Before I get into the sounds, a few more
words about effects. As mentioned, each part in a Studio Set has its own insert
effect (here called “MFX”), which cover everything from tremolos, vibratos, auto
wahs, delays, slicers, overdrives, distortions, phasers and flangers to various
guitar and keyboard amp and speaker simulators.
While the ability to chain more than one insert effect at a time would
have been nice, Roland thoughtfully gives you 22 ‘combination’ MFX that connect
the most commonly used effects such as in series, such as overdrive/flanger,
chorus/delay and so on. From there, the signal can be routed through a common editable
chorus and reverb chain and final EQ path before the audio outputs. You can’t
adjust chorus/reverb/EQ individually for each individually part but you can
bypass them if you wish. However, the chorus/reverb settings are bypassed when the
Integra’s Motional Sound feature is activated.
Motional
Sound? What’s that?
One of the main features
Roland has been flogging in its marketing hype is the Integra’s new ‘Motional
Sound’ feature. Much more than traditional panning, this feature allows you to
‘place’ each instrument in a Studio Set within a virtual 360 degree
‘soundstage.’ For example, you can ‘place’ the drums at rear center, the piano
at front right, a guitar at front center, a bass at front left, and the
accordion far ‘behind’ you (where it belongs). You can hear the effects of
these placements either in a 5.1 channel surround sound setup, in stereo using
two designated Motional Sound audio outputs, or through headphones. The
front-display and controls make it easy to adjust the positioning for any
instrument. What’s also cool about the Motional Sound display is that each
‘part’ flashes when it’s receiving a MIDI signal, which can give you visual
confirmation of what you’re listening to (I find it useful for letting me know
if my headphones are on correctly).
Okay--now that we've discussed everything BUT the sounds, we'll take 'em on from this point forward.
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