Roland Integra-7 Product Presentation for Sonic LAB
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Integra-7. Roland's latest professional sound module - with masses of sound and the Jupiter 80 sound engine and a lot more. Product specialist Gareth Bowen came down to show us what it can do
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You can find plenty of demos of the sounds online, but not so much talk about the features. Which is why we did it like this. In fact there's a 53 video playlist of integera sounds to my right as I type. You should be able to find what you are looking for there.
sonicstate we can read all if what your saying online as well!
I love Rolan Integra 7 .. just because the best classic Roland sounds inside.
After 18 years I still use my old JV1080, buying an Integra, you really can`t go wrong. You can get some allround sound software like Steinberg Halion. That will do aswell. It`s just easy to have 1 sound source for your quick mockups and in this case, you prabably can use alot of sounds for the actual finished product. And no, the orchestral sounds can`t compete with high end software libraries if you seek realism. No synth can. It`s just great to have a VAST library of all types of instruments. Thats why you buy a machine like this..
Awesome stuff. Can't wait you get my hands on one, along with the Roland Jupiter 80.
Thanks for this Nick! Brilliant! Having never had access to the older Roland modules & SRX cards this would be a Godsend! Everything in one place, with iPad and VST integration - Wonderful! Gareth did a great job of demonstration the sounds - very impressive and high quality IMHO!
This is the 1st Roland product I have been excited about since they killed the VS2000CD 6months after I bought mine! Time to start saving my pennies!
The best module I´ve ever baught !
Probably the best sound module ever made....and sadly could be the last😞
A unique opportunity to hear two middle-aged men talking about an iPad app, with some piano at the end.
very very good review. This interviewer really knows what he's talking about!
to be fair, you can do all of this from the front panel, and I believe there is a plug-in for it too - not available at the time of this demo.
On the other hand I have a Roland JD 800 and a JP 8080 that work the same today as they did back in the 90's. Both units are covered with knobs and slider and do not need any type of computer to assist with programming. The Roland Fantom G has a built in screen so I love that unit. These are what I call stand alone synths, they never need a computer to keep them going for years and years and years. I will have to see if the Integra 7 is easy to program from the front panel before I purchase.
As background information. You now can have a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) with a 8 channel interface and then have a mix wich has a 5.1 and a stereo output all in one workspace. And this will allow you to switch between stereo and 5.1 on the fly. So working in a "space" is now possible. So this synthesizer gives you 'per voice' the possibility to give it a place in the surround stage. But allso give you the possibility to move the channel within this space. And it is an all in one solution.
Dear Nick, PLEASE let people finish a sentence. So many times the poor guy is trying to explain something but you leap in with a question (or a demonstration that you know something) and interrupt him.
Indeed, mate. Nick is too wound up. He needs to cut down on the caffeine
@@josephramone5805lol😂
Roland Roland Roland...why why why No Android App????
Yes, you can program the unit in system mode to load up to four srx boards at power up. No need to manually drag and drop evertime you need these sounds in setup mode. Come on Gareth Bowen, learn your product before making a video.
I'm glad you mentioned that. That was kind of a deal breaker for what I would want this for. Seemed like a really stupid omission.
@@MrCshmn I watched the video for a second time today and cringed, when he blew that question. Or maybe he didn't understand the question right. Nick and he seem to talk about each others head sometimes.
probably worth waiting for the user manual pdf to become available to really dig down deep into what it's capable of fully as i don't think 20min video can coer every question we might need to know but Nick and Gareth did a great job over-viewing such a monster synth
How hard it is to use this in a modern daw? It is a 8 year old device at this point, and can't really figure out how good the USB midi/audio workflow is. The ipad interface is fun but I have a huge monitor so would love to use that. Thanks
And how about Supernatural modeling of the Jupiter 8?
My best example of this, comes from Korg. I used to have a MicroSampler, which is solely reliant on its software-editor to move or backup its sounds. Where as other samplers have SD or CF type cards, tapes, floppy discs etc, depending on their age.
From October 2010 to May 2011, any1 with an updated Mac, and a lot of people with updated windows (though this was more intermittent), didn't have a functioning USB-driver for Korg products, rendering a lot of necessary editors unfunctional.
Their informative jocular banter worked so well for me I went and bought one today. All I require now is a PC version editor (that's a big hint Roland) for it, as I am Macshy.
excellent demo and it looks like a fantastic instrument...it's on my short list!...and thanks to Nick and Gareth on confirming that the up and coming legacy collection will be for the integra 7 as well as the jupiter 50 and 80.....loving this!
I'll pick one of these up in 15 years xD Impressive tool though, nice continuation of the JV-880 / JD-990 / JV-1080 line up. Looks very powerful with the effects as well.
