Roland - SUGAR | Instrument for Concerto

Tropical is in the House

The tropical house—or “trop house”—subgenre of electronic dance music is known to elevate moods by conjuring images of sandy shores and sea breezes over a pulsing 4/4 beat. Fusing Balearic beat, dancehall, and reggae with deep house, cutting-edge producers in the mid-to-late 2000s moved tropical house into playlists, clubs, and festivals worldwide. SUGAR from the FLAVR series gives you a massive toolkit for creating in this and other genres, offering melodic patches that instantly transport you to a sunny place.

Deep sampled collection of sounds for tropical house music

Runs in the Concerto sample playback plug-in

Created in collaboration with Ehud Kaldes and SyncBeats

Contains 83 patches and one drum kit

Up to seven velocity layer per note

Intuitive interface for shaping sounds

Amplitude, filter, and LFO sections

Adjustable key sensitivity

Fine and course tuning controls

Switchable limiter

Portamento, mono, poly, and legato key functions

About the FLAVR Series

Created in collaboration with top producers and sound designers, the FLAVR series dishes up delicious, bite-sized collections for specific music genres. These deep sampled instruments hit the spot, inspiring fresh ideas and helping you create faster.

Build Dream Sounds with Concerto

FLAVR series titles run in Concerto, a powerful sample playback engine that operates in your DAW as a software instrument plug-in. Via Concerto’s intuitive interface, you can browse and load installed Roland Cloud libraries, combine sounds, add effects processing, and much more. Concerto’s multithreaded loading and streaming optimizes performance, allowing you to create massive sounds with minimal CPU usage.

System Requirements (macOS™)
Operating System: macOS™ 10.11 or later
macOS™ 11
macOS™ 12 (exc. AAX)
Host Application: VST instruments (VSTi) version: VST 3.6 compatible
Audio Units (AU) version: V2 Audio Units compatible
AAX format is supported in Pro Tools® or Pro Tools | Ultimate®
CPU: Intel® Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
Apple M1 Chip
RAM: 4 GB, 8 GB or more recommended
Hard Drive: 3.8 GB or more
System Requirements (Windows®)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64 bit)
Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64 bit)
Microsoft® Windows® 11 (exc. AAX)
* incompatible with Windows® RT, Windows® Phone or virtual machines such as Hyper-V, Virtual PC.
Host Application: VST instruments (VSTi) version: VST 2.4/3.6 compatible
AAX format is supported in Pro Tools® or Pro Tools | Ultimate®
CPU: Intel® Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor.
RAM: 4 GB, 8 GB or more recommended
Hard Drive: 3.8 GB or more
Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
VST is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

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