dalpozlead Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Is it ok to buy an XV-2020 just to use the Roland expansion cards (as an alternative from buying a Fantom? Will it sound just like its installed in a fantom? cause Ive heard that the internal waves in the XV-2020 were too much compressed and stuff. thx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Effects layout is different. Multitimbrally you won't have access to the same number or type of MFX blocks. But SRX boards don't take advantage of the newer COSMs in Fantoms anyway (in order to stay compatable with everything). If you never edit a sound and you never use multitimbral programs I don't think you'll notice anything different from the SRX boards with your ears. Internal ROM is different though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Way compressed sounding... Find 750 of Harry's solo piano arrangements and tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas These arrangements are for teaching solo piano chording using Harry's 2+2 harmony method. Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannis D Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I don't know how the Fantom is, but i use my XV2020 with SRX 11 external piano card and it sounds ok, much better than the internal pianos. Generally speaking, the internal XV sounds are bit compressed, but with the SRX cards on, you can have good sounds for any purpose - plus the XV is small and you can carry it everywhere Yannis Be grateful for what you've got - a Nord, a laptop and two hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 I want to AB compare an Expansion board in the XV2020 and the Fantom rack. Everybody speculates either that there is no difference or there is. Find 750 of Harry's solo piano arrangements and tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas These arrangements are for teaching solo piano chording using Harry's 2+2 harmony method. Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundscape Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Are *all* the internal waves in the XV-2020 "compressed" compared to the other XV modules, or just, say, the piano, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Yes, they all lack luster. I am very curious how Expansion boards sound in the XV-2020 compared to the Fantoms, assuming all effects and COSMs are off. Find 750 of Harry's solo piano arrangements and tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas These arrangements are for teaching solo piano chording using Harry's 2+2 harmony method. Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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