I read the manual features a VST plugin, for any host, but i haven't seen it demonstrated to what the differences are
great job, guys. he said VST. this makes me wonder if the pro tools integration will be compromised....?
you have 2500 user slots...so can copy any fav sounds from a card over into that area i believe and you have full edit capability for that sounds is not just a"preset" so all 12 cards are available if you pick once you want from each card into your own personal collection in the user area.....well that's how i understand it.
some people just stucked into technical bullshit... this unit as crown of all Roland sound module up to now. You may have to think, Integra contain ALL roland sound libraries!!!! With top quality DA handling and huge DSP power. Only Your creativity is the limit, what You can do with this bad girl. So just make music, not thisbetterthatbettermymetter bullshit! great vid Lab!
Cool video. So, question. Can you use this as a sound module and audio interface simultaneously?!
Regardless of your feelings towards the Gaia. This module is indeed a hybrid. All the SRX sounds are PCM waves sent through subtractive synthesis engine, like many romplers of the past 20 odd years, which is also their natural origin. And this will also be true for quite a few of the other sounds.
SuperNatural sounds however, are made using advanced modelling of all mechanical and electric parts that make up the instrument it's mimicking, and each is individually tweakable. Check V-Piano specs.
Marc the Darc - no v-piano sounds in this. The first lesser product to have that technology is the RD-2000. It is a separate engine from Supernatural, with its own polyphony in that unit.
I would still get this today!!!
So would I! In fact I'm considering maybe buying one in the future.
Can I set left right and split sounds from Integra 7? Say bass guitar left and another sound on right of keyboard?
How many times does he have to say "hold on"? Like he wasn't even paying attention.
They actually developed a technology in the early 90's (roland did) that uses some kind of phasing or acoustical phenomena to simulate sounds out of the speakers. The units that did it were really expensive. NIN used em here and there. You only really hear it in a proper monitoring situation (two speakers, not phones etc. It does work though. Whether or not Roland uses that same tech in the integra, I'm not 100% sure
dyesect - it’s in there “Motional Surround - derived from Roland’s proprietary RSS (Roland Sound Space) technology”
you don't need to...read the manual which is now online as a pdf you can choose which to AUTOLOAD on bootup.
Are there any videos anywhere (I’ve looked on UA-cam) of how you layer 3 or 4 sounds together on an Integra ? Then how do you save the layer once you’ve created it? Say I had a gig with my band and I wanted to create layered sounds for 16 or 17 songs, and also just use single sounds… is there like a LIVE SET mode where I can access these? Do I have to use an iPad or computer because I don’t want to do that really, I’d like to do it on the Integra itself..
I did this on a sound canvas by setting multiple parts to the same midi channel and saving that mix on the sequencer. The sound canvas did not allow you to save edited sounds.
Next demo please play the jupiter 80 more with the sounds from the Integra 7.
I must confess to be on mattsynths side in this. It's become commonplace to have direct usability replaced with computer-integration and plugin-editors, which will all eventually fall prey to lack of support while computersystems are updated.
So many current synths are more or less useless without an editor (save for their presets), 5 or 10 years into the future you'll be forced to maintain an old computer seperate of your main rig, only to edit your synths from this era.
State of the art
Ill like to use the 8 outputs as 8 separate tracks, running each individual output into their own compressor and then into a mixer. Is that possible and how would one do it
Would like to see more update on this unit aswell. Another demo on this unit would be great.
hopefully its a bit more than that. l can see this being a nice alternative to everything being inside a pc or mac.
I want one.
Sonar X2 and X3 can give you, together with the Roland Integra-7 sound to movie can be an awesome solution. And it will be very small. So ideal for an editing room (where generally is not alot of room).
Please give it a wirl... This solution will last you decades...!!
The supernatural sounds are sample based and use modeling as well. The piano sounds aren't fully modeled like the v-piano, they are sample based like the rd700 and rd-300.
'Controls basically everything on the integra' bare faced lie.
iPad only controls Mixer, VA synth and card selection.
Also looks like you can only use it if you are not gonna use the inbuilt soundcard ?
What is Integra doing to make the instruments seem to move in 360 soundfield, add reverb and lower the volume to put it in the "background" or EQ it to make it "forward" in the soundfield or what is behind that?
5 channel panning and high frequency filtering
I'd love to purchase one too, cash permitting. However, the lack of a PC/Mac and/or an Android editor makes it a no-go for now.
Still a good buy in 2019? Looking to replace my D05, SH01A, and JD-Xi with a rack unit. The used market pricing seems alright, just concerned a new model will be out sooner than later.
It goes for less than a thousand now in 2019. Have a look around online. It was worth it for me when I got it back in 2018. I don't use a iPad with it. I do all my work from the tiny screen. It's not as bad as it seems. I don't know if it'll replace your synths, I would download the instrument list from Roland and see if will do justice for you. Hope that helps.
