SRX-07 Ultimate Keys
(SR-JV80 Collection Vol.2)
Expansion board
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The SRX-07 "Ultimate Keys" SRX series expansion board, a joint effort
between Roland and Spectrasonics, contains all the waveforms from
Roland's SR-JV80-04 "Vintage Synth",
SR-JV80-08 "Keyboards of the '60s & '60s",
and SR-JV80-10 "Bass & Drums" expansion
boards - plus, select waves from SR-JV80-09
"Session" and SR-JV80-03 "Piano". This board includes 860 waveforms, and all sounds have been completely reprogrammed into 475 new Patches and 11 new Rhythm Sets (optimized for the XV Series' powerful synth architecture and effects). The new programming is definitely "refreshing" the "old" sounds, with more up-to-date patches and an overall more polished and "refined" sonic flavor. Most original SR-JV80 Patch and Rhythm Set data can be loaded into the unit. |
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The sounds offer an incredible range of sounds, from classic organs (Hammond, Vox, Farfisa etc.), electric pianos, and synthesizers, to Mellotron, Clavinet, fingered and slap bass, bright and soft pads, Solina, and much, much more. Check out the audio examples below to have an idea of what this expansion board can do. |
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Stream all mp3 audio examples below
| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 Stereo Piano | Solid grand piano patch |
| 003 Easy Rocker | Optimal for Rock 'n' Roll |
| 007 Suitcase EP | The mega-classic Rhodes Suitcase model |
| 008 Real Thing | Wonderful Wurlitzer electric piano |
| 012 Stage73 SRX | The classy, evergreen Rhodes Stage model |
| 014 BalladPanner | Gorgeous auto-panner effect on this Rhodes patch |
| 020 70s Ballad | Typical Rhodes "drowned" in effects - similar to Led Zeppelin's "No quarter" |
| 027 60s Bros | Nasal, characteristic 1960s electric piano |
| 028 Pianohner | Inspired by the Hohner Pianet |
| 031 Rox 668 St | The wonderful RockSiChord pianos |
| 032 80's FM | Aaaah... the 1980s... the DX7... and Whitney Houston. |
| 037 Vox Harpsi | Cool electric harpsichords of the '60s |
| 040 Clav 1 SRX | The standard Funk King - Hohner Clavinet |
| 041 Clav 2 SRX | Variation |
| 055 Quacky Clav | Filtered |
| 057 Juno Clavi | Analog version |
| 061 HyperClv SRX | Wild Clavinetization |
| 063 Troika Ride | Fantastic, dreamy Russian bells |
| 066 2.2 SEQ SRX | The classic PPG |
| 067 Vibraphone! | Yep... |
| 069 Blue B SRX | Warm Hammond B-3, blues settings |
| 071 NiceFeel SRX | A la Keith Emerson |
| 072 GreenB -Pdl | Mega-classic Hammond of the '60s a la Booker T. & the MGs |
| 076 Gospel B SRX | Realistic organ, great for fast Gospel |
| 079 Real Organ | Modulation introduces fast Leslie |
| 086 CabnetSeries | The mod wheel changes the Leslie speed and adds lots of vintage "grit" |
| 087 Absolute B3 | Sounds real in slow Leslie mode |
| 090 BalladB -Mod | Classic settings great for slow jazz ballads |
| 094 SaltyDog SRX | Happy organ |
| 096 Mellow 4'SRX | This reminds me of an old Italian TV commercial of the 1970s |
| 101 888 +3rd SRX | Nice organ in a nice room |
| 109 PercNorm3rd | Nice percussion settings |
| 111 858808880SRX | The name reflects the drawbar settings |
| 116 B3Sermon SRX | Typical Jimmy Smith type sound |
| 117 AllSkate!SRX | Nostalgic sound |
| 120 Purple SRX | Hard-Rock organ sound |
| 122 Smoked Water | Perfect for the famous Deep Purple song |
| 125 Tron B | A mix between organ and Mellotron |
| 128 SurfMnkysSRX | 1960s transistor organ |
| 130 Continental | The super-classic Vox Continental |
| 132 PalisadesSRX | Summer fair |
| 136 IronFarf SRX | In the garden of Eden |
| 139 Farf 8' + 2' | Very nice Farfisa organ, with cool vibrato |
| 149 Spanish Gtr | Yep |
| 153 Conquest | Very different, beautiful patch |
| 154 Heaven Nylon | Gorgeous guitar with pad |
| 155 In Peace | Stupendous, calming New Age patch |
| 156 NashvilleSRX | Realistic country electric guitar patch |
| 158 Ricken12stGT | Hearty Rickenbacker 12-string |
| 161 Touchy Mutes | R o c k o n |
| 164 Telemaster | Perfect Fender Telecaster sound |
| 167 MM Bass - | Marcus Miller's bass |
| 169 HyperFunkSRX | Very funky slap bass |
| 172 Abe 4way SRX | Abe Laboriel's very expressive bass |
| 176 JPBritSlpSRX | John Patitucci slaps his bass |
| 178 6strngBASS + | Wide necks |
| 179 Big Bad AL | Abraham Laboriel |
| 183 JP P.Bs 2SRX | John Patitucci's Fender Precision |
| 189 MM JB SRX | Marcus Miller's Fender Jazz |
