SRX-05 Dance: Patches or Phrases?

There are around thirty patches with loops, the rest of the three hundred patches are all pads, synth bass, SFX, snares, techno synth and so on. SRX-05 was deliberately done for producer who don't want loops or phrases.

Its a must-have board if you are into electronica; especially for the kits - they are brilliant. I personally don't like the Fantoms stock drums, I think Roland wants us to buy their SRX boards.

http://www.jostsauer.com
"When one is not expressing himself, he is not free." - Bruce Lee

Thanks for your reply Jost. I was also unimpressed by the stock drums on the Fantom. I know that some kits can sound okay with the right compression tweaking but I also think the Fantom lacks decent rhythmic patterns.

Hopefully getting some decent drums into my tracks will give them a more professional feel. At the moment I think the stock drums sound too tacky.

I've also been looking at Platinum Trax as one of the more value-for-money SRX boards.

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Roland Fantom X8 w/ Audio Track Expansion 2.02
DP-8, EV-5, 128MB PC-150
replacing my
Casio CTK-601

Platinum Trax is mainly only loops, I think two hundred loops or so. The patches are XP50 quality; the only valuable stuff of the Platinum Trax are the SFX patches and the Kits.

I had the Platinum Trax once and I sold it within two weeks, To me, the Platinum Trax is only of value if you want heaps 'n heaps of loops. Unless you are prepared to pay lots of money for just the Kits and some brilliant SFX patches.

http://www.jostsauer.com
"When one is not expressing himself, he is not free." - Bruce Lee

I ended up getting SRX-05 Supreme Dance for under USD$200 (used). The cards are a lot more expensive in Australia

Can't wait for it to be delivered.

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Roland Fantom X8 w/ Audio Track Expansion 2.02
DP-8, EV-5, 128MB PC-150
replacing my
Casio CTK-601