Roland System-8 Plug-Out Synthesiser

The Roland System-8 is a potent synthesiser with a cutting-edge Analogue Circuit Behaviour engine that offers you a wide variety of sounds that have been influenced by four decades of renowned Roland synthesisers. Eight voices, three oscillators, highly adaptable LFOs, and a wide range of high-resolution knobs and sliders are all included in the System-8, giving you complete control over everything.

The System-8 can host exact replicas of vintage Roland synthesisers thanks to support for three plug-out synthesisers. It also comes with Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 plug-outs. The system-8 comes with an integrated vocoder, arpeggiator, CV/Gate outputs, and a highly developed polyphonic step sequencer that helps produce limitless sounds. It also has the capacity to divide and layer sounds.

The System-8 comes with Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 plug-outs and can house three plug-out synthesisers, allowing it to host faithful replicas of vintage Roland synthesisers. With its built-in vocoder, arpeggiator, CV/Gate outputs, and highly-advanced polyphonic step sequencer, the system-8 can split and layer sounds in addition to having the capacity to split and layer sounds.

The front panel is crammed full of instantly accessible controls for dynamic sound creation and superb live performances, offering an intuitive layout and infinite ways to modify your sounds. You have immediate access to high-resolution filter types and a potent side-band filter that has been carried over from Roland's well-known V-Synth thanks to the ACB engine. There are also a tonne of excellent effects available that let you give your sounds personality and atmosphere, ranging from overdrive, distortion, and fuzz to delay, reverb, and more. You have grab-and-go controls over your effects using the full synth parameters, which makes it incredibly simple to perform live and improve your sounds.

If you plan to utilise the synthesiser for live performances, a super-intuitive 64-step sequencer that features the well-known TR-REC style interface and dedicated transport controls for recording, playing, and manipulating loop sequences in real-time will help you unleash your creativity. You can record single notes, complete chords, and even the motions of your knobs and sliders for fascinating modulated sounds when creating your sequences. While playing, you may quickly switch between patterns and genres using the arpeggiator function's quick-access knobs. The chord memory feature enables you to start complete chords and polyphonic note stacks with the press of a single key. Moreover, there is an embedded vocoder that permits expressive performance for one-of-a-kind and unforgettable synth performances.

Although the System-8 is a superb performance tool, it also effortlessly integrates with your production software and other external devices. The synthesiser also includes a USB audio interface and a MIDI interface for your DAW, allowing you to record MIDI tracks directly into your DAW while using the 49 full-sized keys as a responsive, great-feeling keyboard. There is also a control surface mode that allows you to use the System-8's knobs, sliders, and buttons with your soft synthesisers and virtual instruments. You can trigger your modular synths and vintage equipment by sending note and pitch data from the synth engine and step sequencer via the built-in CV/Gate outputs.

Three expansion slots are included in addition to the excellent internal sound engine for hosting and managing Roland's Plug-Out software synths. The Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 Plug-Outs that come with the System-8 give users rapid access to accurate audio recreations of the iconic Roland sounds. Moreover, downloadable Plug-Outs like the SH-2, SH-101, Promars, and others are accessible as options. You may combine the system-8's internal synth engine with Plug-Outs to build sophisticated synth patches with layered vocals, custom splits, and much more using the performance mode.