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SR-JV80-09
Session
Expansion board
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Quality, not quantity, is the focus of number nine in the
Roland SR-JV80-series of expansion boards for the XP/JV synthesizer
family. The "Session" board contains a selected choice of great-sounding waveform perfect for a variety of genres - from a superb grand piano, to silky strings, powerful brass and realistic saxophones, from ice-melting pads to sci-fi special effects, to punchy drums and jazz, blues, country guitars... and even a plethora of electronic dance sounds. This is one of the more popular boards, and a valid addition if you have a slot available in your synth - It is a bit like a "jack of all trades", but excels in various areas for producing realistic music. |
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Check out the audio demos below to see what this card can do. |
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| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 St.Concert | A notable improvement on the stock piano in the ROM of the XP / JV synthesizers |
| 004 Euro Classic | Very nice, intimate and warm piano patch, suitable for romantic, classical styles |
| 007 LA Session | Typical Los Angeles session piano mix between acoustic and FM piano |
| 012 Vienna Strgs | Realistic and happy string ensemble |
| 014 Oct Strings | Expressive and very, very warm string orchestra |
| 019 Str+Choir 1 | Realistic and useful mix of strings and choir |
| 020 Str+Choir 2 | with the "mmmm" sample |
| 024 Mmmms | Very nice humming choir |
| 030 Mysteriouso | Vapor mysterious pad |
| 032 AmbientStory | Beautiful Roland ambiance pad |
| 034 SessionBrass | Superb, expressive brass ensemble, perfect for jazz/big band |
| 040 Soft Saxes | Nice saxophone section, realistic |
| 044 Legato Tpt | Okay trumpet |
| 047 Super Tenor | Marvelous tenor saxophone, with the right amount of "bite" |
| 050 Legato Flute | Ok |
| 058 Cosmic Flute | Mellotron'ish |
| 060 Paris 50's | Realistic and warm button accordion |
| 069 Solo Nylon 2 | Soft, intimate nylon string guitar |
| 073 Stratar | Classic Fender Stratocaster guitar emulation |
| 074 Clean Tele | Nice Fender Telecaster guitar patch |
| 075 Nashville | Typical twangy guitar tone |
| 078 Duanne'sTone | Typical Duanne Eddy style country rock guitar, with tremolo |
| 081 Crunch Tone | Nice overdrive |
| 088 Velo Power | Muted-string hits |
| 094 Rock P.Bass3 | Useful Fender Precision bass |
| 101 Slobbery Bs | Mega-distorted techno bass, analog |
| 106 Bad Acid Bs | Cool acid bass |
| 111 Celestial | Sugary pad |
| 112 Heavenly Eko | Love that delay going |
| 118 DelaySession | Expertly programmed, intriguing pad |
| 123 Dope Resoclv | Filtery |
| 127 Isn't Pretty | No, it's not :-) |
| 130 Trangoa Wave | Trance / Goa syn lead |
| 137 Rave Slice | Typical '90s rave lead |
| 144 Dance Stack 1 | Superb synth-stack, perfect for Euro-Dance |
| 148 DanceStack 5 | Same as above |
| 154 PortaSynthex | Powerful portamento and filter |
| 162 Raver Circus | Another classic early '90s rave type sound |
| 172 On the move! | Stupendous moving synth, with filter opening and closing at the just-right frequencies |
| 177 Combing Slow | Outstandingly beautiful warm analog pad, with plenty of phaser action |
| 184 Sweep Stack | Fantastic flanged pad |
| 185 Big Vectors | Vector sound |
| 191 Juno-60 Pad | Nice Roland Juno-60 type pad |
| 194 Atlantis 2 | Superb underwater soft pad |
| 196 Plutonium | Big pad |
| 201 Shining Veil | Sci-fi & ambient |
| 209 Wormy Lead | Classic mono '70s lead synth |
| 215 Dirty Lead | Curiously digital-meets-analog |
| 222 Rich Vibes | Nice and relaxed vibraphone |
| 227 Creation | Majestic and hypnotic synth pad / fx |
| 237 DEMO SynPuls | Subtle but nice |
| 239 DEMO Choir | Realistic |
| 245 DEMO PhaseGt | Typical early '80s guitar sound |
| 249 DEMO SlapBs | Slap bass |
| 252 DEMO SynLead | Very Fusion like |
| 255 DEMO Crowd | Yep |
| 001 SessionSet 1 | Well-sampled drum kit (Rhythm channel 10) |
| 003 SessionSet 3 | Tight snare |
| 004 SessionSet 4 | Typical 909-type patch |
| 006 SessionSet 6 | Super-cool Hip-Hop meets Techno kit |
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Links
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
Roland SR-JV80-09 Session review with audio demo