SR-JV80-98 Experience
II
This is the second incarnation of the "Experience" series of Roland boards for the XP/JV series of synths. It's kind of curious that it's called "98" (presumably from the year it was released), but comes after the first Experience board, which is called "99"...
This board features excellent sounds from several boards: Pop, Orchestral, Piano, Vintage Synth, World, Super Sound Set, Keyboards of the '60s and '70s, Session, and Bass & Drums.
Roland SR-JV80-98 Experience II audio demos in .mp3
| Patch name | Audio demo | Source board | My comments |
| 01 *Dy.Rhodes 1 | Patches 1-10 | Piano | Nicely prepared, crystal "dyno-my-piano" type Rhodes. |
| 02 *VP330/TrnFl | Vintage | Awesome staples in music: Mellotron and VP-330 | |
| 03 *JpnPrcMinMN | World | Great ethnic vibe. | |
| 04 *Velo Power | Session | Rock hard. | |
| 05 *Grunge 1 85 | Bass&Drums | Superb, mega-compressed hard rock loop. | |
| 06 *Brass Fall | Super Sound | Cool brass fall. | |
| 07 *SlyFamily B | '60s&'70s | Awesome Hammond. | |
| 08 *Juno Rave 1 | New | Mega powerful synth. | |
| 09 *BigStrings1 | New | Beautiful and sad ensemble. | |
| 10 *Limonaire | Vintage | Unique sound. | |
| 11 VeloBagpipes | Patches 11-20 | World | Very realistic. |
| 12 Razor VCOs | Session | Great analog synth stack, perfect for dance/techno/trance | |
| 13 *Pats GR-300 | Vintage | Pat Metheny's Roland guitar synth. | |
| 14 *Stepflanger | Session | Beautiful and classy moving synth ensemble. | |
| 15 On the move | Session | Yet again another killer techno synth, with great filter action. | |
| 16 *Harp m7Scrl | Super Sound | Perfect for New Age. | |
| 17 *Sweep Phase | New | Heavily phased synth. | |
| 18 Kong | Pop | "Kool" and unique | |
| 19 *Raw PWM | Session | Very good and analog sounding. | |
| 20 *CombingSlow | Session | Trance-inducing phased synth strings, very Tangerine Dream "kosmik"! | |
| 21 Pro-5 Brass | Patches 21-30 | Vintage | Cool brass setup from the notorious Prophet. |
| 22 *B3 pwrOnOff | '60s&'70s | Exactly what you get if you turn the Hammond on and off!!! | |
| 23 *Dy.Rhodes 2 | Piano | Sparkly beauty. | |
| 24 *Phse Rhodes | New | Nice! | |
| 25 *Juno Harpsi | Session | Analog harpsichord, nice. | |
| 26 *AnalogChime | Vintage | Excellent old-style analog chimes. | |
| 27 So VeryBS&t | '60s&'70s | Powerful organ. | |
| 28 *RR B3 | '60s&'70s | Yeper! | |
| 29 *Organ Pad | New | Very nice atmosphere organ pad. | |
| 30 PhazedOrgan | Session | Ok | |
| 31 2600 ClkOrg | Patches 31-40 | Vintage | Charming analog organ from the ARP 2600 |
| 32 *Systm700Bs | Vintage | Da bass!!! | |
| 33 HousineBass | Vintage | Housy and mellow but powerful. | |
| 34 *Pumpin' Bs | Session | Feel the PUMP! | |
| 35 *Classic Bs | Vintage | Classic '80s synth bass! | |
| 36 *Spike Bs | Vintage | More 80s classic bass. | |
| 37 *Reso Bs | Vintage | I just love synth bass! | |
| 38 *ResoSaw Bs | New | Great and modern sounding. | |
| 39 *BigString2 | Vintage | Phenomenally beautiful, tear jerking lush string pad!!! | |
| 40 *FullOrch.1 | Orchestral | Full Orchestral setup, quite good. | |
| 41 *FullOrch.2 | Patches 41-50 | Orchestral | Variation of the sound above. |
| 42 *Orc Sect | New | Nice, smooth strings. | |
| 43 *FullOrch.3 | Orchestral | Variation of the orchestral setups above. | |
| 44 *GiantStrngs | Session | Nice full strings. | |
| 45 *SYNBRAKUN | Pop | Cool and huge synthesizer analog brass. | |
| 46 *Analog Brs | Pop | Very analog. | |
| 47 ClassicLead | Pop | Expressive mono lead. | |
| 48 *PromarsLead | Vintage | The ProMars was an early Roland synth. | |
| 49 *WagnerianLd | Vintage | Powerful, expressive solo synth. | |
| 50 *SoloMonoFXM | Pop | Awesome patch, the modulation wheel engages FXM. | |
| 51 *Telstar | Patches 51-60 | Vintage | Spot-on recreation of the classic "Telstar" Clavioline! |
| 52 Micro MG | Vintage | Synthesized bass beauty. | |
