V-Synth
Version 2
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This is the V-Synth updated with Version 2 software Version 2 brings new analog-modeled oscillators, a completely new set of patches, and expressive features such as Sound Shaper, Multi-Step Modulator, Rhythm Kit Screen and more. A notable addition is the presence of the classic SuperSaw, typical of the JP-8000 and JP-8080, and a staple of Trance music. SuperSaw generates multiple sawtooth waveforms in unison, to achieve a distinct sound often heard in electronic music. Other improvements for the analog-modeled oscillators include the Polyphonic Feedback Oscillator for screaming sounds, and an X-mod (Cross Modulation) Oscillator for creating clangorous distorted timbres.
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Other welcome additions include a Multi-Step Modulator, whic makes complex animated sound design easy. Version 2 definitely brings the V-Synth to a new level. |
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Roland V-Synth Version 2 audio demos
| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 Da 'V' Code | Very cool "Gregorian chant" type patch that uses VariPhrase |
| 002 Solar Circle | Gorgeous analog string pad, with hypnotic background loop |
| 003 Mystic Rap | Nice, modern hip-hop beat |
| 004 V-Screamer | Quintessential VA solo synth |
| 005 VA KIT | Groovy, laidback shuffle rhythm |
| 006 Arkestra | Convincingly analog string pad |
| 007 PhysicalBass | Deep synth bass, with the Time Trip Pad acting on the excellent filter |
| 008 Trippin' EP | Hypnotic electric piano |
| 009 Oriental Vox | Beautiful example of the VariPhrase - a very expressive vocal solo |
| 010 Arp Drops | Stupendous arpeggiated synth |
| 011 OceanOfSaws | Magnificent string pad, showing off the SuperSaw oscillators |
| 012 Mellow Winds | Yep. The D-Beam acts on the pitch |
| 013 Outsider | Ominous, dark loop |
| 014 Tek-Brass | Another SuperSaw fest |
| 015 Touch Return | Hypnotic and beautiful, glassy fx pad |
| 016 Slow Motion | Nice rhythm sequence |
| 017 Meteor | Very good fx |
| 018 TB or not TB | Superb TB-303 impersonation, using the modeled 303 filter on board. |
| 019 Glass Organ | Yes |
| 020 JUNO Bass | Nice emulation of the classic Roland Juno synthesizers |
| 021 PushTheBeat | Sample going through the Time Trip Pad |
| 022 MadeInIndia | Nice ethnic patch that resembles the Indian sitar |
| 023 FbackOSC TT | TT stands for the Time Trip Pad. |
| 024 Electro KIT | Classic analog percussion |
| 025 V-Bamboozled | Very good emulation of a bamboo flute, with lots of reverb and nice legato, monophonic mode. |
| 026 D-yna-TUNED | Huge synth |
| 027 Solo Wah Saw | Typical, expressive monosynth of the '70s |
| 028 Voco Motion | Superb VariPhrased vocoder patch. |
| 029 Flare Star | Very nice, relaxed, distant vocal pad |
| 030 Sea of Bells | Yah.. |
| 031 D&B Vibe KIT | The arpeggiated rhythm at work |
| 032 RhythmThroat | Sweet, muted pad |
| 033 Amster-jam | Classic European, '90s sounds |
| 034 Phoney Beat | Cool beat with vocal sample |
| 035 Nano FM | NanoLoop drum loop modified via FM |
| 036 PillyChepprs | Beat and guitar loop similar to classic band Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 037 Cavin'Dance | Nice sequence |
