I agree with everything you've said, but it couldn't be RAM even though it is cheaper. We'd hae to follow the Roland SRJV Schematics which call for some type of ROM.

The ROM board could have some instructions (That may take up less than 128K) on how to group an organize the sampled patches.

Roland could be clever and confine us to using S-Series or RDAC sampled sounds, which swould be fine! Roland has great sounding CD-ROMS. They wouldn't have to really worry about sales, since the XV series can read samples of most formats, and it would if anything boost sales of their sample CDs.

Just like the Soundbridge for the Alesis, we could take the sounds off CD on a computer's CDROM and dump it via MIDI through the SRJV20. We could then save the sounds to floppy via the .MID or .SVQ method. Whichever is cheaper.

The Trinity, Alesis x.1, Yamaha SYs & older Ensoniqs have this. Now it is our turn.

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You know, years ago I had a Roland S760. The sounds were great. Mine only had 8MB RAM and the sounds still shined. With that, I don't see the problem of Roland releasing something like this. It's the same reason that my mouth drops when someone tells me that the song they wrote comes from a 1989 Ensoniq EPS+. The stock sounds on the Ensoniq suck, but because you can sample, it makes the machine even more useful.

I also have some old S760 CD's lying around. It'd be wonderful if I could use them along with my XP60.

I wouldn't believe anything I hear from a clerk at a local music store...

Not only would such a board help our aging XPs and JVs, but it would help the youthful XV3080, too. It doesn't have sample-loading capabilities, does it?

Great point XV3080 user! Just one more reason to beg for this board.

I just got two more rumor confirmers from two different stores on this same issue!

Just a thought-why would Roland make a product a user asked for? If you respond to satisfy the customer your response is correct, but unfortunately Roland, as well as other Synth Manufacturers for years have ignored this basic marketing concept. Why not get user input before designing a product, instead of hearing their complaints about its shortcommings after it hits the market?

Well, in this situation, it's pretty odd. Roland has new XVs hitting the market, but it's also odd that Roland continues to support SRJV cards on the new XV synths.

You are right Ricok, but in my experience with Roland, if enough people complain, you'll get your way. That, or Roland comes to term with your views. On the VSPlanet site (www.vsplanet.com), we did just that to get upgrades for our Hard Disk recorders.

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I agree with you EPU.

If Roland realy takes care about your users, they´ll heard our sugestion ! aroud the world.

They don´t mention anything when I comment this issue.

PS- Sorry about my English

I overheard two people talking about this "Would be" board in the street today. Coincidnce?

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