Roland Anounces New Wave Expansion Boards

January 28, 1999 -- Expanding the acclaimed Roland SR-JV80-Series expansion board library even further, Roland is proud to introduce the SR-JV80-15 Special FX Collection and SR-JV80-16 Orchestral II Collection. These boards can be user-installed into any expandable XP- or JV-Series instrument, including the affordable new XP-30 synthesizer and compact JV-1010 synth module.

The SR-JV80-15 Special FX Collection offers a huge array of unique sounds, many derived from the popular Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality CD-ROM. Included are synth-type effects, ambient sounds, noise and rhythmic hits, environmental and nature sounds, and more. Especially remarkable is the broad collection of machines, city and construction noises, rivers, oceans, birds, insects and other natural audio bytes-perfect for spicing up soundtracks, as well as ambitious dance music applications.

The SR-JV80-16 Orchestral II Collection is well suited for pop-oriented orchestral music, film, television and jingle composers with its stunning new orchestral and Celtic Patches. Orchestral samples range from stereo strings, brass, wind instruments and percussion to ancillary sounds such as breath noise. Celtic instruments-increasingly found in contemporary film and television scores-include bosouki, uillean pipe, bodhran and clarsah harp.

Each collection encompasses more than 200 Patches, comprised of at least 100 waveforms on the SR-JV80-15 and more than 140 on the SR-JV80-16. Both wave expansion boards can be easily user-installed into any expandable XP- or JV-Series instrument, adding a wealth of sounds in just a few minutes.

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