| 038 Ze Inspektor | Cool beat |
| 039 Total Contrl | Massive and involved loop |
| 040 SnakeCharmer | Typical Asian flute sound |
| 041 PlutoLoop | Modern, messy loop |
| 042 TrashTripPad | Very busy rhythm |
| 043 MetalTekPhrs | The TTP cleans it up. |
| 044 BlownSpeaker | I'm afraid so. |
| 045 Cyklotronik | Nice sequence |
| 046 Ethno-Hypno | Yep |
| 047 ScratchDaPad | Expressive, freezing the formant at the TTP |
| 048 AnalogNuWave | Totally early '80s Synth-Pop |
| 049 Shibuyatron | ?? |
| 050 MyChillout | Digital, chilled rhythm |
| 051 PurpleFunk | Nice, sparkly funk bass, perhaps a la Prince? |
| 052 Poppin'corn | The classic Pop Corn song patch |
| 053 Raverific | Underground Rave material |
| 054 Time Trippin | Yes |
| 055 FM Loop | Spaced-out, trippy sequence |
| 056 Art&Facts TT | Different |
| 057 ElectroEvils | Excellent filtering action |
| 058 Safarik | Another distinctive V-Synth sequence |
| 059 Random EPop | Fast Electronic Pop |
| 060 RobotHop C1 | Robotic strut |
| 061 ShreddedLoop | Yes |
| 062 TTPadMePleez | to slow it down |
| 063 MinorKeyR&B | Lonely guitar loop |
| 064 Put Dat Down | A scratchy vinyl record, a guitar loop and an old organ |
| 065 3Saw MG Bs | Typical Moog bass. |
| 066 M's Finest | Moog's, that is. |
| 067 Capital M | More Moog for you. |
| 068 Jungle Feeva | Excellent Drum 'n Bass patch |
| 069 Z-Bass | Powerful! |
| 070 Boot-Cebass | Syn bass inspired by Bootsy Collins |
| 071 Kick Bass | Ok |
| 072 Retrospectiv | Nice retro-sounding synth bass |
| 073 Bendy Mini | Expressive Minimoog type sound |
| 074 Poly Syn Bs | Yep |
| 075 Snappin'Key | Deep |
| 076 FeeltheBASS | Deeper |
| 077 Smooth Bass | Happy bass |
| 078 Oktafunk | Oustanding, expressive synth bass - nails the analog tone of the '70s monosynths |
| 079 Analog Bass | Regular. |
| 080 Zero Thyme | Aggressive and detuned. |
| 081 DoubleKickBs | Modern sounding. |
| 082 Short Bass | Thick. |
| 083 Solid Bass | Cool, groovy synth bass |
| 084 Mellow Bass | Yep |
| 085 Hardcore Bs | Distinct bass |
| 086 Hover Bass | Classic "Hoover" bass, a la alpha-Juno's "What the" |
| 087 TB Acid Bs | Very aggressive TB-303 |
| 088 Funky Bass | Dr. Groove is in |
| 089 Low Box | Nice |
| 090 Alfa-D Bass | Distinct |
| 091 Bass Of Ace | Rough and hollow |
| 092 Wonder Bass | Ok |
| 093 Thoaty Bass | Vocodery |
| 094 Voco 'n Bass | Raspy |
| 095 First Bass | Excellent arpeggiated Techno pattern |
| 096 TB SqrDistBs | Classic "Silver Box" acid pattern |
| 097 TB SawDistBs | Another nice 303 acid pattern |
| 098 TB SawResoBs | Rude synth pattern |
| 099 Trippin' TB | MEGA-SUPER-FANTASTIC TB-303 ACID LINE!!!!!!! Both TT and D Beam open/close the outstanding emulated 303 filter |
| 100 Pocket TB | Ya |
| 101 Radio 303 | Distorted |
| 102 Count To 303 | Woody |
| 103 FM-303 | Yep |
| 104 Arpstar | Phenomenal Trance SuperSaw arpeggio pattern! |
| 105 Helicious | Evil'ish. |
| 106 imPulze adbe | Groovy |
| 107 Sleep Well | Beautiful, ravishing, arpeggiated synth pizzicato |
| 108 Arponorov | Ok |
| 109 Hi-Lo Arp | On the run |
| 110 Yurpeen | Fat dance |
| 111 Solid Arps | Yep |
| 112 Satsumatic | More arpeggio beauty |
| 113 Magic Beams | Cinematic. |
