garyd Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 Does anyone here have any experience with this piano expansion board? How does it sound? Is it worth the price (about $300)? I'm considering getting one for my XV-88 keyboard. Any opinions/advice are appreciated! Thanks, Gary -Gary http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/garydmusic.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoman_nsyahoo.com Posted June 9, 2001 Share Posted June 9, 2001 I own it, and I use it all the time..... I haven't recorded anything with it though... but it sounds pretty good live. It especially sounds good for solo piano practicing.... if you don't have the luxury of having a grand to practice on. In my opinion... it sounds much better than the stock set.... but most of the pianos on the SRX board are a little darker and mellower than the stock pianos. The stock pianos tend to be brighter and possibly more usable in a band situation... of course, nothing even comes close to a real piano. It all depends on what kind of music you do..... I find that for most rock and harder, faster stuff... I prefer the stock pianos... but for classical, soft rock and solo piano... I prefer the SRX board. So, try to find a place to play it for yourself.... YOU must make the decision. OH.... and about the money, I don't know if I would have payed $300 for it.... I was able to get mine for $125... and don't even ask, because I can't get another at that price. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son; that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd Posted June 10, 2001 Author Share Posted June 10, 2001 Thanks! I'll definitely check it out. -Gary -Gary http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/garydmusic.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreddyson Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Check this out. Purgatory Creek did a Digital Piano Shoot out using the the same MIDI file, they made an MP3 for each digital piano. You can hear for yourself the difference between a real Steinway, Gigasampler, P80, PC2x, Xv-88 AND the SRX-02.http://www.purgatorycreek.com/pianocompare.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreddyson Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Will the piano sounds on the SRX Concert Piano card sound the same in the RD-700 as if the card were being used with the XV-88? (i.e., are the sound and effects architectures of the two pieces the same, or will the board sound substandard on the less expansive RD-700 as Roland's way of getting you to buy the XV-88?) What about Rolands XV-5080? If I want to play East West's Steinway B sample, can Roland's XV-5080 hold it? Can it hold Emagic's Computer Plug in Rhodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fortner Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 The Emagic EVP-88 electric piano model will only work under their Logic Audio software. The Roland XV-5080, if you add sample RAM, will play back Roland and Akai format samples. With Akai stuff, I don't know if you get voice data or merely the raw samples. I don't know about the RD-700 vs XV thing. The Roland SRX board is probably the best ROM-based piano sound for recording, but I agree with whoever said that for live use, espeically in a rock-dance-pop context, it doesn't cut. I use the stock pianos on a Yamaha S-80 for that. Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoHaiku Posted July 22, 2001 Share Posted July 22, 2001 Word has it that the original SRX-02 Board had some techinical problems (certain notes out of tune, etc). Apparently, Roland has re-issued a second version of this Board which is supposed to address these problems. Make sure you're buying the latest version! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.