I have several Roland products, all hardware. A Jupiter X, Juno 106, D50, SH3, JP8000, TR-8S, JD-Xi and Fantom 06. I am glad GALAXIAS came out because the market is flooded with different software versions and this make it a simple one stop option.
Galaxias is sort of like a beefed up Komplete Kontrol, but without a dedicated controller. Otherwise, you can do what Galaxias does in any great DAW like Cubase or Ableton, you know? This is also only for Roland Cloud Ultimate folks right now.
The plug-in is coming very soon. It's already deep into development and testing. But we saw no reason to deny people the pleasure of using GALAXIAS in the meantime. This way, those who are interested, can use it as a standalone instrument, get familiar with it, explore and start building their own Scenes, and then when the plug-in arrives, people can start using it for DAW production.
10 месяцев назад
Please scrap your subscription model and we can talk 👌
No, even “Lifetime” keys are only valid for the lifetime of the instrument. Roland can disable it at any time. Not worth using any cloud service. Remember…cloud is just someone else’s computer. Better off buying a Fantom XR, which comes with all the same sounds and a free pc editor. Depressing that these companies are trying to lock us into subscriptions by stripping their software out of their hardware. I will never use cloud. PS, they are collecting all your DAW data, which can be used to train an AI to write songs exactly as you do. Use at your own risk.
The idea behind Galaxias and the whole Roland Cloud are absolutely fantastic. What a world that I can have everything Roland ever had on my computer without having to fill it all up with expensive and vulnerable hardware synths. It's just a shame that you'll never own Galaxias because it's only available as a subscription model. And even if you buy the software synths with a lifetime key, you still have to be connected to the internet every 30 days, otherwise the software will no longer work. As I said, the idea behind the Roland Cloud is fantastic, but the cloud can be a real hell and a nightmare. The developers at Roland still have to make some improvements.
This virtual instrument deserves a dedicated Roland midi keyboard with a touch display, NKS compatibility with full screen match of all graphics, firmware update for Fantom keyboards to have access to all parameters directly from the screen.
Been screaming at Roland to make a midi keyboard controller like a Fantom for years. THEY DON'T LISTEN. They want to make you pay 4 grand for the synth instead when 95% of people don't need it.
It's great this exists. It's like a supercharged software version of a Jupiter X or Fantom. Though I'd rather pay £2000 outright than £200/year perpetually. The only reason I've ever held a Roland Cloud subscription was to aquire Lifetime Keys through the Play4Life promotion. I will never 'rent' software. Also if someone already owns the lifetime keys for all/most of the component synths, making them pay a full subscription just to use Galaxias seems unreasonable.
Even Lifetime keys require re-authorization every 30 days and are only valid for the “life” of the instrument, which is solely at the discretion of Roland. They currently have all models loaded up onto their cloud, but you can expect they will start to deactivate instruments in the future once they need more money from you imo. Use at your own risk.
Don't like the subscription idea,u never own it and they can change the rules at will,if I pay a one time fee and own it for life as a standalone then that would work at the right price but not want to pay to play rental
LOL! They're not smart enough to make a great midi controller !! They could of cornered the market on that years ago but they have ZERO foresight on the future. Now it's too late.
Still NO editor software for the MC101/707 other than Zenology, but you can make this monstrosity? Your support for people who PAID for hardware SUCKS, Roland!!!
MC-101/707 are grooveboxes, not synthesizers. The whole point is: pick up a few patches, tweak a few parameters and jam. If one patch doesn't work, pick up next. Options to access all sound synthesis parameters is a nice bonus to these machines and you likely are carried away by this.
Goes back further than that - 27 years ago, Propellerhead (now Reason) created ReBirth. My first VST. Roland even congratulated them via fax, then went all legal on them 😂
Just found this, really neat, might actually give Roland Cloud a shot. Hopefully step recording comes to the sequencer, Roland and Sonicware are the only folks that seem to support that will
I already own lifetime keys for 10 Roland Cloud plugins - Jupiter 4, Juno 60, D-50, XV-5080, System-1, JD-800, 303, System-100, Jupiter-8 and SH-2. You’re telling me I have to subscribe to Ultimate again to use this VST wrapper? Can’t see why this doesn’t work with those I already own and show only those. It’s like UVI restricting their Workstation to only those who subscribe to sonic pass.
@@riftwytch yup, me too, and that was my point - it’s like UVI restricting Workstation to subscribers (which they obviously don’t - it’s free). The same is true of Komplete Kontrol and NI VSTs. Somehow Roland want customers who already paid for lifetime keys to also subscribe for this wrapper VST. Basically paying twice. Crazy.
