Roland
Roland GPX-F1 Facet Grand Piano Debuts at CES 2020
Roland GPX-F1 Facet Grand Piano
Roland, a leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and professional video products, unveils the GPX-F1 Facet Grand Piano at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Based on the winning entry from the Roland Digital Piano Design Awards in 2015, this futuristic concept model is fully functional and visually unique, pairing a sleek “floating” design and crystal-inspired polyhedron styling with the latest piano sound engine, unique speaker layout, internet connectivity, and dynamic audio-visual effects.
As world-leading digital piano innovators since 1973, the Digital Piano Design Awards reflected Roland’s long-time commitment to advance the form and function of this timeless instrument. Challenging the world’s most imaginative designers under the guiding theme of “concert grand piano,” Roland ultimately awarded the Grand Prize to Jong Chan Kim’s “Facet” design, a head-turning, forward-thinking creation with bold angles and attitude.
In 2019, inspired by the themes of design, connectivity and evolution, Roland assembled a small design team in Hamamatsu, Japan, to turn Kim’s blueprint into a playable concept piano—complete with next-generation sound technology to match the striking aesthetic. While there are currently no plans to release the GPX-F1 Facet as a production model, Roland expects its design language and technologies to influence the development of digital pianos to come.
Striking and stylish, the Facet’s cabinet and frame appear to float above the base unit, catching the eye with the complex polyhedron shapes that inspired the name. Meanwhile, every angle is meticulously conceived for optimum sound projection, delivered by the latest generation of Roland’s PureAcoustic Piano Modeling sounds and the Acoustic Projection System that distributes an array of speakers and resonators around the piano for truly immersive sound.
Fusing multiple cutting-edge technologies, the Roland GPX-F1 Facet redefines what it means to play the piano. The large Android™-powered screen is built into the music stand to access apps including digital music scores and online-lessons. Players can compose and arrange using the Roland Zenbeats music creation app and enjoy hands-free control with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. The Facet’s unique visual function also inspires head-turning performance, with the base unit’s onboard video projector beaming images onto the piano’s top board—in perfect synchronization with the music from the keys.
Availibility
Following its world debut at CES 2020, the Roland GPX-F1 Facet will appear at the NAMM trade show in Anaheim, California, as well as various industry events throughout the year
Virtual Instrument Library
Karanyi Sounds’ New Wavesynth an Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer
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.
Virtual Instrument Library
CL-Projects (Frank Dierickx) joined Triple Spiral Audio
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.
Pedal
Roland Updates the Range of BCB Pedalboards
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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