SRX-99 Review
15 Sep 2004, 21:11I just received the SRX-99 that I bought on E-Bay.
Only 6 days from H-K to Canada (Montreal)
No surprise here.
At first I was not able to access the new patch bank.
So I upgraded from 1.05 to the latest OS 1.08.
Problem solved.
BUT HERE'S THE CATCH : the Wave and Patches mark with the # are playable over the entire range BUT NOT THE OTHER ONES. The waves no. 16 trough 81 are only playable from E3 to G4 notes, roughly one octave. And so are the patches associate with these waves, patches 40 trought 64.
After the OS upg I was still under the impression something was wrong with my setup until I examined the patches using a mix of the exp unmarked waves and internal ones. Keys limits where set to the the internal wave to match the limits of the exp waves.
SO BE FULLY AWARED THAT THIS IS A HEAVILY CASTRATED BOARD.
To see the patches and wave list go here :
http://www.roland.co.jp/lib/download/Tone_list.html
I almost broke the board on the wall and felt cheated, the seller should have warned me.
Since this board was a freebee in Japan it's hard to put Roland at fault here.
Ok So about the fully playable waves :
1 #V VOX :voxy waves with anoying pitch shifting attack, so-so
2 #Jet Hit :nice effect, could be used as a flange emulation
3 #Reso Sweep : reminded me my D-10, nice reso tone
not the POP wave I was expecting
4 #Synth Gtr : remind me of my JV-80, synth guitar
5 #Saw Stack L
6 #Saw Stack R : Killer pad/analog strg wave, superb
7 #Bell Loop : so-so
8 #GlassyLoopL : nice effect, reminded me of the M1 magic organ
9 #GlassyLoopR
10 #Dist Saw : could be usefull as a layer
11 #Lead Wave : so-so
12#PWM : Very good analog wave
13#Big Stack : good
14 #Morph Shape : a nice synth vox wave, a welcome addition
15#MasterChord : so-so stack
The patches using these waves are good.
Only 6 days from H-K to Canada (Montreal)
No surprise here.
At first I was not able to access the new patch bank.
So I upgraded from 1.05 to the latest OS 1.08.
Problem solved.
BUT HERE'S THE CATCH : the Wave and Patches mark with the # are playable over the entire range BUT NOT THE OTHER ONES. The waves no. 16 trough 81 are only playable from E3 to G4 notes, roughly one octave. And so are the patches associate with these waves, patches 40 trought 64.
After the OS upg I was still under the impression something was wrong with my setup until I examined the patches using a mix of the exp unmarked waves and internal ones. Keys limits where set to the the internal wave to match the limits of the exp waves.
SO BE FULLY AWARED THAT THIS IS A HEAVILY CASTRATED BOARD.
To see the patches and wave list go here :
http://www.roland.co.jp/lib/download/Tone_list.html
I almost broke the board on the wall and felt cheated, the seller should have warned me.
Since this board was a freebee in Japan it's hard to put Roland at fault here.
Ok So about the fully playable waves :
1 #V VOX :voxy waves with anoying pitch shifting attack, so-so
2 #Jet Hit :nice effect, could be used as a flange emulation
3 #Reso Sweep : reminded me my D-10, nice reso tone
not the POP wave I was expecting
4 #Synth Gtr : remind me of my JV-80, synth guitar
5 #Saw Stack L
6 #Saw Stack R : Killer pad/analog strg wave, superb
7 #Bell Loop : so-so
8 #GlassyLoopL : nice effect, reminded me of the M1 magic organ
9 #GlassyLoopR
10 #Dist Saw : could be usefull as a layer
11 #Lead Wave : so-so
12#PWM : Very good analog wave
13#Big Stack : good
14 #Morph Shape : a nice synth vox wave, a welcome addition
15#MasterChord : so-so stack
The patches using these waves are good.
