With its Roland Cloud software, Roland has spent much of the past decade building up a vast library of sounds for electronic music makers to draw upon, from emulations of vintage synthesizers to sampled acoustic instruments, modern soundscape machines and beyond. It’s a bountiful, expansive collection – and it can be a lot to get your head around.
With its new ‘technology preview’ – launched by Roland’s Future Design Lab R&D arm – the company appears to be addressing this, aiming to help musicians overcome the decision paralysis that can come from being presented with so many potential sounds.
