SR-JV80-15 Special
FX Collection
Sound Expansion Board
This wave expansion board for Roland JV/XP synthesizers was a collaborative effort between Roland and Spectrasonics. Many waveforms on this board are selected from Spectrasonics' best-selling CD-ROM "Distorted Reality" - originally a Roland S-series sampler format CD-ROM, that was also produced in Akai/E-mu, and audio.
The focus of this card is obviously on sound effects, ambient, nature, and all kinds of weird, hyper-processed sounds that evolve nicely, and mutate wildly with the use of aftertouch, sliders and wheels.
The quality of the samples is - as usual with Roland and Spectrasonics - outstanding, and many of the sounds lend themselves to being successfully used as Wavestation-like, shimmering, moving pads - even when they were not exactly designed to be used as such.
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Patch name with audio demo |
My Comments |
| Beautiful otherworldly soundscape. Sirens calling in the distance. | |
| Techno lead that moves fast, like a snake | |
| The deep jungle of Uranus | |
| The zombies are upset | |
| Great filtering effect | |
| Superb analog whistle lead playing in a forgotten universe | |
| Perfect for dramatic scores | |
| Beautiful evolving pad, very vector like | |
| Incredibly defined lows, massive sound fx | |
| Froggy synth | |
| Inspired from the famous soundtrack to "Escape from New York" maybe? | |
| Typical U.F.O. effect | |
| The angels laugh in the background | |
| Fantastic nature pad | |
| Another great sounding vector pad - the mod wheel changes the sound drastically | |
| Marvelous and hypnotic vox pad! | |
| Nice pulsating sci-fi synthesizer | |
| More analog echoed goodies. Reminds me of the beginning of Depeche Mode's "Blasphemous Rumours" | |
| Perfect for James Bond movies special effects | |
| The Goddess of the Frozen Lake is speaking | |
| Very nice Asian ambience | |
| Perfect sci-fi effects | |
| More alien atmospheres | |
| Incredible evil sounds :-) | |
| Scary movie synth pad | |
| Excellent funky synth | |
| Beautiful pad, serene and anxious at the same time | |
| Super cool '70s analog synthesizer split, inspired by Tomita. | |
| Spectacular hyper-mega distorted sound | |
| Excellent for documentaries and alternative movies | |
| Paradise synth | |
| Classic filter L.F.O. synth | |
| Great train special fx | |
| Incredible sound design | |
| Powerful war effects | |
| The Ambient Menu - a selection of sounds per each key | |
| Very realistic! | |
| Classic rise and fall synth | |
| The Special Effects menu - tends on the horror side of things | |
| Cool drum set with plenty of sci-fi samples assigned to the upper keys. | |
| Nice drum set, the samples have been filtered and tweaked to great effect. |
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