Agreed. I'm pretty happy with the recent 2.0 updates, which added high res graphics (which look fantastic, and honor the beautiful designs of the original hardware), new preset browser with ratings (and a few key controls you can tweak while browsing), and some other improvements. But the old modal patch management window is still there, as it's still needed for a couple things, and still sucks.I agree, in terms of the emulation side - they're really pretty good. Their *interfaces* though leave a lot of room for improvement, when you compare to current standard bearers. They could look, feel, and work a lot better than they currently do.But setting those aside, Roland's emulations are (IMO) generally as good as or better than anyone else's.
The older plugins all need the 2.0 treatment, and the old clunky patch window needs to be eradicated. I'm sure they're working on it, but progress has been slow, and we haven't gotten any new instruments in quite awhile either.
The situation with software developed outside of Japan — Roland Cloud Manager, ZenBeats, and Galaxias — is a lot more grim. Every attempt to improve Cloud Manager has just replaced one bad interface with another. ZenBeats is a UX nightmare that I don't think can be salvaged. And Galaxias, I'm sorry to say, is a cluttered mess too. Fortunately, I have zeo interest in ZenBeats or Galaxias anyway (I've already uninstalled both), but we all have to use Cloud Manager, and at this point all I can hope for is that they don't make it any worse.
Statistics: Posted by Arashi — Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:00 am