TAL Software TAL-Pha -- Roland Alpha Juno-2 Emulation

[luckygreen]

Just a heads-up if you haven't read it somewhere else. TAL Software has released their Roland Alpha Juno-2 Emulation "TAL-Pha".



I like their plugins very much and this one is no exception. TAL-Pha plays nicely with Reason v12.7.3, I experieced no glitches. Played the demo for a few minutes. Had to buy it. Sounds sweet. All factory patches of the hardware unit are included.

Look at that feature list: It reads sysex from the hardware, can be used to remote control the hardware and has a voice tuning table to modify each voices cutoff, tuning and envelope slightly to give it more analogy vibe than even the hardware had. Another nice addition: resonance boost. The filter of the Alpha Juno-2 is considered to be inferior to the one of the earlier Junos. This feature might help with that.
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Intro offer: USD 64.00 instead of USD 80.00 + VAT

https://tal-software.com/products/tal-pha

And if you want even more presets look at Matts video on youtube, drop him an email, he may still give you a 40 % discount for his 220-presets-pack and a discount code for TAL-Pha to get another 10 % off the intro offer for the TAL-Pha plugin.

Here's a nice read on the Roland Alpha Junos on SOS:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/ro ... a-juno-1-2

[Neo]

Danke LG
Will check it out^

A fan of the RE aswell https://www.reasonstudios.com/shop/rack ... nthesizer/

[Popey]

I think this looks really good but am trying not to spend money on stuff I kinda got covered but it is tempting.

One advantage of this release is that it reminded me I had redominator so just installed and jamming on that.

[DaveyG]

They make good synths but I wish they would give them better names. ;p

[luckygreen]

They make good synths but I wish they would give them better names. ;p

Suggestions?

Maybe change the spelling from "TAL-Pha" to "(t) Alpha" or instead of calling it "Alpha Juno 2" call it "α, you know too" at least no copyright infringement I reckon.

[DaveyG]

They make good synths but I wish they would give them better names. ;p

Suggestions?

Well, they could start by dropping the "TAL".
And then changing all of the other letters in some of them. Example: TAL-U-NO-LX. Not exactly catchy, is it?

[joeyluck]

Funny, I actually like the name of this one lol

[DaveyG]

Funny, I actually like the name of this one lol

I'll grant you it is one of their better ones. It only grates on me slightly.

[huggermugger]

I replaced my JX-3p with an Alpha Juno 2 back in my early commercial MIDI studio days (1985-1995). I liked the Alpha Juno so much that I also bought two rackmount MKS-50s (multi-timbral synths were still quite rare). One of my favourite factory sounds was the Cello. Wouldn't fool anyone, really, but they really nailed the essential timbre and resonance of a bowed cello string. The TAL version does a great job with not just the Cello but with all the factory presets.