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Eligibility for Money Back Guarantee
Important: For hygiene and software licensing reasons, some items are only eligible for our Money Back Guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging with all software still "unregistered." Details of exclusions are shown within the product descriptions. Products include:
- Monitors and Headphones
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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
The Roland Cloud System-8 Virtual Instrument is a meticulous replica of the powerhouse System-8 hardware synthesizer in plug-in format for your DAW. Cutting edge software is powered by the innovative analog circuit behaviour (ACB) component-level modeling technology, ensuring the Virtual Instrument is identical in sound to the hardware, the System-8 Software Synthesizer brings the flexible and evocative sound of this modern classic to your DAW.
Hugely versatile, the System-8 Virtual Instrument's sonic potential is almost limitless, an impresive three oscillators per Voice can generate the full tonal range between analog warmth to digital destruction, while the incredibly powerful multimode Filter section is rich with personality and with huge amounts of flexibility. DSP Effects are an integral part of the modern synthesist's workflow, and the Roland System-8's Multi Effects, Chorus/Delay, Reverb, and Vocoder will not disappoint.
Product Ref: 179175
The Roland System-8 Virtual Instrument is a powerhouse of sound quality and features, giving you all the tools to create the sound in your head. The eight-voice polyphony is driven by three oscillators per voice with a wide range of modulation parameters, powerful filtering to sculpt and shape your sound and a myriad of immaculate effects for an almost limitless potential of sound design.
Shining at both modern and vintage sounds, the System-8 Virtual Instrument has many variations of digital and analog-style oscillators and waveshapes as well as inclusion of the famous JUPITER and JUNO filter designs for authentic vintage flavour. Unparalleled in its versatility, quickly go from smooth and silky to rough and ready with just a few tweaks of the controls and discover why legendary artists are using the System-8 as part of their arsenal.
Perfect for the studio musician looking to access industry-standard sounds, the System-8 Virtual Instrument is your one-stop-shop virtual synthesizer to create epic film scores with luscious pads, intense gaming music with destructive leads and rich, harmonic keys to suit all genres of music.
The System-8 Virtual Instrument also supports Plug-out format and can be used with the hardware sibling. This combination is ideal for the live musician and sound designer, reaping the benefit of playing through a velocity-sensitive keyboard and dedicated controls, with the ease of use in parameter adjusting in the digital realm. Not only this, but you have the ability to transfer sounds back and forth between the hardware and the software to carry your sounds and presets with you anywhere you go, editing on the fly with real physical controls that don't require a computer. System-8 hardware also serves as a high quality USB audio/MIDI interface. Live performers will appreciate being able to transfer their Patches to hardware and take the stage computer-free.
The Roland System-8 Virtual Instrument features the latest generation of the renowned Analog Circuit Behaviour (ACB) technology. ACB technology was developed specifically for to enable the user to authentically recreate the sound and behaviour of classic analog synthesizers. The new System-8 Virtual Instrument features the most advanced ACB engine yet, powering the eight voices of polyphony, plus the three oscillators, high-resolutions filters and the versatile LFOs. The ACB engine provides expressive and diverse sound with incredibly smooth filter sweeps with tremendous range, allowing you to create a wide range of tones from classic analog-style pads and basses to dynamic lead synths and other-worldly textures, ideal for the avid sound designer.
