Need advice about Roland sound module

Hello

Today i have a Roland XV-5050 sound module and a Fatar VMK-188plus midi keyboard.

A want some more sounds and i`m wondering if i should go for a Sonic cell or i should keep the XV-5050 and buy a SRX-02 Concert piano expansion card?

Will the Sonic cell sounds better than the XV-5050?

My XV-5050 have 64 Polyphony and the Sonic cell have 128 Polyphony.

the 5050 was nice back in the day but I think you could do better

Sonic cell would be a good move, IMO.

Don't waste your $ on SRX02

The SRX-02 piano is one of the worst pieces of soundware I've ever encountered. I consider it to be unplayable. For some reason Roland was unable to come up with a decent sampled piano for years, even though they did a lot of terrific orchestral sampling. On the other hand I think the SRX-11 "Complete Piano" is brilliant. It's a higher quality version of the "Superior Grand" found on the RD 700SX digital piano, and is comparable to many huge piano libraries and VSTs.

Ok,thanx for the advice.

Some people here in Norway says the SRX-02 is better than the SRX-11 but i think i will buy the Sonic cell and the SRX-11 card.

Here i norway the Sonic cell cost 1250,- USD and the SRX -11 card 480,- USD.

I don't have a Sonic Cell, but I think it has some form of the "Superior Grand" sample already on board. Depending on your application you might not need the SRX-11 card if you buy the Sonic Cell, although if you'll be doing exposed solo piano recordings I suspect you'll find that the SRX-11 sounds clearer and doesn't have audible loops in the low register. (The RD 700SX Superior Grand does have audible loops, and I doubt the Sonic Cell dedicates as much wave memory to its piano as the SRX 11 card.)

As far as the comparison between the SRX-02 and SRX-11 piano, I think the fact that Roland found it necessary to release a second SRX piano card says it all.

I have a 5050 and recently added card srx 7. It did give it new life. As far as piano sounds go I think card 11 is my next purchase though 7 does a good job. It worth going to the roland web site to get audio samples of all cards. Also, ck out all the reviews on here on HC for all the cards. Some good info. What I like about the 5050 is that it is a good all rounder and it is rack mountable. I've had the jv 1010 that is half rack like the sonic cell. It often would slip or drop when I took it from place to place. I have a small rack that is very portable for my 5050. It works great.

I am not familiar with the sonic cell, but absolutely love the sounds of the XV5050, it has very playable sounds other than the pianos. Yes definitely the SRX-11 and SRX-12 cards will add new life to your XV-5050 if pianos and EPs are what you are looking for. I used to have the SRX-07 in my XV3080 but moved it to my Fantom X7 with the SRX-12 and SRX-03 cards. The SRX sounds really add new life......

For the other bread and butter sounds (guitars, leads, nuance sounds, etc) the XV5050 does an excellent job on its own...

I highly recommend you keep it and add some SRX cards...

RORAND