SRX-05 Supreme Dance
Expansion board
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Number five in the SRX-series of Roland
expansion boards, "Supreme Dance" was co-produced by Roland and
Spectrasonics in 2002. This board contains a series of new samples, catered toward the Dance, Hip-Hop, and Electronica in general. Sampled waveforms of vintage - but also newer VA synths like Roland's own JP-8000 - find their way inside SRX-05: from Junos, to TR-series machines, Jupiter sounds, techno basses, lush pads, arpeggio synths, ambience FX, and a lot more. |
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This is definitely a very versatile board - useful for many electronic genres, in particular - House. It complements other SRX-series boards well. Check out audio demos from this board here below. |
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Stream all mp3 audio examples below
| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 SecretDancer | Classy, beautiful House setup |
| 002 Mean Streets | Pulsing Hip-Hop |
| 003 E-tronic | Superb early '90s Techno "tribal" setup |
| 004 License2chil | Sweet & fluffy synth pad, optimal for creating Chillout and Ambient music |
| 006 Hit Specials | Classic hits from the '90s |
| 009 Acid Punch | Solid TB-303 style synth |
| 010 Gtr Menu | Classic stabs from the '90s and beyond |
| 011 Brite Flange | Nice flanged synth pad |
| 012 Dance Vibes | Typical House comp organ/synth |
| 013 N-Trance | Sequenced synth, standard for Trance |
| 014 Phatt | Modern, filtered loop |
| 015 DoubleDown | Brazil, contemporary |
| 016 LoopFX Dark | Dark set |
| 017 Yo DJ | Yep |
| 022 Filter Beat | Fantastic "Moroder-style" dance setup |
| 028 NakedPrey | Nice and echoed |
| 034 808 Bass | Solid bass, standard for Hip-Hop |
| 038 Hood Bass 2 | Cool bass |
| 040 Cheezee Bass | Nicely acidic |
| 044 Qube Bass | The standard TX81Z "Lately Bass" sound |
| 046 15inch Bass | Fat & analog |
| 050 SH-101 Bass | Great monosynth |
| 051 Pulsing Bs | Modern, reminds a bit of the band "Air" |
| 055 DarkEchoBass | Cool and works for both bass and leads |
| 056 UnisonSwBass | Powerful, huge synth bass |
| 059 JunoDistBass | Standard Roland Juno bass going through distortion pedal |
| 060 TB Dist Bs 1 | TB-303 with huge amount of distortion and filters |
| 063 Human Bass | Vocal bass |
| 072 FAT Rave | Classic Euro sound |
| 074 4 x Saws | Almost a SuperSaw :-) |
| 075 Euro Saws | Euro-Dance |
| 076 Super Sawz | I'm not hearing the Roland SuperSaw here, but nice sound nevertheless |
| 078 Vade Retro | Stupendous, classic early '90s retro synth lead |
| 081 Alpha Waves | Little waves |
| 083 Northern Pls | Hypnotic, different |
| 086 Saw Wave HQ | Another typical Euro synth lead |
| 089 JU2 Wave 2 | Roland's Alpha-Juno 2 synth |
| 092 SpectrumWave | Yes |
| 094 Slippers | Dance sound very in vogue in the '90s |
| 097 FallingStar | Nice synth fx |
| 101 Juno Slice | Quintessential Trance sound |
| 105 Tropic Slice | Nature variation |
| 107 Wicked DJ 2 | Sound fx |
| 116 Seq Saws | Optimal for sequencer use, a fat dance comp synth |
| 119 AnswerMe!Hit | OK hit |
| 121 Disco Stabs | Typical brass with fall, useful for a number of styles |
| 126 Bobs Slide | Another classic '90s sound, the Korg N364/264 introduced this bass slide, I think |
| 127 BrassHit 1 | Super-classic rave stab, a la 2 Unlimited |
| 132 BrassHit 6 | Nice |
| 134 SymphHit 1 | Short release eliminates the reverb wash, cool. |
| 137 OrgTrnsplnt | Typical organ |
| 141 Chord Hit 2 | More stabs |
| 142 Chord Hit 3 | Dark stab |
| 151 Dist Hit 1 | Dist guitar |
| 163 Thru Hit | Very trippy |
| 171 Null Zone | Nice fx |
| 172 Loop Techno | Another classic hit |
| 176 UK Garage 01 | aka 2-Step |
| 182 Raver Saws | Powerful synth lead |
| 192 DanceStrSect | Groovy |
| 194 5th Vox | Hypnotic |
| 195 Kompakt Voic | Weird |
| 200 Foilage | Nice atmospheric pad |
| 201 JP-8000 Pad | Digital VA |
| 202 SynthChord01 | Beautiful plucked synth, with full-bodied analog strings |
| 203 PWM | Fantastic soft pad, with PWM |
| 204 Introductory | Nice ambient, soft pad |
| 205 Miracle Pad | Nice |
| 206 5th Sweep 2 | Nicely evolving |
| 207 Choir Sweep | Rising filters |
| 208 Retro Pad | Cool '80s digi-pad |
| 209 Beautiful :-] | Pretty ;-) |
| 214 HiPass | High-Pass filter in action |
| 215 DynaPulseLd | Synth lead |
| 217 80's Memory | Inspired by the '80s, or by the MemoryMoog? |
| 221 PortaSynLead | Classic portamento lead |
| 224 Neonlight | Digi-coolness |
| 228 Vib Sine | Thereminesque with lots of vibrato |
| 233 Comp Piano 2 | Quintessential early 1990s House sound! |
| 234 a Tack Piano | Yep |
| 239 EP Chd Menu | Gorgeous, Ibiza-style House electric pianos |
| 244 CompClav-Rls | Clavinet |
| 246 HarmoOrg-Mod | Dance organ |
| 247 ZigZag Organ | Reminds of the Casio CZ-series organ |
| 248 Notre Organ | Happy church organ |
| 251 Square Bell2 | Beautiful, meditative sound |
| 254 Waw Chord | Superbly sampled guitar with wah-wah |
| 260 LoFiStringz | Yes |
| 263 4th-LayerStr | Gluey string pad |
| 268 StrScaleMaj | Classical run |
| 270 EuroBeat Brs | A bit 1980s |
| 277 WindFX Menu | Classic shakuhachi, flute and sax sounds |
| 284 VINYL VOX | Nice |
| 286 Vox Menu | Usual suspects |
| 288 Ho F | Breathy female vox |
| 292 Hydrolyze | Sparkly fx pad |
| 293 Hydrolyze 2 | Mysterious |
| 294 Danger Zone | Oh yes.. |
| 304 TurnOff-Rev | With the classic 1200s... |
| 307 Scratch 6 | Standard Hip-Hop scratch |
Rhythm Kits
| 001 PhatTrak Kit | Modern set |
| 002 Euro Kit | With beautiful atmo-synths and voxes |
| 004 Tight Kit | Yep |
| 009 Trip Kit | Nice Trip-Hop kit |
| 013 4onFloorKit | Classic "909 pump" |
| 014 Street Kit | Realistic and funky |
at the Roland site
Links
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
Roland SRX-05 Supreme Dance review with audio demos - August 24, 2008