| 114 Planet V | Vocoded beauty. |
| 115 MiamiGrooves | Typical 1980s "Miami Vice" Jan Hammer type synth tones |
| 116 Kiss my Axe | Guitar synthetique |
| 117 Cosmo Arp | R A V E |
| 118 Bob's Uncle | Analog Moogs. |
| 119 Overlord | Cute. |
| 120 Sequence Me | Cool |
| 121 Weightatcha | Hefty. |
| 122 Stepbystep | Nice Step Modulator in action. |
| 123 1FingerStrum | Beautiful and hypnotic. |
| 124 Prelude | Classical happiness |
| 125 Ruined World | Cinematic vox |
| 126 Sliced Vox | Modern, "sliced" pattern |
| 127 Shortcircuit | Robots flying |
| 128 Li'l Sequenz | Jumpy jumpy |
| 129 Jay Peg | Curiously '70s'ish |
| 130 SBF Chordarp | Chord through Side Band Filter |
| 131 TronicPulses | Beautiful, evolving arpeggiated synth |
| 132 Xylofrogbog | Woody |
| 133 Sinesyncer | Elegant and synthy |
| 134 Let me C 1-2 | Very synthetic |
| 135 Real Ease | Smooth |
| 136 Juniverse | More Juno-inspired patches |
| 137 Outthere | Generously reverberated. |
| 138 Frantic Ant | Yep! |
| 139 Ever Onward | Analog jumpers |
| 140 Werk in Prog | Very expressive sequencer dreams |
| 141 Daybreak | Huge Euro-dance synth |
| 142 Pin Head | Another good arpeggio. |
| 143 EP Phrase | Dreamy |
| 144 Shimmer Pad | Nice sci-fi pad |
| 145 Hypnotizer | Happy pattern |
| 146 5thPulsation | Gorgeous police siren ambience. |
| 147 Trigeminy | Guttural sequence |
| 148 Bananza | ? |
| 149 Cycle Delik | Nice seq |
| 150 2004 Steps | Excellent filters. |
| 151 Cosm1WidthMe | Transparent and with lots of delay. |
| 152 Step Trancer | Cool Techno/Rave synth/pad |
| 153 2002 Pulses | Cool pattern |
| 154 V-NRG | Ok |
| 155 Pat Rep | Hypnotic pattern |
| 156 E-Motions | Gated nicely |
| 157 Living Lead | Ok lead |
| 158 EnjoyContrls | Great use of the TT Pad |
| 159 Sync Twice | Digital |
| 160 Split Solo | Soaring Mini |
| 161 Humanoid | Nice! |
| 162 Flexi Lead | Guitary |
| 163 Bowed Lead | VA lead |
| 164 FutileFlange | Distinctive lead sound |
| 165 Freak Lead | Nice distorted guitary lead with resonator emulation. |
| 166 Noisey Lead | Yep |
| 167 SAWesome Ld | Nice synth |
| 168 Ab Und Zu | Gritty aboriginal didgeridoo |
| 169 Eastern Lead | Yep |
| 170 RESO Nz Lead | Too much! |
| 171 Virtualvolt | Nice lead |
| 172 A Leader | Brassy lead |
| 173 Nah Lead | Expressive |
| 174 Sweet Square | 1970s Progressive-like |
| 175 Rawsaw | Definitely! |
| 176 Wild on GR | Inspired by Roland's own GR-series of guitar synths |
| 177 101 Novamod | Inspired by Roland's own SH-101 perhaps? |
| 178 Solo of Old | Nice 1970s Progressive style mono |
| 179 Clicky Lead | Yep |
| 180 JP-8 Lead | Inspired by Roland's own Jupiter-8 |
| 181 JP8000Whammy | VA power. |
| 182 SyncAboutIt | Classic "The Cars" osc sync lead. |
| 183 Dirty Feed | Filthy! :) |
| 184 Mono GT Lead | Guitar-inspired solo synth, very effective |
| 185 Upset Solo | ! |
| 186 =sin(alpha) | Classic sine wave |
| 187 MINI m | The inimitable Minimoog |
| 188 SH-101 SolOD | Again, the classic 101 |
| 189 JP-8 Square | More Jupiter-8 inspired |
| 190 Ambi Lead | Wide lead. |
| 191 PortaMinimal | Yep |
| 192 I'mTheBoss | Okay. |
| 193 GR Lead | More GR-series goodness. |
| 194 Source Lead | Inspired by the Moog Source, perhaps. |
