Last time I tried the Roland VA Sound Canvas demo - as part of a previous similar question I WAS able to get the 64-bit version to work in BAIB with JBridge.

BUT if I remember correctly IT DOES NOT respond to program (aka patch) changes using PTPA or RB or BIAB. You have to manually assign patches/sounds to channels plus. And initially, PG did not allow for proper sizing of the VSTi pop-up window for SC VA (and a few other newer ones like GPO5) - I reported that, as did others, and PG DID correct this VST window size issue a few updates ago.

If you search you should see my review - I still have a SC-8850, big brother of SC-8820, the patches are ALMOST identical (a few and we are talking very few less than 20'ish?) between the HW units. Roland's VA Sound Canvas is a copy of the SC-8820 - and where patches match (99%) doing an A/B test I cannot tell ANY difference (but I have tinnitus so take that with a grain of NaCl)

Except under some very specific conditions (mobility - laptop/notebook ONLY and cannot afford or do not want additional external HW; and I had an absolute requirement that all my songs MUST use Roland SC GM/GS sound library, ...) then:

If all you want is a GM sound lib I WOULD NOT pay current asking price ($125) for Roland's VA SC (unless you have money to burn). Especially not for use with PG SW (it doesn't respond to program changes) and not when you can get TTS-1 for $49, via buying Cakewalk's Music Creator 7, or Coyote Forte for $40.

You can also (maybe) get a copy of the older SampleTank 2 and buy the OmniSynth 2 lib add-on for $5-10 (all ST2 libs are on sale at eSoundz for that price every few months!)- but note while Omnisynth 2 will play in Sampletank 3 it will NOT FUNCTION or RESPOND AS a GM library!

It has nothing to do with sound quality (I LIKE my SC-8850 and it's GM sounds) but it's just too much money for a GM VSTi/DXi plugin sound lib in today's market - especially one as finicky and picky as this Roland (essentially) "abandoned-ware" is.

Larry


PS- I won't tell you how but if the demo has timed out - it CAN easily be reset for further testing.

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