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This module is typical of the mid-90's era. It is primarily a techno/dance module, similar to others that at the time other manufacturers were marketing. The sounds on board are very solid, and obviously the targeted clientele for it was dance composers with already a sequencer and effects in their studio.
The Roland L-CDX-03 is a must to make the brassy backbone of your compositions, and it works particularly well for soundtrack/cinematic music. The quality of the samples is incredible, and there are so many different individual samples per patch, that many of the instruments in this collection really sound like the real thing.
The U-110 is Roland's first pure sample-playback module - or ROMpler if you like. The structure of this module is basic, and it focuses solely on providing samples of acoustic/electric instruments used in pop/rock.
Roland U-220 is a PCM-playback synthesizer with waveform expandability. It's the upper model of the previous model, U-110. The U-series uses a type of synthesis called RS-PCM - which stands for ReSynthesized Pulse Code Modulation, and it's Roland's 2nd generation sampling technique. It is based on high-quality samples.
The NS5R is equipped with KORG's ai-squared Synthesis System, the engine that drives KORG's professional synthesizers like the award winning 01/W and M1 Music Workstations. Its tone generation section employs high capacity PCM ROM featuring 12 Mbytes of waveform memory. In addition to all the pianos, organs, strings and other instrumental sounds.
Roland L-CDX-04 is very strong, arguably the best in the bunch - in my opinion Roland's string ensemble are second to none - there's a certain warmth and expressiveness in their samples that I particularly like. The solo instruments are also outstanding, ranging from excellent solo violins, to expressive cellos and powerful contrabasses.
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