| 195 P5 Lead | Inspired by the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. |
| 196 JP-8000 Solo | Inspired by Roland's own JP-8000 |
| 197 Stingbuzzer | Bzzzzzz.... |
| 198 Feck A Lead | A bit "Goldfrappy" |
| 199 CS Lead | CS was a line of synths from Yamaha. |
| 200 Raw'N Beasty | Powerful |
| 201 Hip2bSquare | Uses the "LA Square" (the square from the D-50) waveform. |
| 202 Stormy Mars | Dirty... |
| 203 Pro Tripper | Smooth and mellow... |
| 204 War Drone | Stinger |
| 205 Wormy Lead | Piercing and cool! |
| 206 Paddington | Nice analog'ish string pad, with a cat in the background. |
| 207 Ambient Hold | Beautiful and glassy ambient pad |
| 208 Lunar Space | Wide yet inconspicuous |
| 209 SuperSaw Pad | M A R V E L O U S. Marvelous. |
| 210 Larger View | Big pad |
| 211 Beam Me Up | Nice glassy, evolving sci-fi pad |
| 212 Alias Pad | Superb, digital, evolving pad |
| 213 NuNRG Pad | Classic club sound |
| 214 OBlivion | Very nice soft pad, inspired by Oberheim's OB series of synths |
| 215 X-Mod Pad | The cross modulation oscillator in action. |
| 216 Hollow D-50 | Inspired by my favorite synth, the D-50. |
| 217 JP-8 SoftPad | Typical Jupiter-8 string pad |
| 218 Feedback Pad | Yep |
| 219 Jupe Beauty | More Jupiter-8 |
| 220 Cyberia | Very hypnotic and fascinating pad |
| 221 SBF Sync Pad | Powerful |
| 222 5th Descend | Digital goodness |
| 223 OXY Pad | BIG, big pad! |
| 224 One-hand Pad | Beautiful synth pad, with heavy phaser |
| 225 Silverstring | Full pad |
| 226 AngelAwakens | Expressive and suffered patch |
| 227 Chorale Pad | Nice paddy... |
| 228 Fear Texture | Oh yes. |
| 229 Jupitor | Magic Jupiter. Very nice sounding. The TTP opens that TVF (Time Variant) filter. A lot. |
| 230 Abyss | Stupendous underwater sound fx pad. |
| 231 Afterglow | Ravishing anapad. |
| 232 Harbinger | A bit ethnic. |
| 233 At Sea | Lots of waves. |
| 234 Flaw Analog | Curiously digital-yet-analog sounding. |
| 235 Dualism | Cool. Moving |
| 236 D-50 Filterz | Again a nod to the D-50 and the TVFs. |
| 237 Glass Saw | Beauty. Beauty. |
| 238 Early Poly | Very '80s synthpop! |
| 239 Icy Pad | Yes |
| 240 Matrix Pad | "Matrix" was one of Oberheim's synth lines. |
| 241 PhattyStrngs | Nice |
| 242 Spacey Fizzz | Ok |
| 243 NothernLight | Evolving |
| 244 ReverseGtPad | Yep... |
| 245 Filter Cords | Classic polysynth-type analog. |
| 246 Big Str Pad | Again, the inimitable SuperSaws. |
| 247 Amnesiac | Cool pad with the Stereo Pitch Shifter effect |
| 248 SpangledGlss | Majestic pad |
| 249 JUNO Strings | Classic Juno sound! |
| 250 Saturn Rings | Very nice sci-fi pad |
| 251 MarcatoSynth | Expressive string pad |
| 252 Astronomy | Ok |
| 253 SH Strings | Beautiful string pad with great-sounding digital phaser effect. |
| 254 X-Rays | Very resonant. |
| 255 Supasweeper | Phenomenal digi-ana pad with analog flanger |
| 256 Morpheus Pad | Solid SuperSaw-based ana pad |
| 257 PG Surprise | Nice voxy pad |
| 258 Additive Pad | Typical sparkly digi-pad, similar to sounds obtained with additive synthesis |
| 259 BIG thin Pad | More "big" than "thin" |
| 260 Majestic | Lovely, regal pad |
| 261 EvilBubbles | Nice voxy evolving pad |
| 262 GlassPinbels | STUPENDOUS glassy pad, with exquisite delay |
