Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and many others.
Pricing and Availability
All the products are also available in various combinations as Bundles, so be sure to check those out as well.The CL-Projects soundsets and libraries are on sale with a 25% discount till 7 February, 2021 and you can find all the products here.
Roland Updates the Range of BCB Pedalboards
Roland updated their flagship BCB pedalboard range and added a new model—the premium travel-friendly BCB-1000. The BCB-90X and BCB-30X offer more flexibility for modern pedal layouts and the BCB-1000 is a robust and practical solution for traveling with your pedals.
The world of effects pedals really started to expand in the early 1970s, launching a new era of creative exploration for guitarists. Soon, top touring players and session musicians began commissioning elaborate custom-built rigs to house their effects, and the concept of the modern pedalboard was born. But for the average player, an affordable, off-the-shelf option was virtually non-existent for many years.
That all changed in 1982 when BOSS introduced the BCB-6, a user-configurable pedalboard for the masses. This breakthrough product featured an innovative molded design that was both the board and carrying case, and allowed guitarists to incorporate six compact pedals—plus the new BOSS TU-12 tuner, another milestone product—in an integrated, ready-to-play package.
Adopted by countless players in the decades since BCB pedalboards have continued to evolve to meet their changing needs. The latest BCB lineup is our most versatile and diverse to date, providing trusted BOSS solutions for modern pedal setups and musicians on the move.
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