SR-JV80-19
House Collection
Expansion board
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The last expansion board Roland produced for the JV/XP
series, "House Collection" was a joint effort with famous German sample
house Ueberschall. The
Roland board contains many of the samples found in Ueberschall's "HouseWorx!"
sample CD - produced by producer Mousse T. The sounds: let me start by saying that Mousse T. definitely knows how to put together some patches and loops that groove tremendously. The board opens with a long series of creative loops, all around 125BPM, of course a perfect tempo for the House genre. After that, you are offered a series of beat menus, to put together and mix 'n' match different patterns and loops. Then there's a very nice selection of dance pianos, organs, and plucked types of sounds. All sampled very well, and some react nicely to aftertouch and mod wheel. |
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The bass section comes next: bass is such an important component of House/Dance music, and you won't be disappointed: from real, to synthesized, to 303 style, there are enough bass sounds to keep you busy. A beautiful selection of pads comes next, followed by a comprehensive series of Special FX sounds. Switch to MIDI channel 10, and you'll find eight excellent, super punchy drum kits, from House/Techno, to standard TR-X0X, to Hip-Hoppish. Check out audio demos from this board here below. |
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| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 001 130-PlayBndr | Powerful, pumping, typical House beat |
| 004 125-PlayD4C4 | Classy and mellow... velocity switch introduces guitar licks |
| 007 125-ElevatMe | Nice filter action on this loop |
| 012 125-Floored | Groovy... |
| 017 125-DreamTm | Classic Dream House pattern... piano on the right side of the keyboard to play melody. |
| 023 125-GrvyBaby | Deliciously '70s funky |
| 026 125-DivaLoop | Superb disco diva solo |
| 037 125-TechHous | Typical Techno House beat |
| 038 125-M'sMouse | Very nice Tribal House pattern |
| 044 125-Beretta | With nice disco strings on the right side of the keyboard to play the melody. |
| 066 125-Itch Me | Modern and intriguing Techno beat |
| 070 125-Brzl2000 | Excellent filtered percussion |
| 078 PercLoopMENU | Lots of great-sounding percussion loops |
| 085 125-TicKyTac | One of the cool vocal samples on the board |
| 086 Sexy Filter | Another vocal sample menu patch |
| 095 Jazz Hands | Jazzy sounds - a jazzy "one-finger chord" electric piano on the left, analog synth on right |
| 099 90s Piano | Classic, quintessential Korg M1 style '90s piano. |
| 103 Smoky EP | Beautiful Fender Rhodes with fx. |
| 108 1keyjazz | Nice ambient Rhodes electric piano sampled chords |
| 110 Phase Clav 3 | Clavinet through phaser |
| 116 Transplant | Great sounding Hammond organ |
| 124 Deep Organ | Organ variation, more modern and "synthy" (think Korg M1) |
| 130 1FingerOrgan | A technique superbly employed by House band "Deee-lite" in the early '90s... sample organ chords and play them with one finger on the keyboard. |
| 136 Fat Bass v-s | Very nice and expressive Fender Precision style bass, with velocity-switch slide. |
| 143 80s Bass | Typical biting analog bass. |
| 148 NoBobNoHope | Aggressive synth bass. |
| 158 Pump Bass | Different |
| 161 Mode Bass | I guess this takes inspiration from Depeche Mode's sound? |
| 163 Aciiid Bass | Classic TB-303 sound |
| 167 DiscoVeloBow | Typical late '70s marcato strings |
| 171 Flow Motion | Wonderful pad |
| 172 Black Velvet | Beautiful, psychedelic, relaxing motion pad |
| 177 Toms Brass | Happy brass stack |
| 184 Dreamesque 2 | Pure atmosphere |
| 185 Cosmopolitan | Fantastic, mesmerizing vox pad |
| 186 Sweep Bells | Nice filter opening/closing via aftertouch or mod wheel |
| 189 2000 Pad | Lots of reverb |
| 192 Saturator | Fat solo synth with portamento |
| 195 Euro Remix | Typical detuned Euro synth |
| 203 1FingerSynth | More 1-finger coolness |
| 209 The Hornie | Nice horn hits with delay |
| 213 VoiceHit | Digital vox hit |
| 223 Ultra Chord | Beautiful filtered hit |
| 227 NYC Club | Classy |
| 230 Roxy's Ghost | Scary special fx |
| 235 Mind Games | Great for intros |
| 243 HPF Up Sweep | Very nice High-Pass Filter job |
| 244 Sekenzor | Best when sequenced |
| 255 Perc. MENU 1 | Lots of nice percussion |
| 001 HardHouseSet | Cool |
| 002 DeepHouseSet | Groovy |
| 003 House Set 1 | Late '90s |
| 005 RandomHsSet | Nice vox samples employed as drum sounds |
| 008 How Z Set | Cool set good for a few different styles, including House, Reggae, and Hip-Hop |
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