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SR-JV80-10 Bass
& Drums
Expansion board
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Another joint effort between Roland and Spectrasonics,
this expansion board features a large quantity of electric/acoustic
basses, and acoustic drums. The quality of these samples is outstanding, and with a bit of care during programming/sequencing, it is possible to achieve great realism. The players involved are well-known session players - bassists Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel Sr., John Patitucci, Abe Laboriel Jr., and drummer Bob Wilson. The board features single-note programs, that you can play from a keyboard, and also some prerecorded loops, to sync with your sequencer. |
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Since the stock bass and drums patches on the JV/XP series is a bit scarce, having this superb board installed in your synth is a sure way to augment the sonic palette at your disposal. A must for rock, jazz, fusion, world, Latin, and other acoustic genres. 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 Marcus 3way | Marcus Miller's electric, with excellent velocity-switch |
| 005 MM Dynathumb | Nice slap |
| 006 Abe Sr. 4way | Abe Laboriel's sound |
| 008 AL 3way P.Bs | The extra samples found in the high registry of the keyboard add realism when added |
| 015 John P.4way | John Patitucci's very groovy bass |
| 017 JP Chorus Bs | Very '80s |
| 021 JP Brite Slp | Nice |
| 023 Solo Fretles | Very nice samples |
| 025 Marcus OctFl | Powerful |
| 026 MM FrtlsBend | '70s fusiony |
| 028 MM Weathery | Typical Jaco Pastorius Fender Jazz sound |
| 038 AcoustiTouch | Solid contrabass |
| 046 JP Rock Pick | James Bond |
| 061 Abe's P.Bass | Nice Precision |
| 062 AL Solid Fng | Powerful |
| 068 AL Old Soul | Classic Motown-style Fender bass with ultra-worn out strings |
| 070 Marcus Jazz | Fast moving |
| 074 Bright Pick | Blues Brothers |
| 079 Wild Thang | Excellent distorted bass sound of the '60s |
| 086 Funkin'WahBs | :-) |
| 089 Bass SOLO!! | A loop on the left, "Staccato Heaven" pad in the middle, expressive fretless on the right |
| 115 AmbGrv-Bs 90 | Superb loop, extremely well played |
| 119 BW Jz 6-8 52 | Nice jazz waltz loop |
| 127 AL Funk 120 | Hear the drummer get wicked |
| 129 Fat Rock KIT | Samples assigned in General MIDI style on the keyboard - expressive to play |
| 130 Ringer KIT | Solid samples |
| 133 BigBalladKIT | Huge room sound |
| 136 Garage KIT | Superb patch, lots of fun to play - here I am playing in real time - I added the single sounds at the end of the audio sample to show the starting point |
| 138 Natural KIT | Realistic |
| 142 FAT Comp.KIT | P h a t |
| 148 R&B KIT | Cool |
| 002 Funk SET | In the Rhythm section (MIDI channel 10) |
| 008 Dance SET | In the Rhythm section (ch. 10) |
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| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
Roland SR-JV80-10 Bass & Drums review with audio demo