Does anyone own one of these Roland SonicCells? Is it worth the money?
http://www.roland.com/products/en/SonicCell/features.html
http://www.roland.com/products/en/SonicCell/features.html
Roland SonicCell
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ssscientist
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I don't own one, but it looks to me like it's a professional wolf in semi-pro sheep's clothing.
It has a Roland General Midi 2 soundset which I'm sure sounds great right out of the box and includes 256 'user patch' locations to store your sonic tweaking of those sounds. It has room for 2 SRX series expansion boards, a VST interface for ease of 'sound design' (as Roland puts it) and is a USB audio interface.
As long as you need all of those things, it looks to me like it's a good deal at the asking price. If you've already got either a recent Roland synth or synth module or a USB audio interface that you're happy with the 'value for money' scales kinda tip the other way.
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DavidK
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Probably. I dont think they have hit the stores in the US yet. The specs are certainly good.
As ssscientist pointed out, it does have a certain "prosumer" vibe to it. I would prefer a standard rack myself. It will probably sell like hotcakes, I wouldnt mind having one.
danico4not
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The SonicCell is out now. Its priced cheaper than the Fantom rack unit, so I'd say its a good buy. Especially since it has the soundset of the fantom plus some new sounds and its expandable. The fantom kybd & rack are a bit steep for me. The desktop size will especially be nice for computer musicians who mainly use software and are looking for an external unit to connect to a midi controller. The fact that its well under 1000 ($799ish), is definitely attractive. Plus the usb connectivy is a good idea. I'm considering buying one.