| 53 *Cubic Lead | Pop | Great reproduction of the 808-State Cubic lead. | |
| 54 *700 Lead 1 | New | Roland's own System 700 mega synth. | |
| 55 *700 Lead 2 | New | Variation of the above. | |
| 56 *70sSinusolo | Vintage | Cool, mellow solo synth. | |
| 57 *800 Lead | New | Another Roland synth. | |
| 58 *Juno Rave 2 | New | The Junos are good for rave ;-) | |
| 59 Slobbery Bs | Session | Very slobbery. | |
| 60 Euro RaveBs | Session | Typical, powerful euro synth. | |
| 61 *Tech NoBase | Patches 61-70 | Session | Great synth bass. |
| 62 Manic Bs | Session | Techno! | |
| 63 *Tekno Juno | Session | More techno | |
| 64 *Slop-o-rama | Session | Nice and expressive. | |
| 65 *Isn'tPretty | Session | YES it is! Awesome for electronica. | |
| 66 *Buzzzzzzzzz | Session | Cool thin reso synth. | |
| 67 *Trance VoX | Session | Typical techno. | |
| 68 Alchemy | Session | Very, very nice pad. | |
| 69 Converge | New | Nice | |
| 70 *Phazeslopad | Session | Beautiful phased strings. | |
| 71 *DCO Sweeper | Patches 71-80 | Session | Cool! |
| 72 *Big Vectors | Session | BEAUTY! | |
| 73 *StackStngs | New | Thick, powerful and analogish. | |
| 74 *Majesty Pad | Vintage | Very majestic. | |
| 75 *OB Soft Pad | Vintage | FANTASTIC, beautiful soft pad!!! | |
| 76 *OB ThickPad | Vintage | Variation of the above. | |
| 77 *Pad It! | Pop | Ok pad. | |
| 78 *Build-UpSyn | Session | Crescendo synth. | |
| 79 *JP+OBStrngs | Vintage | Superb amalgam of Jupiter and OB strings. | |
| 80 *LamenTron | '60s&'70s | Sad, dramatic Mellotron strings. | |
| 81 SwimmingBee | Patches 81-90 | '60s&'70s | Underwater Hammond |
| 82 *Prologue | Vintage | Cool little preset. | |
| 83 *JX3PPolaris | Vintage | From the JX-3P preset. | |
| 84 Sweep Stack | Session | Excellent, full bodied string pad | |
| 85 *Poly Swell | Session | Ok, nice. | |
| 86 *Meow 5ths | Session | There's a cat stuck in this synth! | |
| 87 *Jet Stack | Session | Mega phased synth. | |
| 88 *Nothing Air | Super Sound | Cool for fusion and new age. | |
| 89 Grove 1 | Super Sound | Awesome for ambient, new age. | |
| 90 *SpikedCheez | Session | Groovy spiky synth. | |
| 91 *GlassyCheez | Patches 91-100 | Session | More spikeness. |
| 92 Arpeggiatoi | Session | Ok | |
| 93 *Poly Synth | Pop | Full. | |
| 94 *Echo Juno | Session | Useful echoed synth reso. | |
| 95 *Big MessPad | Session | Certainly big! | |
| 96 *DanceStack | Session | Nice and actual sound. | |
| 97 *SH-1000MIDI | Vintage | Yet another great old Roland synth. | |
| 98 *Bagpipes | New | Scotland | |
| 99 *Harp m7 | Super Sound | Beautiful sample. | |
| 100*Grunge 2 85 | Bass&Drums | Groovy! |
WAVEFORM LIST
An "*" (asterisk) indicates that the sound is slightly different from that on
the other Expansion Boards on the market.
| Waveforms: | Board: |
| 01 *Sync Sweep | Pop |
| 02 Kong | Pop |
| 03 *Full Orch. | Orchestral |
| 04 *Rhodes 6A p | Piano |
| 05 GR-300 Saw 2 | Vintage |
| 06 OB Saw 1A | Vintage |
| 07 MG Saw 2 | Vintage |
| 08 KG700 Saw | Vintage |
| 09 KG800 Lead | Vintage |
| 10 SH-1000 Puls | Vintage |
| 11 2600 Sine | Vintage |
| 12 *OB Str 2A | Vintage |
| 13 *VPChr/TrnFl | Vintage |
| 14 *JpnPrc Menu | World |
| 15 Bagpipes 1 | World |
| 16 Bagpipes 4 | World |
| 17 Brass Fall | Super Sound |
| 18 Harp m7 Up | Super Sound |
| 19 Harp m7 Lp | Super Sound |
| 20 *B3 2 A | '60s&'70s |
| 21 B3 2 FL A | '60s&'70s |
| 22 B3 Click | '60s&'70s |
| 23 *D.MuteGt p | Session |
| 24 *D.MuteGt mp | Session |
| 25 *D.MuteGt mf | Session |
| 26 Juno Rave A | Session |
| 27 AL Grunge 85 | Bass&Drums |
And here's an extra audio example of the presets on this board that I prepared some time ago for a thread on harmony-central.com:
SR-JV80-98 Experience_II_sound_examples
Roland SR-JV80-98 Experience II pictures
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Roland SR-JV80-98 Experience II manual - click icons to enlarge.
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