<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">In light of getting the Roland MC-707 I have been checking out Rolands software offerings.<div class=""><a href="https://www.geextreme.com/news/roland-zenology-and-cloud-2-5/" class="">https://www.geextreme.com/news/roland-zenology-and-cloud-2-5/</a><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Seems they have re-thought their cloud solution a bit and you can now get different tiers, Free, Core, Pro and Ultimate. There’s also the possibility to buy the plugins which are essentially the same code as in the hardware instruments.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">One cool thing is the Xenology synthesizer which is the virtual version of their ZenCore system which is the model used in Fantom, Jupiter-X/Xm, RD-88 and the MC-707/101.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This makes it possible to edit and manage patches in the box and transfer them to your hardware or for instance create ideas on the hardware and then transfer the sound to the computer for the production/mixing stage. The current version is limited to 1 part (Roland lingo for layer) but the upcoming Pro version will have 4 parts, the same as the hardware.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Prices for buyouts seems reasonable, with the top end models like D50 or JP8 selling for $149.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">/Micke</div></div></div></div></body></html>