@@ohheyitskevinc Ok, I misunderstood your original comment. The new Roland software looks nice, but I really only want 3 of the instruments, so it makes more sense for me to buy those. I can combine plugins easily enough in my DAW, or use something like Unify and I don't nave to only use plugins from one manufacturer.
Yes, and your lifetime keys are only good for the “life” of each instrument, which is at Roland’s discretion. Welcome to the party. Maybe rethink using plug-ins or we are all going to suffer these anti-consumer practices far into the future.
HUDGE NO! I say NO! to subscription model ! I would have bought it long ago even for really "reasonable" price. I say no to all subscriptions! When you have a subscription, you really have NOTHING! Remember that!
Soooo Roland, when will you start inovating something new? This is just the same old subtractive VCO-VCF-VCA emulation. 20 years ago Hartmann released the Neuron, synplant 2 is out now and Roland is stuck in the past 😂
Our take is that GALAXIAS uses the much-loved Roland sonic character and makes entirely new sounds by combining them, along with Roland effects, into fresh sounds that have an extremely contemporary feel.
@@rolandglobal Which means, 35 year old sounds combined, nothing new... Not even the Super Natural sounds are included, those were the last "fresh sounds" Roland has made...
Fantastic to hear that you are enjoying it! We can't provide an approximate date yet for the plug-in, but soon! We're hoping to release it before the end of the year, but we also want to make sure it's stable and polished. Have fun for now, and any favorite Scenes or ones you create in GALAXIAS will be waiting for you in the plug-in version when it's released.
I hope you can answer this. How do you record what you've created? I'm a little new and I don't want to buy a Fantom if this will basically do the same. Thanks
This is just Roland charging for virtual versions of legacy instruments once gain. I have seen many of these keyboard sounds in their flagship keyboard workstations AND in my Roland Integra 7. It's a shame when a company with the rich and powerful legacy as Roland resort to repackaging synths, synth engines, and synth sounds from their past creations and offering them as something new simply because it's presented in a shiny and new keyboard or VST; not much new to see or hear with this and their other newer product offerings
Can Galaxias be used with Reason Studios? Also, does Galaxias come with all the mentioned instruments, or do they have to be purchased seperatly in the form of VST plugins, or otherwise?
But in expensive!! The whole V collection costs only like 300 bucks on sale. While one can say that Roland Cloud plugins might sound better than V collection, V collection will not empty your pockets with a subscription. Only lacking of V collection is that there are no drum machines.
Why, for so many years has Roland engineers been so completely braindead as to not make a really good midi controller keyboard to use all this stuff. My Roland A-88 MKii is not working out at all. No Sliders. Knobs and small controls are too far to left of keys to even comfortably use. I'm disappointed I even wasted my money. Company that makes the best quality keyboards doesn't see the biggest money making opportunity out there. I'd be happy if Roland AT LEAST made a midi control surface to put on top of my useless Roland A-88. Seriously Roland. Get with the program.
Guys, it's a wrapper for their cloud subscription synths...like Kontrol for The NI Komplete Bundle or Analog Lab for Arturia V collection, And you can't even buy it, subscription only. Your daw is also a vst wrapper, but if you want the convenience of firing up vsts configured in stack/splits for live use, or custom effect chains, with the possibility of opening the wrapper on a DAW as a vst plugin, there are solutions that are plugin brand agnostic. Also, I don't see the convenience in all this meta-tagging systems for finding premade and for sale presets, apart for samplers/romplers. But that's just me, I have a library of patches I made, and on synths is all I care about.
NI Komplete Kontrol is free and just works with whatever you load into it. Whether you own Komplete 14 CE or just Massive, it will work. Unfortunately, no multis - that’ll be Kontakt. Similar with UVI Workstation too - another wrapper for their stuff. This sadly isn’t even a wrapper for those of us who own Roland Cloud lifetime keys. I have 10 and need to subscribe to ultimate (again) to access this thing. Crazy. Not the end of the world though since I’ve learned to live with my current workflow in logic and cubase.
@@ohheyitskevinc I would not be surprised if Roland later makes Galaxias available to other people outside of Ultimate. It depends on the backlash. You should wait and see what happens over this following year.