| 263 Pad the Pad | Beautiful analog pad that combines the SuperSaw osc with the PnoGliss pcm sample |
| 264 Fear Radio | Distorted fx pad |
| 265 Arcadia | More PnoGliss-based fx pads |
| 266 Metal Wrap | Cinematic fx |
| 267 RingMeLator | Scary pad |
| 268 Wailing Pad | Very effective, scary pad, optimal for horror movies |
| 269 ModrnCluster | Another good "scary movie" soundtrack patch |
| 270 TouchThePad | Gas |
| 271 Scary Pad | Absolutely |
| 272 Spectre | Evil machinery |
| 273 Mad Times | Excellent ambient fx pad |
| 274 Space Comms | Aliens talking to their mothership |
| 275 Turntablez | Scratchy scratch |
| 276 TapeRewinder | Yep. |
| 277 Robot Brains | Yes |
| 278 Say It Again | The TT pad freezing |
| 279 1973 TimTrip | Modular madness! |
| 280 RingmodCntrl | Nice swoosh fx |
| 281 Holetone Zit | Rising sci-fi fx |
| 282 Ask4Weather | Ok |
| 283 SpookyWispaz | Machine loops |
| 284 Sci-fi Sweep | Classic sci-fi UFO effect :-) |
| 285 Planet OHM | V-Synth goodness |
| 286 Psychotic | Perfect for thriller movie sequences |
| 287 Time Passes | Typical effect heard in movies to suggest the passage of time |
| 288 Energy Moves | Predator! |
| 289 V-Explosion | Big one. |
| 290 China E-Pno | Electric Piano type sound, in 5ths |
| 291 Electro P | Nice Wurlitzer type electric piano |
| 292 Wooly EP | A cross between Wurli and Clavinet |
| 293 Like Piano | Atmospheric piano |
| 294 Road2the70s | Very sparkly Fender Rhodes electric piano |
| 295 Coltish EP | Lively electric piano |
| 296 Voxy P | Delightful electric piano, with tasteful delay |
| 297 Hybrid P | Yep |
| 298 D50 Playgrnd | Inspired, once again, by the classic D-50 |
| 299 Smartkid Pno | Beautiful and moody |
| 300 Vurly | Happy e. piano |
| 301 JX EPiano | Inspired from Roland's own JX-series |
| 302 Ambie EP | With great tremolo. |
| 303 Ballad EP | Very useful '70s Rhodes. |
| 304 Soft E Pno | Mellow and nice |
| 305 Tin E-Piano | Hypnotic. |
| 306 Vib E-Piano | Ambient electric piano |
| 307 E-Combo | Wild e. piano |
| 308 Clavilogue | Nice synthetic Clavinet |
| 309 Kla-V | Typical 1970s Hohner Clavinet sound |
| 310 Crispy Clean | Synthy |
| 311 Claviforma | Another Clavinet variation |
| 312 Funky P | Gluey e. piano |
| 313 Old Timer | Cool "very old" Hammond organ with Leslie's speed controlled by the D Beam |
| 314 Sticky Organ | Lounge organ |
| 315 Orgone | Perfect for Reggae music |
| 316 ProgBach Org | Typical organ sound used in '70s Progressive groups |
| 317 UndrWarranty | "Broken" organ |
| 318 JP-8 Organ | Nice emulation of Jupiter-8 organ preset |
| 319 Lite Organ | Street organ |
| 320 Bell Vox | B E A U T I F U L bell/vox pad, a staple of pop music |
| 321 ReversedGlck | Wonderful and hypnotic bell pad |
| 322 AfrnMeetsAsia | Intriguing cross between Asian and African sounds |
| 323 Ring Hollow | Nice fx |
| 324 BellErastica | Happy Christmas bells |
| 325 Zero Gravity | Distinguished bell fx pad |
| 326 HarmonyBells | Yep |
| 327 Elfin Dance | Outstanding rhythmic bell pad, great for soundtracks |
| 328 Nylon Guitar | Wonderful acoustic guitar with nylon strings, very expressive via TT pad and D Beam |
| 329 Windy Nyle | Marvelous ambient plucked sound |
| 330 Lesly's Gtar | Guitar-thru-Leslie emulation. |
