SR-JV80-16 Orchestral II
- Featuring Strings, Brass and Celtic
Expansion board
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The SR-JV80-16 Orchestral II expansion board is an
excellent compendium of orchestral strings, brass, and Celtic
instruments. The Orchestral II is an excellent complement to the original SR-JV80-02 Orchestral board, because it expands greatly on a few sections of the symphonic orchestra - string and brass sections - but also adds a generous amount of Celtic sounds. This was without doubt due to the fact that around the time this board was produced (1999), one of the most popular movies in the history of cinema was also made - Titanic - and of course, the main song (Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On") featured Celtic/Irish instruments. All of a sudden every composer started using Celtic instruments in their soundtracks, and Roland took note :-) by adding these types of instruments to this board. My suspicion is particularly evident in the name of a preset on this board: "121 Sinking Duo" - an obvious reference to the movie. |
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The quality of the board is - as usual with Roland - extremely good - all samples are well recorded, and feel "warm" and full. Check out the audio demos below to see what this expansion board can do. |
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| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 StStrOrc p-f | Stupendous string orchestra, reacts very well to velocity - Warm, full, beautiful... perfect for many genres of music. |
| 003 Emotionale | Beautiful and romantic string ensemble. |
| 005 Str DownBow | Dramatic string section. |
| 010 StrOrch p-f | Very nice velocity-touch piano to forte string orchestra - very expressive. |
| 012 RichSymphony | Super warm, excellently reverberated symphony strings |
| 019 101 Violins | Lots of them ;-) |
| 026 PyanniString | A New-Age'y patch, probably inspired by sounds used by famous composer Yanni. |
| 028 Quartet | Superb, woody string quartet. |
| 029 Solo&Acomp | Beautiful, cinematic string split - a solo violin on the left, a full ensemble on the right. |
| 030 Vln&Vcl | Violin and violoncello? |
| 036 Vienna Solo | Nice violin |
| 039 Tape Orchest | Nice take on a well-used Mellotron - tape warping and all. |
| 040 Reverse Str | Stupendously hypnotic - the classic sampler trick of reversing the waveform. |
| 042 SoloViolin 2 | Extremely playable |
| 046 SadSolo Vln | Sniff, sob.. |
| 050 Solo Cello | Nice |
| 054 Strngs&Horns | Realistic, large ensemble of strings and horns |
| 056 FilmOrchst p | Marvelously cinematic |
| 061 Orch Ens | Full Romantic orchestra |
| 064 Orch Brass 2 | Brassy |
| 066 Last Noel | A cool Christmas setup |
| 067 Celtic Ensbl | Classic Celtic sounds |
| 068 Harp & Flute | Lovely |
| 070 Prokofiev | Classic combo inspired by great composer Sergei |
| 076 Large Horns | Realistic |
| 082 Solo Fr.Hrn1 | Very nice French horn |
| 092 Trumpet Ens | A few trumpets |
| 094 Centurions | and gladiators |
| 095 Real Trumpet | Nice classical tone |
| 099 El Bono | Trombones are always fun |
| 104 ConcertFlute | Sweet, heart-felt flute |
| 110 Piccolo 2 | Yep |
| 114 CelticFlt 1 | Breathy |
| 117 TinWhistle 1 | Does anybody not know that song? :-) |
| 121 Sinking Duo | Lovely Celtic feel |
| 123 Hill&Sheeps1 | Superb bagpipes sound |
| 127 UilleanPipe | The typical Irish bagpipe |
| 157 MelancolyHrp | Beautiful harp |
| 160 Clarsah Harp | Nice sharp, metallic tone |
| 163 Harp Gliss | Yep |
| 165 Cymbalon | Beautiful instrument. |
| 171 Harmonium 1 | Intimate chapel organ |
| 175 SecretGarden | Nice |
| 181 TubulaBells5 | Well-sampled tubular bells |
| 182 ChurchBells4 | Realistic |
| 185 HappyXmas 2 | Lovely Christmas music setup |
| 189 Mmms & Aaahs | Full, soft women choir |
| 191 CelticSpirit | Very Enya. |
| 197 Heaven'sVox2 | Cool synth vox |
| 203 Humming Chrs | Classic backing vocals sound |
| 218 C.Harp-pad | Pensive pad and harp |
| 222 Waterworld | Very cool sound fx |
| 225 Titan | Incredibly powerful - excellent sound design! |
| 229 Your Mission | Nice drum roll |
| 235 HorrorHit C4 | Full scare |
| 001 Orch Set | All the usual suspects in the percussion section of the orchestra pit. |
| 002 Celtic Set | Groovy. |
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Roland SR-JV80-16 Orchestral II - Featuring Strings, Brass and Celtic - review with audio demo