Roland push to the maximum the soft synth...instead the boutique models. Because coping software doesn't have a cost.. instead to build a circuit board and a painted chassis..😏
I wish Roland could make a simple multitrack hardware recorder. Something for song writers who want to put a song together without a computer. Something like a Tascam R20 or MPC but better with more emphasis on recording external audio (vocals, guitars, keys, etc) instead of sampling. Give me up to 24 tracks, support for any audio quality low or high, ability to record to SD & flash drive, built in effects, AI mixing & mastering options, stem separation, etc. Price it between $500 - $1,000 USD. Why would it sell well? Because *everything* I just described above doesn't currently exist in any hardware I know of. 🙂
So if I’m understanding correctly galaxias literally combines every Roland instrument, sound, keyboard workstation, and synthesizer into one? If so that would essentially make buying the other Roland cloud packs unnecessary right? I’m not mad about it, I just wanna know if I should just buy galaxias and not have to worry about buying other packs such as SRX, zen core, zenology, aira, legendary, etc.
i feel fooled that i bought a jupiter xm this year.the concept is super but i don’t want become a slave to a new cloud/abo. now i will sell my jupiter.
Don't want to spoil the party, but my ear is still critical here, and Roland is requested to investigate deeper into the distortion and low-fi tricks of the originals
Currently (Nov 19, 2023), there is only one ACB module for fantom, the Jupiter 8. And at this time, you can use only one ACB module in a scene cause ACB demands heavy CPU processing power. Actually I am not happy with my fantom, ABM is apparently a wrong approach, the sequencer and sampler on Fantom are less developed than those on Fantom G. Also, I have 5 boutiqes plus system 8 and TR8s, Fantom is expensive than all of them combined, yet it could not match the sound quality and intunitivity of either one.
@@nicky1661 You sound like you are not a rompler user, like your typical stage-performing keyboardist. Fantom isn't meant for you, in that case. You should have gone with all that gear you listed instead. Roland's best emulations will be VSTs or the dedicated hardware you listed (much like any other instrument maker). Also, their best pianos are on their dedicated digital pianos like FP90x. Fantoms and Junos are middle-of-the-road, "Swiss army knife" stage performance keyboards for keyboardists that rely on both synth and acoustic sounds. That they even threw in ACB at all is cool, but of course, there will be limitations versus System-8 when System-8 has 3/4ths of Fantom's processing power (to give you an idea of what it takes to run ACB).
OK... Galaxias starts : Black Screen ! I have an I5 but 3rd generation ! And I have to change my setup with a 8th generation ? And Now Zenbeats starts : Black Screen ! Idem !!!
As a musician that has gone about 90% out of the box, Galaxias has impressed me to the point that I would highly consider moving back to a hybrid approach. The sheer magnitude of classic sounds available is impressive in and of itself, but Roland seems to have done an excellent job of adding very useful production features as well, so overall, it looks very impressive! However, can I assume by the glaring exclusion of the highly loved and sought after JP-8000/8080 in this and other demos, that it has yet again not been included in this tool? I fail to understand how a company that has so successfully digitized even their old analog synths continues to exclude easily 1 of the top 10 Roland products of all time. If these were included in this package, it would almost be an auto-subscribe for me. As it stands, I'm still on the fence. Any chance someone from Roland can chime in on any future plans for the 8000/8080?
The terms of service are so offensive, you should really reconsider using. Even Lifetime keys only provide access for the “life” of the instrument, which is solely at the discretion of Roland and requires re-authorization every 30 days along with undefined data collection from your DAW. Considering the Fantom XR was more capable than this with a free online editor, it does not make sense for any self-respecting musician to use this.
I bought n/zyme for my fantom early this year, then 2 weeks ago the Fantom EX pack released. And yeah, 199 bucks with free n/zyme module in it. I love my fantom and I paid full price for the EX pack, just to find that you can only use one ACB module per scene, and it can't be used with v-piano at the same time. I used to think my fantom could replace my Boutique collections, but I think I'm wrong. Get a decent MIDI controller and subscribe roland Cloud ultimate member. It's far more capable, authentic and intunitive than the half baked Fantom.
The ACB thing likely was not an original consideration until later. That's interesting to know, I guess that the ACB uses the same processor(s) as the V-Piano. You do know that replacing a System-8 requires 3 BMC chips, right? Fantom only has 4 and has a heck of a lot going on, so it would need to make some serious sacrifices to run more ACB models at once. The limitations are no surprise.
You can not buy it. Only thing for now is to have Ultimate subscription to Roland cloud and then you can have it. Unless Roland make some changes in that direction this is the only way.