| 331 Cryin' Dist | Mega-distorted and expressive electric guitar. |
| 332 Howling Lead | Wild guitar! |
| 333 Grungitar | Great for accompaniment! |
| 334 Bass Desire | Unobtrusive bass line |
| 335 Get Fonky | Super funky wah-wah guitar pattern |
| 336 V-Wah | Funk guitar |
| 337 3o3 Hero | Classic, distorted TB-303 |
| 338 Flange Floor | Outstanding flanged Techno synth, perfect for many genres in electronic music |
| 339 Polly Morph | Nice poly pad |
| 340 4-SQR PWM | Powerful square waveform-based PWM pad |
| 341 PG Dreamer | Evolving and wild |
| 342 PVV Digilog | Digital |
| 343 TTeknoise | Curiously FM-like |
| 344 Mushroom Tea | Standard dance sounds |
| 345 Sus4 | Very powerful, detuned synth |
| 346 Yucatan | Nice Latin American flute |
| 347 Zapata | Honest reso-synth |
| 348 LA Confident | Solid synth |
| 349 Clouds Above | Nice, expressive vibrato synth |
| 350 Megalon | Super-cool SuperSaw + Saw patch that screams "Euro" |
| 351 The Fazz | or "The Fuzz"? |
| 352 Members Only | Typical out-of-tune synth |
| 353 Aba-cap | Classic sound inspired by Genesis' album (I think the keyboard used was the ARP Quadra?) |
| 354 Space Age | More two-osc detune |
| 355 eVangelic | Mega pad that sounds like a group of clouds in the sky |
| 356 Thinner | Yep. |
| 357 Milky Way | Charming digisynth |
| 358 Funky Saw | Realistic '70s Funky analog monosynth |
| 359 Analog Sides | Weird but good |
| 360 Trip Me | Excellent dance synth with the usual mega-fat SuperSaws. TTP acts radically on the sound |
| 361 Schweepa | Full and digital |
| 362 Magic Shower | Cool synth with Band Pass Delay effect |
| 363 Fat Squares | Very 1980s synth |
| 364 Angle Flute | Delightful, expressive solo breathy flute |
| 365 Trance Era | Quintessential Trance sound |
| 366 D-Stroyer | Evil synth |
| 367 Fantasma | Elegant and mysterious synth sound |
| 368 Raspberry | Formant fun |
| 369 Any club | Classic Euro synth lead sound |
| 370 Thick Brass | Nice, chorused brass patch |
| 371 V-angelized | Expressive patch inspired to certain sounds used by Vangelis |
| 372 Poly Comb | Typically '80s pop patch |
| 373 JP-8 Hollow | Cool Jupiter-8 inspired patch, with sine and triangle waveforms. |
| 374 Short Wire | Nice dancey patch |
| 375 Talkin Saw | Another just great dance synth patch. |
| 376 Slippery 4th | Standard portamento |
| 377 Minor Cuts | Typical 1990s dance sound |
| 378 Quackers | H A P P Y D U C K S :-) |
| 379 Latex Synth | Synthetic goodness |
| 380 Tiny Morpher | Small synth |
| 381 FlangoSquare | 80s flanger action |
| 382 JP8 Brass | Classic Jupiter-8 inspired brass |
| 383 Dreamy Sine | Yep - dreamy. |
| 384 Basic Diet | OK |
| 385 DreaminAgain | Nightmare |
| 386 Woollies | Big and purely VA |
| 387 ElektroChord | Nice Techno patch |
| 388 Cottonballs | Soft and nice. |
| 389 Triad | Extremely '70s progressive patch |
| 390 Europe Brass | The very famous synthesizer line from "The Final Countdown", a la JX-8P |
| 391 The Synbrass | Oh yes. |
| 392 PolePosition | Formula 1. |
| 393 Brass Pad | Fantastic '80s synth pad... very analog sounding. |
| 394 Punchy Brass | Yeps. |
| 395 Eat It Raw! | The SuperSaws minus fx. |
| 396 Dual Reso | Very resonant. |
| 397 SimplyBetter | H U G E and beautiful (virtual) analog PAD!!! |
