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awesome first hard synth

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019

This is my first hard synth and it is amazing to play with! Only wish i could see the wave form i'm creating so lots of guessing on what i'm actually creating, lol. I haven't connected it to my Mac book pro yet so that is my next task (i don't anticipate any issue since the system 1 has all the midi and usb ports needed and lots of good reviews to do that). I purchased my system 1 from Amazon used for around $380 plus tax, great deal. Box was beat up but keyboard is in brand new shape, looks like a return. Some wishes for the system 1 ... 1) how about a disk or download of popular patches to be included with the system 1 package, 2) include a Roland tutorial dvd or link on the basics of synth signal flow and operation (the included user manual diagram is tiny text and very hard to read).

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Augustus H. Honders

$650 of you want proper DAW integration

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2019

It’s a really great piece of gear, however, the fact that you need to fork an additional $150 to get the software for proper DAW integration makes this thing overpriced.

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Raven235711

awesome first hard synth

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

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ALPHA1337

Brand,Sound, Quality, Look,feel.

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2020

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

I'm trusting the Roland Name and brand, I'm old school and Roland has always produced quality IMHO. Part1 of 3

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Augustus H. Honders

$650 of you want proper DAW integration

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2019

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

It’s a really great piece of gear, however, the fact that you need to fork an additional $150 to get the software for proper DAW integration makes this thing overpriced.

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unitedguy01

roland digital synth

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2015

Sounds very good. Easy to program. There are only 8 presets...this is not true analog...and only 4 voices from a digital synth. Those are my thoughts. I think it should be a little cheaper...say around 300 usd new.

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Jon Dillinger

Heck yes!

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2016

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

Amazing. I like this more than the equipment that paid I lot more for. Great sounds and I love that you can download updates to it.

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Shaun B.

Sounds amazing

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

Sounds amazing

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BEN MINTY

I can make House Music 😊

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2020

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

I like it
I did some research and feel this was the right choice for my needs

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cayman

Even A Stopped Clock Tells the Right Time Twice a Day

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2022

Size: 25 Keys

The Roland AIRA system as a set of instruments is fundamentally flawed. If you were thinking that being a family of instruments from one manufacturer would complement each other you would be mistaken;
The System-1 & 1m have NO sequencers.
The System-8 has two FOUR bar sequencers but cannot sequence either of the above.
The TB-3 has SIXTEEN bars of sequencing and can sequence the 1's but is monophonic.
The Mixer (MX-1) has ONE bar of sequencing but has no ability to EQ nor compress. It has a variety of bizarre plugs on the back but not enough for all the AIRA family. It has send and returns via RCA jack (!) but the AIRA modular FX are too wacky to compensate for the lack of reverb and delay on the 'mixer'
The AIRA modular FX are AIRA in name only, and the expensive box Roland charges to put all four in block the units' external ports so you cannot save settings to PC. You can still use the app to send settings but you'll have to dig up an old smart device because Roland stopped updating the app years ago and it barely works on a compatible device of Android or iOS.
The original drum machine has TWO bars of sequencing (two bars on a drum machine, really?) and only 16 memory slots.
The updated drum machine has EIGHT bars and 128 slots for kits and patterns but has no eq, so if you send all the channels you can out of the outputs (7) you can eq them on a mixer BUT you will now have excluded scatter from the signal flow (when I discovered this I removed it from my setup and boxed it and put it in a cupboard).
Although the MC-707 is not an AIRA it is on its micro-site and does have AIRA link but has no input ports on the back! You CAN eq instruments through it but you'd be pushing it to do two as there is only one external in (you can also try 'returning' another). You are limited to TWO physical MIDI output ports. If there were 4/6/8 AIRA link ports on the back you could MIDI, eq, compress and send all your AIRA's to master reverb and delay which begs the question - why can the MC707 do all this but has no convenient ports when the MX-1 is the only AIRA with ports but can do nothing that a mixer can??? Oh, the MC-707 has EIGHT bars of sequencing - were all these instruments designed on different continents and the the 'development' teams forbidden from communicating from each other?

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Chino121212

Works alright with one flaw

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

My bigest problem is that one note doesnt play when outputing through usb. It will with 1/4” or midi out. Firmware updates/factory reset/drivers dont fix. Other than that it works well for what it is.

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Simon Gao

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018

Size: 25 KeysVerified Purchase

Great synth

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