Members Allerian Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Right now I have a Motif Rack which I own essentially for the "Concert Grand" piano patch, and occasional strings backing - but I find the built-in vibrato on most of the string sounds a problem at times. I was checking out the Roland Juno G and realized that it can take the SRX expansion boards. The demos for the SRX-02 Concert Pianos are just blowing my mind. The SRX-04 Strings board sounds pretty nice too and with so many articulations. Anyone used these Roland expansions? Are they good, expressive sounds? I'm kinda thinking about replacing the Motif with the Juno G and using my existing 88 key controller with it for piano. The other features of the board, like the fact that its a board I can really move around or take places and that it does recording are really appealing to me. Anybody want to encourage me - or throw some cold water on this line of thought? Thanks as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piano39 Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 My two cents.... If the only thing that you use the Motif Rack for is piano and strings, get rid of it and proceed with your Roland plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Thanks piano. Anyone else want to weigh in on the quality of the Roland expansion board sounds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcpro Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 If the Juno G contains the Fantom X piano, it will be much better than SRX-02, which is a few years old and was developed as an improvement to Roland's XV line. I personally don't own it, but there have been numerous complaints from those who have. Symphonic Strings has fared better but also dates from this time period. Roland has re-vamped it's native ROM a couple of times since, so it's possible that you may find what you're looking for right in the Juno G. Be sure to audition it carefully first. For the last 10 years my basic gigging setup has been a 61 key Roland rompler (XP-50, XP-60, Fantom) on top of an 88 key controller MIDI'ed to it. Roland makes it easy to set this up in Performance mode. I have the 88 play pianos, and the 61 play everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jez Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 As much as I love the Motif series, if you're only using it for piano and strings, you can afford to lose it. The demos I've heard for the SRX pianos are pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geert Hurenkamp Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Personally, I like SRX-11 (Complete Piano) very much. SRX-06 (Orchestral) and SRX-04 should at least be up to par with the Motif orchestral sounds (which I also like, BTW). Keep in mind that the Juno-G can only take one SRX card. But as said before, perhaps the updated internal ROM of the Juno-G offers enough already... Alternative: a used Fantom S (takes four SRX's). Making set-ups/performances in a Roland is so much easier than in a Yamaha. The only thing is... Yamaha has some very nice features as well, like the EP's... So that's why I keep 'em both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz+ Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by HomeInMyShoes You'll probably want to check out the new SRX-12 too as it's getting decent reviews around the boards. Again the SRX boards seem to be hit and miss with the piano sounds, but then pianos are such a personal thing based on what you're playing against and the type of music in the first place and what you grew up hearing. The same can be said about the SRX-11 Complete Piano. The SRX-12 is Classic EPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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