| 398 Tinkle Pad | Hypnotic and dreamy swirly pad |
| 399 Frozen Space | Beautiful, hypnotic digital pad |
| 400 Horizons | Nice |
| 401 FeedIndiaBck | Sitary |
| 402 aAaaaaaaaahh | Another impressive solo + choir patch |
| 403 Electromonk | The high priest is a robot! |
| 404 V-Coder | Sweet vocoded fx |
| 405 Space Babble | Alien babies |
| 406 Vati kann! | Priests praying at a certain place in Rome... |
| 407 Riddle Vox | Voxy |
| 408 Tuvan Lows | The famous throat singing |
| 409 VP Choir | Inspired by Roland's own classic vocoder, the VP line |
| 410 VoicesOfAfar | Very interesting vox patch, bathed in hypnotic stereo delay |
| 411 Sanctuary | Synthetic voxy pad |
| 412 LetMePray | Stupendous female vocal solo patch, extremely realistic and expressive |
| 413 Last Call | Ravishing vox pad, very cinematic |
| 414 MachineChoir | Digital choir, reminds of early samplers |
| 415 V-Vox | Innocent vox choir. |
| 416 Road-Vox | Good vox pad |
| 417 Tuvox | Cross between Tuvan and vox pad |
| 418 WinterBreath | Classic voxy pad |
| 419 Numb Link | Reminds of the Fairlight. |
| 420 Ezeronomovoy | More fun with the Latin Gregorian voice sample |
| 421 MysticCircle | Very nice chopped vox |
| 422 Otto Tune | Curiously Techno |
| 423 DigiAaaah | Digital, cold choir. A la Yamaha DX7 |
| 424 Space Gas | Yep. |
| 425 AndroidChoir | Pretty robotic vocals. |
| 426 Indian Trip | Cool. |
| 427 Castratof | Ok. |
| 428 V-Choir | Adds the V-Synth flavor to a vox pad. |
| 429 WheresDaLoop | Nice didgeridoo |
| 430 HighlandLead | Monophonic bagpipe sound. Authentic sounding. |
| 431 Mekong River | Stupendous Asian-type plucked instrument |
| 432 V-Dulcimer | Hypnotic dulcimer. |
| 433 Acidoo | Strange didgeridoo |
| 434 Breathy Flte | In a large hall. |
| 435 Shakuspear | Wild shakuhachi. |
| 436 Strawberries | A take on the classic Mellotron flute sound, famously used by the Beatles in "Strawberry Fields Forever". |
| 437 First Fiddle | Okay. |
| 438 Holy Oboe | Good-sounding oboe |
| 439 Alto Sax | Very good and realistic saxophone! |
| 440 Glory Woodz | Split with good-sounding reed instruments |
| 441 V-trumpeter | A bit synthy but expressive. The D Beam triggers the "elephant style" pitch bends |
| 442 ShakingBrass | Mexican feel. |
| 443 Mellow Stabs | Yep. |
| 444 Cuttin Stabs | Realistic brass |
| 445 Modular KIT | Very cool drum setup, inspired by sounds one can achieve with an analog, modular synthesizer. |
| 446 Analogic KIT | More analog goodness. |
| 447 RhythmAceKIT | The Rhythm Ace was one of Roland's first drum machines |
| 448 V-lectricKIT | Cool beat and sounds. |
| 449 PhuturFunKIT | Inspired by early '80s Electro |
| 450 DaHouse KIT | Classic House TR-909 sounds |
| 451 ExtraDanzKIT | Superb Euro sounds and beat |
| 452 Hybrid KIT | Different |
| 453 Hip KIT | Classic Hip-Hop sounds |
| 454 BigSmack KIT | Mega-distorted bass drum; also useful for Gabba |
| 455 LiteBreakKIT | Light, but useful |
| 456 HardHouseKIT | Underground dancey |
| 457 Stretch KIT | Cool to morph via TTP and D Beam. |
| 458 Scratchy KIT | Modern-sounding |
| 459 NuHouse KIT | Minimal Housey |
| 460 LoFiSynthKIT | Yep |
| 461 FM KIT | Sounds one can obtain via FM synthesis |
