Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
One person here, Porteus420, has a Roland Integra, but that person only posted once, a year ago. I'm hoping someone else here has one and can comment on using it with BIAB.

Specifically, I would like to know how it differs from all the earlier Roland synths such as the Fantom that have to be switched from Patch mode to Performance mode. Doing that makes all the sounds available to BIAB, but each patch is not as good quality as it would be when played alone in Patch mode. I don't see anything about this in the user manual, so I wonder if the sounds might be the "good stuff" with BIAB.

Any comments? Thanks.

Ps I'm still considering what to get to replace my Roland Fantom that was struck by lightning.


Matt,

FWIW, I have a Roland Integra 7. Although I've tried it with BiaB a couple times to see if it works(and it sounds great), my work flow is a little bit different.
For generating a quick backing track, I first find a style in BiaB that works, and export sounds (i.e. Drums, then guitar, etc. ) into wave files. I then import each one into my DAW, Sonar X3d. Next I add additional parts using sounds from the Roland Integra 7, Jupiter 80, and/or BK7.

Since I primarily use this method, I don't use BiaB to control my synths. Not sure what you mean by performance vs patch mode. I just set up the correct MIDI channels for the I7.

My other two methods are to use the BK7 (fastest) and generate each track in Sonar (slowest).

How bad was the Fantom Toasted? Just the Power Supply?

Wally G

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