Roland Cloud

Subscription service

Roland Cloud is a subscription^[1] based collection of VST instruments and 'RVR' sample libraries launched in early 2018 by Roland.^[2]^[3] Instrument downloads and installation are handled by Roland's Cloud Manager software.^[4]

There are features to the software versions of hardware synthesizers that were not available in the originals, thanks to the feedback of the users over the years, Roland have been able to develop this.^[5]

Roland Cloud Manager

Roland Cloud Manager manages your instrument library and sound sources and is auto updating by default.^[6]

Concerto

Concerto is a plugin which allows the usage of Roland's RVR format instruments. These instruments include the FLAVR series as well as the Tera Series and others.

Platforms

Roland Cloud Manager is available for both PC and MAC and requires a 64-bit DAW.

Subscription model and pricing

Based on a subscription model, as of January 2020, users pay $19.95 USD per month to access the catalogue of instruments (£18.5 GBP, €21 EUR or ¥2190 JPY), with discounts for committing to 12, 24 or 60 months at a time (12%, 27% and 33% off respectively).

According to the FAQs, an internet connection is required at least once per month in order to authenticate plugins in Roland Cloud.^[7]

Instruments

Aira

System-1
System-8

Flavr

Blip Blop
Electrode
Funky Fever
Grit
Resin
Sector-7 (formally Midnight and has new effects added to it)
Sugar
Trapped

Legendary

D-50
Jupiter-8
Juno-106
JV-1080
JX-3P
Promars
SH-2
SH-101
Sound Canvas VA
SRX Keyboards
SRX Orchestra
SRX World
SRX Dance Trax
SRX Studio
System 100
TB-303
TR-606
TR-808
TR-909
XV-5080

Tera

Tera Guitar
Tera Piano

Anthology

1985 (vol 1 and 2) - Ultra deep sampled instrument
1986 - Ultra deep sampled instrument
1987 - Ultra deep sampled instrument
1990 - Ultra deep sampled instrument
1993 (vol 1, 2 and 3) - Ultra deep sampled instrument
Anthology EP14 - Ultra deep sampled instrument Electric piano
Anthology Orchestra (vol 1, 2, 3 and 4) - Ultra deep sampled instrument Orchestra

Drums

Acoustic One
TR-606
TR-808
TR-909

Patches

Patches are available for a number of the Roland Cloud instruments. These are additional configurations of the instruments.

D-50 "Beyond Fantasia" Bank One
D-50 "Beyond Fantasia" Bank Two
Juno-106 Brothertiger
Juno-106 Dark Techno
Juno-106 New Tech
Juno-106 Synth-Pop by Espen Kraft
Juno-106 Synthwave
Juno-106 Techno
Jupiter-8 Brothertiger
Jupiter-8 Epic Jupiter
Jupiter-8 Synthwave
Jupiter-8 Techno
JV-1080 Cinematic Cyberpunk
JV-1080 Don Solaris Signature Collection
JV-1080 Widescreen Ambient
JX-3P Synthwave
JX-3P Synthwave
Promars Curiority Collection
SH-2 Brothertiger
SH-2 Space Aged
SH-101 Dark Dream Techno
SH-101 Techno
System-8 Frontiers
System-8 Modern System
System-8 Synthwave
System-100 Klang
TB-303 Rob Acid TB-303 Collection
TB-303 Techno
TR-808 Dark Techno
TR-808 Dynamix II
TR-808 Techno
TR-909 Dark Techno
TR-909 Techno
XV-5080 Sky House

References

^ "Roland Cloud from £18.95/month". Retrieved 16 July 2018 – via PressReader.
^ "Official Launch of the Roland Cloud / Absolute Music | Absolute Music". Absolute Music. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Roland Cloud". Roland Cloud. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "The Roland Cloud Software JV-1080 On-Demand Instrument Has Gone Live". EMusician. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Official Launch of the Roland Cloud / Absolute Music | Absolute Music". Absolute Music. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Roland Cloud Manager". www.rolandcloud.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "Roland Cloud Support". www.rolandcloud.com. Retrieved 10 May 2020.