Roland – JD-800 Darkwave for Zenology Free with Roland Cloud Pro and Ultimate

> Roland’s ZEN-Core technology is the sound engine that powers both their Jupiter-X synth and Zenology plugin, and both have a secret up their sleeve – they can host Model Expansions which expand their sound palette with emulations of classic Roland gear. Rather than using look-alike visuals for their hardware emulation, the ZEN expansions offer consistent and sober interfaces, though the sonics are appropriately retro. This means the Roland Cloud users have an expanding array choices for accessing patch content. Here, Inhalt bring some ’90s hybrid synth moodiness to the platform with their Darkwave path collection. The JD-800 was a great synth and it’s good to hear some of its tones geared to a new audience. Bruce Aisher roland.com VERDICT 7.1