| 195 DarkPick SRX | Plasticky but cool |
| 197 FretlessBASS | Yep |
| 198 SoloFls SRX | Jaco with reverb & delay |
| 200 MM OctFlsSRX | Marcus Miller with an octaver |
| 204 Contrabbasso | Realistic |
| 209 JPHardAB SRX | John Patitucci plays his acoustic bass |
| 212 Dist Bs SRX | Yeah! |
| 214 FunkinWahSRX | Envelope-following |
| 221 WildSynth101 | Classic Roland SH-101 coolness |
| 224 SH101 Bass | More |
| 225 SH-2 Bs SRX | Older Roland monosynths |
| 228 JP-4 Bs SRX | The Jupiter-4's bass |
| 229 Systm700 SRX | More of Roland's older analogs |
| 231 TickerBs SRX | Analog bass |
| 236 WooferBs SRX | Quintessential House bass |
| 239 TB303 Reso | The magic silver acid box, TB-303 |
| 241 Acid TB Bs | Variation |
| 242 MonsterMGSRX | M O O G |
| 247 MG Punchbass | Jumpy Minimoog |
| 250 2-way Bass | Wide & expressive synth bass |
| 254 OB Bass SRX | Oberheim bass |
| 255 8VCO Mono | Fantastic analog bass of the 1970s |
| 259 Valve5thBass | House'y |
| 264 SlobbryBsSRX | Big synth bass |
| 266 STronSTringz | Beautiful Mellotron-style strings |
| 267 TrnStrDrySRX | The Mellotron strings |
| 270 JP8 Str1 SRX | Perfect Roland Jupiter-8 pad |
| 271 JP8 Str2 SRX | variation |
| 273 M12 Strings | Powerful Oberheim Matrix-12 |
| 275 MemoryMG SRX | Cool MemoryMoog |
| 276 Solina SRX | Standard Solina |
| 280 TouchFlt SRX | Breathy at the touch |
| 281 StrawberTRON | The most famous Mellotron patch |
| 284 TpSoloistSRX | Expressive trumpet |
| 287 SessnBrs SRX | Realistic and powerful |
| 289 SuperTnr SRX | Very nice tenor saxophone |
| 296 2voiceLd SRX | Famous Oberheim 2-Voice synth of the '70s, as used by Lyle Mays |
| 299 Shmoog SRX | Cool mono |
| 301 SH2000VoxSRX | The SH-2000 was one of Roland's early synths |
| 306 VoxSaws Lead | Emerson-style lead |
| 307 GR500 Ld SRX | Roland's guitar-synth |
| 310 PromarsLdSRX | Another of Roland's early synths |
| 314 Dreams Saw | Sounds 1980s... |
| 319 VCO OctLdSRX | Another excellent Emersonian patch |
| 322 P5 Lead | The classic Prophet-5 |
| 326 Speedometer | Fast-moving, cutting synth with portamento |
| 335 Razzert | At the Rave... |
| 336 Raveferenz | T E C H N O style... of the '90s. |
| 339 MousBoxesCat | House |
| 342 DncStack1SRX | Beautiful Euro |
| 346 DncStack5SRX | Classic mid-1990s Eurodance |
| 352 B-lieve | Does remind of Cher's hit song... |
| 353 Blue Light | Gorgeous sequenced synth that reminds me of the Korg MS2000 |
| 357 Undertones | Water flowing from an alien fountain |
| 365 Experimental | Robot's nightmare |
| 366 Megatron | H u g e portamento synth |
| 369 Ethereal SRX | Ravishing soft pad with digital overtones |
| 374 SpitBrs SRX | Brassy |
| 377 Pro-5 BrsSRX | Prophet-5 style 180s synth brass |
| 381 D50Belpd1SRX | Roland D-50-inspired |
| 387 VintagLayers | Intriguing mix between 1980s D-50 pluck synth and '70s vocoder choirs |
| 389 StaccHvn SRX | Emulation of my favorite patch on one of my favorite synths |
| 395 Spit Synthie | Modern |
| 400 T8 Sync SRX | Inspired by the all-powerful Sequential Circuits Prophet |
| 402 DreaminOfJMJ | Jean Michel Jarre sounds |
| 409 Poly 3osc SH | Gorgeous brassy analog synth |
| 410 PortaSyn SRX | Lots of portamento |
| 416 DigiChoirSRX | Cold vox |
| 418 Combing SRX | Warm and moving pad |
| 420 OBThickPdSRX | Stupendous Oberheim pad |
| 421 OBSftPad SRX | Gorgeous soft pad, again Oberheim-inspired |
| 425 SynthOdyssey | Fast... and slow. |
| 431 Slow 3D Vox | Cool |
| 434 Aulophony | Magnificent Ambient patch, perfect for many genres of music |
| 437 Sawed String | Cool string pad |
| 441 Mysterioso | Scoring for T.V. |
| 442 S-HTexturSRX | Sample-&-Hold coolness |
| 444 Mellorkestra | Mellotron modernized |
| 447 Gamma Girls | Beautiful Mellotron vox |
| 452 DrumLP DemoS | The real bass and drum |
| 455 SeventHeavn | Bouncy |
| 456 TrollDrummin | Oh yeah... |
| 457 Chem Burn120 | Inspired by classic 1990s Big Beat duo, the Chemical Brothers |
| 462 Cool At 102 | Got to loooove those Fantom filters |
| 464 Hurt 90 | Aggressive! |
Rhythm Kits
| Rhythm Kit name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 Ring Kit | Killer drum set, driving & powerful |
| 002 Slam Kit | Close mics? |
| 005 RockOn Kit | Banging Rock |
| 009 Hi Tune Kit | Small heads and high tuning |
| 010 AnalogRhyKit | Classic analog drum machines of the '60s & '70s |
Available at the Roland site: http://www.rolandus.com
Links
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Roland SRX-07 Ultimate Keys review with audio demos - July 11, 2009