| 462 nuTR KIT | Variation on the Roland TR-series drum machines |
| 463 V-hop KIT | Solid hip-hip beat |
| 464 Disco KIT | Classic 1970s drum samples. |
| 465 V-808 KIT | The V-Synth's take on Roland's famous TR-808. |
| 466 RnB Soul KIT | Squiggly bass and solid drums. |
| 467 HardBreakKIT | Modern |
| 468 Gangsta KIT | Typical hip-hop sounds from a few years back |
| 469 NuHip KIT | Soft sounds |
| 470 TechHouseKIT | Early 2000s House drum sounds |
| 471 Random KIT | Yep |
| 472 T-Rex KIT | Cool drums |
| 473 Glitch KIT | Minimal |
| 474 House KIT | Very nice "Euphoric Trance" type drum kit |
| 475 BreakBeatKIT | Solid! |
| 476 Radio KIT | Interference! Interference! |
| 477 Frozen KIT | Interesting, modern setup |
| 478 Tronic KIT | Very (elec)Tronic. |
| 479 Voco KIT | Classic drum loop through vocoder |
| 480 Khatt KIT | Kettles, pots and pans |
| 481 NonLinearKIT | Nice early drum machine feel. |
| 482 Hi-Tech KIT | Very modern. |
| 483 Power KIT | Rock drums, standard. |
| 484 Lectro KIT | Cool! |
| 485 RandmNoizKIT | Lots of strange noises. |
| 486 Wild Man KIT | Huge sounding drums |
| 487 Standard KIT | Yep |
| 488 Ethnic KIT | Great sounding tablas. |
| 489 Filter Bank1 | Here I'm using a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 (Ver. 3.2) being modulated by the V-Synth's input/filters. |
| 490 Filter Bank2 | Same as above. |
| 491 Filter Bank3 | Same as above. |
| 492 Filter Bank4 | Same as above. |
| 493 BreakWild | Modern beat - but the Time Trip Pad can morph the sounds in very bizarre ways. |
| 494 BreakWild 2 | More TTP fun |
| 495 BreakWild 3 | Drum 'n Bass'y plus TTP fun |
| 496 BreakWild 4 | Minimal electronica and TTP |
| 497 BreakWild 5 | Glitchy |
| 498 House&Ele | Classic House beat being morphed |
| 499 House&Ele 2 | These are "skeleton" beats, lacking bass frequencies, that one can use to put on top of drum machines. |
| 500 House&Ele 3 | Another cool beat. |
| 501 House&Ele 4 | Simply add a 909 bass drum and you're set. |
| 502 House&Ele 5 | Here, add a 909 bd and open hat. |
| 503 HiTech&Nz | Glitchy madness |
| 504 HiTech&Nz 2 | More Glitch |
| 505 HiTech&Nz 3 | Hybrid Techno |
| 506 HiTech&Nz 4 | V-Synth flavored beats |
| 507 HiTech&Nz 5 | Crazy chopped vocal snippets |
| 508 HipTronic | Groovy beat and sounds |
| 509 HipTronic 2 | Nice and vocoded |
| 510 HipTronic 3 | OK |
| 511 HipTronic 4 | Totally robotic |
| 512 HipTronic 5 | Reggae meets Electro |
| Roland V-Synth | |
| Year of release: | 2003 |
| Polyphony: | 24-voices |
| Sound generation method: |
Analog Modeling, PCM / VariPhrase (Preset waveforms + Sampling waveforms), External Input |
| Preset memories | |
| MIDI: | in, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | D-50 and Vocal cards, sampling |
| Sequencer | no (V2 has Multi-Step modulator) |
| Arpeggiator | yes |
| Effects | yes |
| Velocity | yes |
| Aftertouch | yes |
Resources:
- Review in "Keyboard magazine" ____ _____
Roland V-Synth
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Roland V-Synth manual
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Links
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| www.roland.com | Manufacturer site | home page |
Roland V-Synth Version 2 review with audio demo - June 26, 2008