L-CDX-01 Rhythm
Section Instruments
Sample CD-ROM library
The L-CDX-01 library combines the "Drums & Cymbals Vol. 1" and "Guitar & Bass Vol. 1" Roland CD-ROMs for their S-series samplers. Here's what a note in the CD says: "The tones on this CD-ROM use Patches and Performances from Roland's Project Series L-CDP-01 "Drums & Cymbals Vol.1" and L-CDP-02 "Guitar & Bass Vol.1"." The quality is really good - just add effects and proper playing technique to obtain excellent results in your arrangements. This library focuses on the main ingredient of the groove, drums and bass. There are so many drum kit variations that it would be hard for anybody not to find what they're looking for. For the guitar/bass section,
there's plenty to choose - although not as much as the drums -
but all the "usual suspects" are there, including incredible
Fender guitars and basses, acoustics, fretless, even some synth
bass. |
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The quality of these samples is - as you can hear below - very high. All Roland sample-based synths and modules, more or less, were built upon these samples, and you can definitely recognize many samples that are contained in the JV/XP series. Of course, having the luxury of up to 32MB of sounds playing at the same time, the quality if higher than those. In order to use these CD-ROMs you will need a SCSI CD-ROM drive connected to your S-series sampler or XV-5080. Keep in mind that certain sound data will need 32MB of memory, supported only by the S-760. The S-770 and 750 have less. |
Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
040 DRM-Brushes | Superb, realistic drums played with brushes |
041 KIT-TR-808 Kit | Incredibly well-sampled Roland TR-808 drum kit - excellent |
042 KIT-TR-909 Kit | Very good Roland TR-909 drum kit - incomplete though (no 909 hat for example) |
043 KIT-CR-78 Kit | Very good Roland CR-78 samples - the grandmother of drum machines |
044 KIT-TR-606 Kit | The Roland TR-606 was similar in sound to the 808, and synchronized to the TB-303 (also looked like the 303.) |
046 DRM-Cheesy DR55 | The mythical Boss DR-55, early example of the popular DR "Dr. Rhythm" series. |
052 DRM-Analog menu | Analog drum samples galore, including Simmons. |
053 KIT-LA Fat Kit 1 | Typical warm, produced drum kit, Hollywood style. |
054 KIT-LA Fat Kit 2 | And a variation of this style. |
055 KIT-R&R Kit 1 | Very good rock and roll drum kit |
056 KIT-R&R Kit 2 | A more aggressive, modern variation |
057 KIT-R&R Kit 3 | A 1980s version |
058 KIT-Nashville Kit | Nice country-pop style drum |
059 KIT-Whakker Kit | Powerful |
060 KIT-Dry Kit | Realistic and modern-sounding |
061 KIT-Soft Kit | Realistic, well sampled |
062 KIT-Pop Kit 1 | Cute mix of classic drum samples |
063 KIT-Rap Kit 1 | With the obligatory 808 bass "boom" and snappy snare. |
064 KIT-Reggae Kit 1 | Outstanding reggae drum kit, including the typical tuned toms. |
075 KIT-Heart Attack | Very nice and '80s |
076 KIT-Big Funk Kit | Powerful, with "cannon" toms similar to the ones on the Alesis SR-16 |
077 KIT-Video Kit | Very interesting drum amalgam |
082 KIT-Natural Kit | Nice |
083 KIT-90's Kit | Excellent gated snare |
086 KIT-Loose Kit | Very realistic and expressive |
091 KIT-Reverb Kit | Yep |
096 GTR-12 String | Incredibly realistic 12-string guitar |
097 GTR-6 String | Standard acoustic guitar, beautiful tone |
099 GTR-Nylon String | Nice guitar |
105 Clean E.Gtr1 | Typical Stratocaster sound |
110 GTR-Ultra Sheen | with slight effects |
112 GTR-Hookmonics | Cool sound - there's a patch with the same name in Roland's earlier library for the S-50, S-550, S-330, W-30 series. |
118 GTR-ChapmanStick | Classic Chapman |
119 Dan-O 6 Str | Nice Danelectro guitar that works for both bass and guitar sounds (baritone?) |
123 GTR-Power Chords | Typical power chords |
127 BS-P.Bass | Standard Fender Precision bass sound |
129 BS-Jazz Bass | Standard Fender Jazz bass sound |
130 BS-Rock Bass | Classic picked 007 bass |
131 BS-Brite Thumb | Cool slap bass |
132 BS-PNA Fretless | Nice fretless |
137 BS-Warm Fretls | Warmer, gentler variation |
142 BS-Acoustic Bs | Superb sampled jazz contrabass! |
149 BS-MIDI Bass | Nice hybrid FM/analog bass |
150 BS-Wave Bass | Weird but cool-sounding digital bass |
152 BS-Analog Bass | Beautiful analog bass sample - sounds real! |
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Arpeggiator | |
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Roland L-CDX-01 review with audio demo