SRX PIANO II

Name: SRX PIANO II
Price: 69 USD
Author: Roland

by Roland · Keys · SRX acoustic grand expansion

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SRX PIANO II brings the acoustic grand from Roland's second SRX piano board into a plugin, with 88-note multi-sampling and four velocity layers.

It runs on the 128-voice JV/XV engine with Roland's effects; it comes with Roland Cloud membership.

Best for: Keys & Synths, Acoustic Instruments. Genres: Pop, R&B & Soul, Jazz, Acoustic & Classical.

Keywords: grand piano, multisampled, polyphonic, sample-based, bright, 90s, classic, inspired by.

What it does

SRX PIANO II recreates Roland's Complete Piano SRX expansion board as a plugin, sold as "One Piano, No Compromise." It is a single 88-note acoustic grand, aimed at a clear tone, bright harmonics and a wide dynamic range that Roland says suits almost any style.

Sampling: all 88 notes multi-sampled, with four-way velocity switching.
Waveforms: 40 SRX piano waves plus the 1,083 standard JV/XV waves for layering.
Engine: 128-voice polyphony and deep synth editing, so the grand can be filtered, enveloped and layered like any JV/XV patch.
Effects: 78 multi-effect types, plus 3 chorus and 5 reverb types.
Digital Circuit Behavior: Roland's DCB modelling, meant to keep the character of the original hardware.
User banks: unlimited user banks for saving your own patches.

It supports sample rates from 44.1 to 192 kHz. Roland's page offers it through Roland Cloud membership.

Source: Roland product page

When to use it

SRX PIANO II is a light, hardware-era grand: one bright, focused piano that sits well in a busy pop or R&B mix. Compared with Pianoteq 9 or Keyscape it has far less realism and only four velocity layers, but it costs less and loads instantly. Against the Abbey Road Studios CFX Concert Grand, which is built for detailed solo piano, it is better as a layering or arrangement piano than as a featured instrument. Its synth engine also lets you turn the piano into pads and hybrid keys, which most dedicated piano plugins can't.

Best for: classic 90s hardware-style grand parts, layering piano with synth waves, and recreating Roland JV/XV-era tracks.
Genres: pop, R&B, house and jazz.
Look elsewhere if: you want a modern, detailed solo piano; Roland's EARTH Piano, Pianoteq 9 or Keyscape go much further.

Where to buy

Plugin Boutique: $69
Roland: see store

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