Indeed re: updates. Unfortunately Roland didn't seem to develop do any more plugouts or develop them further after the initial set they made and instead moved everything new towards Roland Cloud (subscription based software synths).
If I was looking at a new hardware synth outside modular right now I would definitely look at Elektron - sounds like a great company,
lol cloud subscription🤢im not dowm with the subscription style model -not at all surprised. i love roland, classically, but they seem to make some weird decisions in recent years
Indeed - I'm not tempted by the cloud subscription either!
On the upside - the reason I have the SH-2 plugout/plugin is that when I needed some technical support with the software version of the 1M, the support engineer was super helpful and ended up 'conveniently' leaving me with an extra license for the SH-2 (though of course now I want a real SH-2!)
I do have a real SH101 btw - not in great condition and last time I tried it I couldn't get it to be in tune consistently - I may try it again soon.