Nathan Sheldon

SRX-02 piano patches

Two piano patches for the SRX-02 Concert Piano expansion board with much smoother dynamics than the factory programs.

Most of the factory patches on the SRX-02 Concert Piano board switch clumsily between its four stereo sample layers (p, mp, f and ff). These patches smooth out the velocity switching considerably. Reverb is used sparingly and there's no velocity cross-fading, so each key you press uses only 2 voices of polyphony.

I was disappointed by Roland's piano programming on this board, and felt that to get my $300 worth out of it I'd have to do it myself. The samples themselves are quite good, and I think these patches do them justice.

Requires: an SRX-02 Concert Piano board installed in the XV-5080 (or another SRX-compatible XV synth). Each patch comes as a Standard MIDI File or a raw SysEx file. Play either one into the XV-5080 to load it.

SRXCncrtGnd1 v1.0

Uses the first of the board's two sample sets.

SRXCncrtGnd2 v1.0

Uses the second of the board's two sample sets.

Hear the SRX-02 board's own patches on the SRX demos page.