L-CDX-04 Strings & Orchestral Percussion
Sample CD-ROM library
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The L-CDX-03 library combines the "Orchestral Percussion Vol.1", "Solo Strings Vol.1", "Symphony Orchestra Vol.1" and "String Sections Vol.1" Roland CD-ROMs for their S-series samplers. Here's what a note in the CD says: "The tones on this CD-ROM use Patches and Performances from Roland's Project Series L-CDP-13 "String Sections Vol.1", L-CDP-08 "Symphony Orchestra Vol.1", L-CDP-05 "Solo Strings Vol.1", and L-CDP-03 "Orchestral Percussion Vol.1"." This 2-CD set is very strong, arguably the best in the bunch - in my opinion Roland's string ensemble are second to none - there's a certain warmth and expressiveness in their samples that I particularly like.
The solo instruments are also
outstanding, ranging from excellent solo violins, to expressive
cellos and powerful contrabasses. The orchestral
percussion hits are well recorded, many with natural orchestral
ambience. |
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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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| Performance name with audio demo | My comments |
| Disc 1 | |
| 002 STR-Arpeggios | Superb fast string arpeggio |
| 006 STR-Cbs1 f | Nice string low ensemble |
| 009 CMB-Low Marcato | Incredibly realistic string sample |
| 010 CMB-Lrg Ensemble | PERFECTION. BEAUTY. HEAVENLY string ensemble. |
| 011 CMB-Cello Orch. | Very warm and full cello ensemble |
| 013 CMB-Brite Strngs | Sweet and melancholy |
| 019 CMB-StringOrch 1 | Beautiful tone |
| 029 STR-Orch. f Slow | Stupendous - perfect for film scoring |
| 032 STR-Pizz.Section | Very realistic pizzicato section, with natural room ambience |
| 055 STR-Vcs Trem p | Good cellos tremolos |
| 060 STR-Vas2 Bright | Nice violas ensemble |
| 073 STR-Vls1 Symph | Expressive violins |
| 116 ORC-Orc.Unison p | Charming medieval sounding orchestra |
| 118 ORC-Major Gliss | Very cool glissandos |
| 137 STR-Vls Sul Pont | Violins played sul ponte |
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| 002 STR-Vln1 Warm vb | Superb solo violin, check out the vibrato |
| 021 STR-Vla1 Bryt vb | Beautiful viola solo |
| 035 STR-Vc Arco f vb | Warm, woody violoncello |
| 042 STR-Cb1 mf vb | Dark, powerful contrabass |
| 050 CMB-Chamber Grp1 | Superb chamber small group of strings |
| 057 PRC-Orch Bs Drum | Deep orchestral bass drums |
| 064 PRC-Timp Amb 3- | Hyper-realistic timpani |
| 068 SNR-Orch Sn menu | Nice single hits and rolls |
| 071 CYM-Tam-Tams | Nice, long samples only obtainable with a sampler (and 32MB of RAM possibly). |
| 072 CYM-Gongs Dry | Superb. |
| 086 PRC-Orch Toys | Lots of cool sounding "toys" here :-) |
| 090 CMB-Orch Kit 1 | Full set |
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available at www.rolandus.com
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
Roland L-CDX-04 review with audio demo