Roland INTEGRA-7
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| W × H × D (mm) | 481 × 89 × 262 |
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| Rack units | 2U, full width |
| Weight | 3.6kg |
| Manufacturer | Roland |
| Release date | 2013 |
| Standards | General MIDI General MIDI 2 |
| Parts | 16 |
| Max polyphony | 128 |
| Normal presets | 1384 SuperNATURAL sounds All XV internal tones All 12 main SRX boards 256 GM2 ExPCM presets |
| Effects | 16x MFX, 16x EQ (+1 Global EQ) |
The Roland INTEGRA-7 is a rackmount module released in 2013 by Roland. It is notable as it contains the same SuperNATURAL engine introduced with the Fantom-G's ARX boards lineup, as well as recreations of all of the XV tones and SRX expansion presets. Since it has 16 MFX slots and 16 parts, it does not suffer from the limitation of JV and XV synths where only a few parts can use EFX/MFX at the same time; in this sense it offers multitimbrality without compromises.[1]
Its engine has been iterated upon and powers current Roland flagships, and serve as a basis for the JV, XV and SRX VST plugins provided by Roland Cloud. As well as powering their current flagship VSTi plugin Zenology, sounds from the INTEGRA-7 also appear in it (such as the entirety of the SN Synth bank appearing in Zenology as a bank called PRST_D Basic Synth).
SuperNATURAL
Acoustic SuperNATURAL sounds on the INTEGRA-7 feature unique functionality depending on the type of instrument tone you have selected.
Guitar Tones
- Legato/Slides - Sequencing as legato or playing it as such on a keyboard automatically produces a natural legato sound, akin to a slide expression on a guitar.
- Mute - Controlling the tone over CC80 switches it over to a muted guitar sound.
- Harmonics - Similarly to the Mute function, but CC81 switches the sound to guitar harmonics.
- Playing Noise - CC16 adjusts the volume of the playing noise.
- Guitar Strumming - CC19 can turn on a strum mode, which switches the guitar tone to one for strumming, and automatically strums chords played (alternating between up and down strokes). The speed of the stroke can be adjusted via CC17.
String Tones
- Portamento - CC65 can turn on a more exaggerated Portamento articulation in place of the default natural legato sound when sequencing.
- Staccato - CC80 switches it over to Staccato articulation.
- Pizzicato - CC81 switches it to Pizzicato.
- Tremolo - CC81 switches it to a Tremolo.
- Playing Noise - CC16 adjusts the volume of the playing noise.
- Expression - CC01 smoothly adjusts the dynamics and expression (NOTE: CC07/Expression CC does not utilize the unique dynamic fluctuation or work the same, it only adjusts the volume of the patch).
Brass/Woodwind Tones
Horn tones, unlike the other SN tones, are monophonic only. Though, it still features the same natural legato, which lends well to these solo instrument style tones.
- Staccato - CC80 changes the articulation to Staccato.
- Falls - CC81 changes the articulation to a fall.
- Glissando - CC19 can adjust it so that MIDI pitch bending create a glissando/fall sound instead whether pitching up or down respectively.
- Growling - CC18 adjusts the strength of the horn 'growling' articulation on the sound.
- Breath Noise - CC16 adjusts the volume of the breath noise.
- Expression - CC01 smoothly adjusts the dynamics and expression (NOTE: CC07/Expression CC does not utilize the unique dynamic fluctuation or work the same, it only adjusts the volume of the patch).
Most or all of this (depending on the type of tone) can also be adjusted manually on the hardware in the tone editor as well (in the INST tab).
Onboard Expansions
While the Roland INTEGRA-7 has no physical expandability of its own, it features 4 'Virtual Expansion slots', with 17 selectable expansion options:
- SRX01:Dynamic Drum Kits
- SRX02:Concert Piano
- SRX03:Studio SRX
- SRX04:Symphonique Strings
- SRX05:Supreme Dance
- SRX06:Complete Orchestra
- SRX07:Ultimate Keys
- SRX08:Platinum Trax
- SRX09:World Collection
- SRX10:Big Brass Ensemble
- SRX11:Complete Piano
- SRX12:Classic EPs
- ExSN1:Ethnic (SuperNATURAL)
- ExSN2:Woodwinds (SuperNATURAL)
- ExSN3:Session (SuperNATURAL)
- ExSN4:A. Guitar (SuperNATURAL)
- ExSN5:Brass (SuperNATURAL)
- ExSN6:SFX (SuperNATURAL)
- ExPCM:HQ GM2+HQ PCM Sounds
- Unlike the other expansions, this expansion utilizes all of the slots if selected and its sounds are not editable. When selected, it replaces the existing GM2 bank with its own (Marked uniquely GM2#) and adds another bank called ExPCM in PCM Synth.
Oddities
- Because the XV/SRX sound content is recreated, some effects and settings may differ from the original hardware.[2]
How different depends on the patch, but particularly bad examples include PR-C 100 Vanishing - on real JV and XV synthesizers, it sounds smooth. While on the INTEGRA-7, it sounds more grainy due to different behavior of the Pitch Shifter MFX.
- The expansion content is seemingly stored in an encrypted form on an SD Card inside the unit.[3]
References
- ↑ Sound on Sound article
- ↑ "Note: Since the INTEGRA-7 uses the latest MFX engine, the onboard SRX expansion libraries will not sound identical to previous sound modules and synthesizers." - INTEGRA-7 guidebook, pg.8
- ↑ https://adriangin.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/roland-integra-7-hardware-review/