Believe me Roland would never do a synth module again. This will be the last one. So get one as quick as possible
@@tuneunleashed ended up with the jupiter xm instead. Loving it
@@bg2818 big mistake lol. That is trash I owned the big brother made an unboxing video about it...biggest mistake I’ve ever made
Are the sounds coming from the SRX boards better than the Integra 7?
Great presentation. Answered all my questions.. time to ditch the bloated VSTs.
They should have included a larger colour touch screen like on the V-Synth XT. That way there would have been no need for the iPad. I don't like the way you have to load the expansion cards.
Of course, the focus of this machine lies on the sounds, but can I also use the synth engine to build completely new patches?
as a "roland v synth gt" owner, dont bother because roland never updates anything much once they have your money you get one update to fix a couple of bugs. then they couldnt give a crap about the awesome hardware they made. they want you to buy something else. look at the original virus TI, all the new updates still work on the original one even though it was made years ago.
Don't you worry about how it sounds. We already know it, and you'll also hear it as soon as the sound will be demoed. "It doesn't sound analog enough" or, "It sounds too digital". That's how it sounds, accoring to the judgers out there.
hai boys im intrested in midi Music i have downloaded maney high quallity midi files i have roland sd50 the problem is the sd50.s acustick sounds is terribel wil the Intera-7 do a better jobb on midi files the sd50 uses standar sound onley for midi files
I maded free place in my racks for two of this bad girl :) and I am not a "justonebrand" troll. The integra is the last rack modul what I will buy it soon, because solve everything what I missed. I do not need buy more big synth for a specific sound. Like all project studio, My also has limit on size. Integra is perfect answer for hold ALL Roland sounds, and load what and when I need into My session.
it would be nice to see how to connect and use the roland integra 7 sounds on the roland vr-09 and the midi controls which seem very confusing, and don't work ? some of the time? and or the screen on the roland vr-09 does not change the sounds at least visually on the screen! and no local off?
We will have to have a editor on the iPad for the integra sounds.
Thank you, Nick. Thumbs up.
can you directly connect an alesis vortex wireless 2 keytar to the sound module for instant voices.
Great presentation gentlemen! Can I use a guitar or MIDI guitar in place of a MIDI keyboard to access the sound library? Thank you, James
Yes. A MIDI guitar certainly. For guitar, a Fishman Triple Play pickup can create the MIDI signal.
The Gaias main synth engine doesn't use sampled waveforms. That's only the 15-part GM engine which is hidden inside.
Feel free to actually look closer at their list of specs, and you will notice that the "Sound Generator Section" bit you're refering to has 2 clearly seperated sets of specs, accounting for the main part (which is true DSP VA) and 15 GM parts respectively.
The heart of all SuperNatural sounds has always been several types of DSP-based advanced modelling. But expect both in this.
but can it play Crysis
Yes.
all the manuals are now up online for you to read through all the nitty gritty stuff you might want to know
roland.com/support/article/?q=manuals&p=INTEGRA-7
sampled i belive...have a look at the roland jupiter 80 editor that you can get for free even if you don't have a jupiter 80...it's a similar method that the Venom uses...this way you can also add new sampled wavs from legacy oscillators from their older synths which is what i believe is what the legacy collection will be..plus a software update for filter types.
The strums always sound fake because every note is struck differently on a real guitar. But this is a good collection of samples all in one place. I like it.
at $2,000 ... 3 dolalrs a sound for over 6,000 ... interface ... but there just so many other things , MOxF , Octatrack , korg pa600 , EWQL bundle , Virus TI , Kurzweil pc3k , Elektron Mono Machine , VSTI's ... i cant imagine buying this before any of that , and i cant imagine needing this after having all of that either ... The Integra 7 needs to be around $ 1,300 ...
That's not exactly how it works. Every patch, whether in preset or user memory needs access to the sample data from one of the "cards". So, if you can only load four of the cards, you cannot use ANY sound from ANY card in a 16 part multitimbral setup. You cannot "mix and match" whatever samples you want from whatever card over the "4" limit. Keeping my XV5080, and JV1080 ...
You don´t need the ipad to edit the sounds? You can do that directly on the module I suppose.
So the legacy is only Roland legacy or will it have a Moog, OBX, etc.?
SEINFELD 8:38
10 years and no new Integrabor any 19" rack
Talking about the synth engine - V synth GT is way more detailed and with more LFOs and with FM MOD, SYNC MOD, and lot, lot, lot more!!!
I am interested in looking at this module but I am a little leery of buying an instrument that you edited or control by a iPad. The Apple iPad is changing so rapidly these days I know Roland will not be able to keep up with it and then there is that constant upgrading issue. I like my instruments complete without outside technology, that way they will work 10 years from now the same way they did new. I will have to check out how hard it is to edit using just the front panel of the module.
