Heart Of
Asia
Sample CD-ROM library for Roland S-series and
compatibles
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"Heart Of Asia" is a monumental, 2-CD-ROM sample set for the
Roland S-700 series and compatibles. This set is truly a dream for composers of ethnic, new age, and most of all soundtrack music. The two CDs contain a myriad of Asian samples: some are full-blown musical phrases that you can re-arrange and include in your music, and some are multi-sampled instruments that you can play via a keyboard. Heart Of Asia includes brass, beats, cymbals, ethnic, flutes, fretted instruments, FX, mallets, orchestral, pluck, percussion, singing, string, talking, and wind instruments and setups. The Roland sampler programming
is very good, with the usual controls (aftertouch,
velocity/switch, modulation wheel) assigned to the performances. |
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This Roland CD-ROM set as described by the company: "Phrases, instruments & utterances from the Far East for Roland 700 series samplers & sample players - Volume One & Two" In order to use these CD-ROMs you will need a SCSI CD-ROM drive connected to your S-series sampler or XV-5080. Keep in mind that certain sound data will need 32MB of memory, supported only by the S-760. The S-770 and 750 have less. |
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All examples below have been run through a Lexicon MPX-1 for reverb ambience.
Stream all
audio examples below
| Year of release: | 1994 |
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I compiled two pdfs of the manuals:
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
Spectrasonics Heart Of Asia review with audio demo