Roland AIRA SYSTEM-1 Plug-Out Synthesizer
The "plug-out" synthesizer.
The SYSTEM-1 is a culmination of Roland's SYSTEM 100 and now almost mythical SYSTEM 700 synthesizers. Born in the '70s, these modular and semi-modular synthesizers are heralded to this day for their flexibility and cha... read more
Roland AIRA SYSTEM-1 Plug-Out Synthesizer
At 2:04 you can clearly see Porter Robinson playing the Roland System 1 in this short documentary about his Worlds live show. more
Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Roland AIRA SYSTEM-1 Plug-Out Synthesizer
Based on 9 Reviews
Great Design and Concept, Delicious full sound.
This unit brings to life all the joys of synthesis in an easy to use hands on format. The i/o capability of analog connectivity and digital USB3.0 provides extra application flexibility. Being able to sync the tempo to DAW is very helpful. Plug-Out packages will allow continued product development as well.
awesome synth
roland has really outdone themselves for the first time since years, very versatie machine with a great sound in it.
but with more pretty lights and more options, they do however have a software version of the sh-101 that you can load into the synth or use as a vst
Funkin' Function.
Allow me to start by saying that this is my first hardware synthesizer. I have only used VSTs so far, but dang...I feel like I have made a perfect first choice, especially since I'm using other Roland AIRA gear. They Key Hold function makes it simple to create a fat, harmonic drone and the arpeggio function paired with the AIRA line's thematic Scatter makes instant tweaking very accessible, because manipulating the parameters the Scatter function has control of would be nigh-impossible to do manually.
That said, I feel like I have only begun to explore the sounds that this tit bit of kit is capable of generating. Now, I am only looking more hungrily at the System-1m and delving into world modular synthesis. I'm also looking forward to the Plug-Out possibilities, though I feel like the Roland Boutique line has taken a few of them away.
Good but fiddly to use at times.
I had a lot of fun with this for a while and also liked using other synth reproductions in the plug-out mode but ultimately while I tried to buy into the whole Aira concept (bought almost all the units except the System 8 (which I probably would have loved) but never really had enough arms to take advantage of it. hehe
Versatile powerhouse
I love the amount of knobs you have to use. The price range for system-1 gives a really good bang for buck. 64 preset slots is really great, since theres a lot to tweak, you easily find new dimensions in your sound.
Reverb and Delay sound is absolutely insane, haven't so good single emulation in a while.
Big lack for the synth is no tap tempo/delay system, since I use it mostly as a stand alone, I can't really control the tempo (of delay) effectively.
PLUG-OUT!!! Hellz, yeah!
I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of plug-out synths we get for this! I would love to have my old Juno-106 in that technology.
really love this!
this has many knobs on such a small sythesizer thats what makes it so great!
a Killing Machine
Great filters, fat sound. I use it on live set sending midi from ableton live and works like charm, never disappointed.