I have no idea who this was designed for, it sounds like roland 25 years ago with an abundance of tech giving you access to the same old roland sounds... I don't know how they keep going !!!
One user could be someone with only an ipad and a controller keyboard, who wants to do some basic MIDI sequencing, with a ton of content. I got one for the classic Roland sounds and the Supernatural Acoustic stuff, which no one else has. Sometimes it’s nice to lay something down without dealing with plug-in latency too.
The Roland XV5080 (which I own) came out in 2000 & has 256 user memory slots & 4 SRX & 4 SRV slots. Do you know if the Integra 7 is compatible only with an iPad, or can you control/access it with a PC/mouse as well?
Does it send the inflection data for supernatural sounds over midi so I could control them
on my Kurzweil PC3K like if I was playing on the Jupiter 80.
I was told it would have to send the midi data for the inflection controls.
Can we use it with Fl Studio ?
it should work with any DAW with midi support
I hope they come out with a editor for this aswell.
Can I somehow substitute a TD-50 or TD-30 v-drums sound module for this Integra-7 one? I play piano and drums and want to buy & use ONLY one sound module.
The TD-30 only has 4 non-percussion multi parts, and they are single or dual PCM tones, with reverb & chorus only, no insert effects. And the TD-30 is only 64 note polyphonic.
i think there's a 2 channel surround sound option as well as 5:1...you only have 2 ears after all!
Same thing is with the JP-80 supersaw... Choose V-Synth GT and you will never gone get dissapointed!
Thanks for a great demo!
It seems like a workhorse, but complicated. It is just so much simpler to click on a vsti, vs. a hardware module.
I really think they could've made this all vsti, but they would have a hard time justifying more than $250 price tag for a vsti.
you can't compare a vst with a physical sound module. Hardware is where you find character. It's like mixing itb vs an ssl big board. The second will give you a texture produced by eletrical alteration that the first can't produce. Plus your vst will be obsolete in five years maximum not this hardware module it's a legacy module with new sounds and consistency in the editing with better midi timing than any vst.
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Individual sounds CAN be dry or wet in edit mode.
What is the ipad app, thanks. The Integra really looks and sounds great.
Sadly, the iPad app is no longer. Roland couldn't be bothered to support it when Apple apps went from 32-bit to 64-bit some years back. This frustrated me when I purchased the Jupiter 80 for a second time and had some time prior deleted the app from my iPad 2. You can find the original app file online and load it into an iPad, but it will not register with Apple, so the software is bricked. A great shame, because the app's GUI was way better than using the synth display.
90's flashback!
Even though Roland quotes " plus all 12 titles from the SRX Expansion libraries" there were really 15 SRX expansion libraries. SRX-97, SRX-98, and SRX-99 were left out of this unit. Shame really, would have been nice to have the complete set of sounds from the set.
Dude. Theres no video and source about that srx97 98 99 boards. Its very strange.
Why not make a 3u module with a slide out/flip over touch screen - no need for iPad then....
seems like the sound of the thing is irrelevant... sooo many words no sounds? Duh!
so could you sub this for a TD-30 brain. What would be the pro/con of that?
Can I use this in my DAW as a VST or is this just for the I pad ??
I got stop watching this module...damn now I want it.
Are you still gonna do a regular review??
Why on earth is it not possible to load all the external samples rather than just 4 spaces? :P :O
Very cool and would be great to have all that power and more sounds plus drum kits of all
types to use with my Jupiter 80.
Since its midi I guess you could use it with the Kronos aswell, not sure if all the feature of the supernatural could be used. You can use it with just a midi controller keyboard Roland makes a nice one to go with it looks like. I would use it with my Jupiter 80.
Wow this is coooool stuff Thanks for nice demo. I will have to order me up one.
great vid! thx
This module is great but i cannot understand why they did not make ALL sounds from ALL cards available simultaneously. Having only four memory slots simply means that you are not free to use ANY combination of its many gorgeous sounds at once (16 parts, remember?) - it's 2012 for God's sake, memory is cheap and this is marketed as a high-end module.
synthlab they probably could have but by only allowing 4 at a time makes you think you have options
I wish roland could build a module with V-Synth GT engine (instead JP-80 engine) and 12 "real" (simultaneous) SRX cards with D-50 Structures & JD-990 Effects engine! With lots of user editing area (because most of roland sounds does not sound right) Then me (and others) would call that module as an "ultimate" instrument...
How many sounds can i play at same time using the ipad mixer?
16
Can you please tell me exactly WHICH SRX boards are on the Integra 7? It just says 'the popular SRX boards". Does that mean that the SRX boards are popular, (and ALL of them are included) or does it mean that only the MOST popular SRX boards are included?
All srx are included.
This video is confusing me. Moral of the story, never ask a product rep about a music product, they are incapable of giving straight answers.