The New Roland Integra 7

Official Pricing U$

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Integra7

I was initially quite interested but now I seriously am at a complete loss with this.

1. in the massive rise in the use of DAW as a music production environment, to create a product with an iPad app, but no VST would indicate that Roland strategy is driven by a bunch of cool, hip tweeners..not musicians who play live or record in a studio.
2. vagueness is a watchword in Roland when specifiying stuff..but this module needed the VA synth from the JP and does not seem to have it.
3. the slot based architecture is fine..until you realise one you want one single GM sound you are hosed..(it takes all four slots)

good luck to them..I am passing... at $1999 its a dead duck in the water..

I hear ya..

Its a shame really..
It has interesting possibilities but with the lack of DAW and VST support its a non starter
even Dan disappeared as quickly as he posted when asked about it.

Actually, I think that in a couple of years it is going to be a nice unit to have through eBay for someone that wants or needs the complete collection of SRX sounds. And at a far decent price, of course.

Mystic38 wrote:

... this module needed the VA synth from the JP and does not seem to have it ...

It does have VA synth from the JP. And, it uses the same iPad editor to tweak the partials. What it does not have is the equivalent 'Live Set' capability but this could be offset by having multiple VA assigned to any of the 16 channels.

http://www.roland.com/apps/integra7editor/

thx for clarifying.!

CShorte wrote:

Mystic38 wrote:

... this module needed the VA synth from the JP and does not seem to have it ...

It does have VA synth from the JP. And, it uses the same iPad editor to tweak the partials. What it does not have is the equivalent 'Live Set' capability but this could be offset by having multiple VA assigned to any of the 16 channels.

http://www.roland.com/apps/integra7editor/

Quinnx. wrote:

Official Pricing U$

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Integra7

I maybe have been interested but at $1999, I would much rather have the JP-80/50 and get some keys in the bargain. CS.

I was VERY interested until I saw the price - $1,999.

sorry, but who cares about srx sounds. they're outdated anyway...(?)

supernatural, yes, that would be nice, but roland needs to fix electric piano's.

I think the piano and organ sounds and drum sounds on the srx boards won't compete with the new supernatural ones but there are some great synth and orchestral waveforms and sounds I'd like to keep alive from way back in the srjv80 boards days, so this module could be a great replacement for my jv1080 potentially. I think the four exp slot thing is odd, but realistically I doubt anyone will load more than 2-4 srx cards anyway. I mean is anyone seriously going to give srx 2/11 or the brass one a look in after using the supernatural sounds? Dunno about the SN EPs. I played a FP4F the other days and it's piano and EP (both SN?) sounded great. I've never come to love ARX02 though. Anyway we'll know more when the manual comes out. The classic Roland synths emulation thats coming out for the Jupiter has me intruiged as well. Interesting times over at Roland.

BTW I've done heaps of grammar editing to this post as typing on an iPad SUCKS!!!

Your efforts are appreciated, Leh173!
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I wonder how it will integrate with the fantom g? I know that each liveset can assign up to 16 different midi instruments, but have never explored this aspect on the g. Would you be able to layer up the various layers from the integra this way? Not sure but would be a major plus if you could and I would consider purchasing it. However...............again 128 voices!? Come on Roland when are we going to get TRUE increased polyphony, the four slot thing is also annoying and seems a rather uneccesary restriciton but the least attractive part of the integra for me is that years down the line the polyphony count is still the same. Like the g8 its all very well having 8 layer live sets and 16 tracks studio but howmany times do we run out of notes when only using a few layers and a sustain pedal.

From Roland..."The Expansion Hi-Quality PCM Sounds use all four virtual slots."

There's no way to use an SRX sound set with the Ex HiQ set! I've always liked Roland but I don't understand the logic behind the I7.

1. Give us 256 polyphony.
The 10 year old 5080 offers 128 polyphony. This is 2012.

2. Give us 8 virtual slots.
The 10 year old 5080 offers 8 slots.

3. Lower the price below $1,500.
There's really nothing new in I7. The expansion boards have been around since 1995. Why charge $1,999? At that price point, I'm afraid that not many I7's will sell.

Welll you know.. its an interesting toy..
but there is really no rush to go out and get one, its not as if its going to give anyone with existing roland gear a leading advantage or an edge.. (since its all the same stuff all over again and again)

Give it a year to 18 months and we will see a price change either directly from roland or as a result of Ebay.
by this time all will be reviled including any new superseding models that may come along.

Best thing anyone can do here is just sit back, relax and allow it all to unravel and the picture will become clearer by then. ;-)

Roll on 2014!
( or should it be... Roland 2014)
:^D

Chrisk-K wrote:

From Roland..."The Expansion Hi-Quality PCM Sounds use all four virtual slots."

2. Give us 8 virtual slots.
The 10 year old 5080 offers 8 slots.

3. Lower the price below $1,500.

2. - 5080 has 4 SRX slots and 4 SR-JV slots (SR-JV expansion boards are older than SRX boards and the latter included most of the SR-JV ones). So you practically had 4 SRX slots and yet another 4 slots for smaller, older cards which mostly had what you've already put in the first ones. Let's settle to 5 slots in total. If you really want to argue, bring into discussion Fantom XR, which besides 6 slots also has sampling. 5080 is a sample PLAYER, not a sampler.

3. - I agree, but only because of my consumer point of view.