SRX fight! :)

I don't have either of these cards, sorry.

I am after a Roland rack synth or module that can take at least 2 SRX cards, though.

Does anyone have both the piano cards? Can you simply describe the difference between them, please? is one brighter/softer?

Andy
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Well, Andy, I have a Roland leaflet describing the stock 88-sampled Fantom piano as pop and mellow, while the Srx 02 being classic and mellow and Srx 11 being pop and bright. I have auditioned both on the Srx demo and - while 02 sounds closer to my ancient Bluthner upright, I had the feeling the lower registers sound incredibly muddy (they're kinda muddy on my Bluthner too - and not limited to the lower registers - but that comes with its age ). I also heard a Steinway on TV which sounded very close to the 11, tight and bright. I dunno if 11 features a Steinway indeed but I bet it's not a Yamaha
I second Andy's question, although I think it's a small chance someone's bought both.

Don't think either of these cards is sensational. SRX-03 is a mix of sounds allegedly recorded in a studio. Sounds more like they recorded some patches in a studio and not the real instruments, but nevertheless, some ok brass & bass and other sounds; but the electic guitars are awful imho.

SRX-10 is good quality brass only (mostly trumpets, bones & horns, but NO reed instruments such as sax). So not much variety, just good brass sounds and several rise and fall patches. Yes, they're bright, but its always easier to tame a bright tone than trying to add brightness that isn't there.

If you had to have one or the other I'd go with the 03 for its variety unless you really only need the brass tones.

I bought my SRX11 from a guy who had also had the SRX02 installed on his S88. I ended up taking the S88 and the SRX11. The SRX02 did not seem as dynamic as the SRX11. I would say that 02 was a little softer and less dynamic. I figured that if I wanted that type of sound I could achieve that from the 11 with some programming.

Remember through that I only was able to listen and compare them that one time so perhaps the waves might have sounded better had I tweaked the patches.

The SRX-10 has very good quality Brass samples compared to the internal samples.

If you stack some of them you get very good results.

And it has Brass FX like Glissando UP and DOWN, Shakes, triple tongue, etc. A good bargain for good brass.