Roland Boutique SE-02 Designed by Studio Electronics

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Posted by Mel David on Jun-21-2017 04:55:

Roland Boutique SE-02 Designed by Studio Electronics

Posted by tehlord on Jun-21-2017 08:51:

SCOTT TIBBS

'One of the most important features of a synthesizer is it's sound programming'

'To have all these presets in an analogue piece of gear, really gives you that power'

I really don't know why Roland keeps this guy on, he uses words, but doesn't actually say very much

Sounds good, but I really wish they hadn't gone with the Aira format for this. Fiddly little knobs. Works for the JU-06 because there's not a lot on there, but the rest are a bit of a pain to use.

Posted by evo8 on Jun-21-2017 12:50:

sounds great really, sounds......Moog???? i dont really get it

Posted by cryophonik on Jun-21-2017 17:02:

quote:
"This is EVERYTHING analog was EVER meant to be. This is the all-in-one analog dream machine."

Oh FFS, absurd hyperbole much?

It does look and sound nice and, if the $499 price tag I've seen is correct, it will definitely be a winner.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-22-2017 21:59:

That's really fucking nice and if that is only $499, they'll sell like hotcakes.

I get why they went aria - it's probably cheaper for them to stay in that R&D area and it's not alienating all the other people that bought arias. Roland need to sell a lot of these as they're not high margin items so keeping the price and format down is the trade off. It's also somewhat portable. Shit if the sequencer is any good, I may get one myself.

edit: YASSSSSSS

Posted by refuge on Jun-23-2017 19:19:

Sounds pretty good, you can write sounds for a multi range of genres. Kinda miffed that Roland released Boutique series TB-03 & TR-09 shortly after I bought a AIRA TB-3 & TR-8 -- but those do a lot more than just emulate exactly their original counterparts. I may pick up a TB-03 down the line just to have a more 'authentic' 303 experience.

Posted by Richard Butler on Jun-25-2017 15:57:

Price makes this easy to buy but it doesn't seem to sound that different to my JDXA so I will give this a miss unless I hear something that changes my mind

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-01-2017 17:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Richard Butler
Price makes this easy to buy but it doesn't seem to sound that different to my JDXA so I will give this a miss unless I hear something that changes my mind

True, and the JXDA has a lot more options, but for anyone not having that then it's $499 vs $1700.

I will say I'm loving the look of that step sequencer. I really hate having to do all the workaround steps with NRPN's for my electribe.