Roland have released GALAXIAS, available in various tiers via Roland Cloud.
GALAXIAS brings 50 years of legendary Roland synths and drum machines together into one powerful Super Instrument. Access thousands of iconic sounds and freely combine authentic Roland instruments from vintage to modern. Explore supermassive GALAXIAS Scenes filled with intricate layers and deep macro controls. And discover exciting new worlds with infinite creative possibilities.
Roland has been a pioneer in music technology for over half a century, delivering a continuous stream of influential instruments and effects that have fueled countless hits, defined genres, and driven cultural trends. With GALAXIAS, you can now explore and experience them all in one creative environment. From historic icons such as the JUPITER-8, TR-808, and D-50 to modern instruments like ZENOLOGY and SYSTEM-8, GALAXIAS harnesses Roland’s evolving sonic legacy within a single intuitive workflow.
Choose from your favorite Roland synths and drum machines, search specific sound types, or mine the ever-expanding collection of over 20,000 sounds to spark new ideas and build compelling tracks. GALAXIAS puts unlimited albums’ worth of inspiration at your command—from vintage sounds to futuristic hybrid tones—with more added each month.
GALAXIAS lets you layer up to four instruments to create massive sonic superclusters called Scenes. Build an intricate setup of your favorite Roland instruments, such as a full stack of JUPITER and JUNO synths, or multiple eras of TR drum machines locked in perfect sync. Dial in an arpeggiator pattern (or four), quickly define key ranges and macro controls, and then play the whole thing as a single instrument in the studio or on stage.
Every layer in GALAXIAS has its own key range, transpose, and MIDI input settings. The convenient learn and drag functionality makes it fast and easy to build intricate, layered sounds that are deeply engaging and demand attention.
Experience a new level of expression and playability with the ultra-powerful macro controls in GALAXIAS. Easily assign any instrument, effect, or mix parameter to the 16 color-coded knobs and link them to a MIDI controller for real-time operation. Control multiple parameters at once and manipulate them by hand or via tempo-synced LFOs. And with the Smart Link function, you can define parameter ranges and inversions with one simple action.
In addition to the formidable effects within each individual instrument, GALAXIAS gives you two insert effects per layer and two global send effects. Choose from the growing collection of authentic Roland and BOSS effects and take your sounds to new frontiers. You can also route layers to external outputs or channels in your DAW for further processing.
Glistening arp patterns and thundering bass lines are only a few clicks away. Along with the onboard pattern sequencers in many of the individual instruments, GALAXIAS provides a simple yet powerful arpeggiator on each layer. This feature will grow with more advanced sequencer capabilities and other creative tools in future updates.
The inspiring GALAXIAS interface has been carefully forged for rapid creativity and instant satisfaction. You don’t need a manual to get going, and it’s easy to go deep to quickly translate your ideas into great-sounding tracks. In fact, GALAXIAS may well be your starting point in every creative session and, paired with your favorite DAW,* can take your music to unexplored territory.
While GALAXIAS can run as a standalone instrument, it also works as a multichannel plugin* for browsing, playing, and recording directly in your DAW. Arpeggiators, pattern sequencers, and LFOs sync with the master tempo, and you can even drag and drop MIDI and audio directly to tracks with some instruments. And with the future GALAXIAS roadmap, that’s only the beginning.
Open GALAXIAS and you’ll find it bursting with instruments, sounds, effects, and creative tools to inspire your music. Powered by Roland Cloud, GALAXIAS takes full advantage of all the instruments and effects that Ultimate membership offers, delivering a sound palette of truly epic proportions.
GALAXIAS is a rapidly evolving platform instrument that will continue to improve with new sounds and capabilities added regularly. With full access to the growing library of Roland instruments and effects—and the ability to search across thousands of sounds in an instant—the GALAXIAS creative journey will only get better with time.
Features include:
- One Super Instrument packed with synths and drum machines from Roland’s long history
- An evolving platform instrument that continually grows with new sounds, features, and more
- Combine, layer, and sequence up to four instruments per instance
- Explore over 20,000 inspiring sounds and dozens of evocative Scenes
- Search by instrument, sound type, Sound Pack, keywords, and more
- Scenes contain all instrument settings plus patterns, effects, and more
- Build Setlists for dynamic live performances with seamless Scene changes
- Drag-and-drop audio or MIDI to your DAW timeline
- Intuitive interface with color coding for easy navigation and creative confidence
- Powerful macro performance controls for maximum expression
- Context-sensitive browser automatically shows what you need
- Tempo sync for effects, sequencers, macro knob LFOs, and more
- Use standalone or as a VST3 or AU plugin* for your favorite DAW
*GALAXIAS DAW plugin support coming soon.
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