Roland SRX Brass

What SRX BRASS Is For

SRX BRASS is a virtual instrument dedicated to brass sounds, designed to quickly integrate a credible section into your productions. It suits pop-rock arrangements (riffs, stabs, supporting brass), film music (crescendos, expressive pads, orchestral layers), as well as more classical writing requiring natural dynamics.

Thanks to its multiple velocities and waveforms, the plug-in responds musically to keyboard playing and facilitates writing realistic lines, whether you work in MIDI within your DAW or perform live on a controller.

Main Features

An authentic "Roland expansion" sound

Derived from the legendary SRX and SR-JV80 waveform expansions, SRX BRASS offers a brass palette designed for production: clear attacks, sustains, progressive dynamics, and playing variations that enhance the illusion of real acoustic instruments. The waveforms are organized to cover both soloists and ensembles, allowing you to quickly move from an idea to a full arrangement.

DCB technology and simple yet detailed editing

DCB (Digital Circuit Behavior) technology aims to faithfully reproduce the character of the original sounds by combining historic ROMs and circuit behavior-oriented modeling. The user interface remains intuitive while providing access to sound design parameters useful in production, allowing you to tailor the timbre, response, and expression to your track.

Built-in effects and mix-ready patches

SRX BRASS includes a full effects section to shape the brass in context: multi-effects, chorus, and reverb. This allows you to switch from a dry and precise sound (ideal for modern arrangements) to a wider spatial placement (perfect for film music), without weighing down your session.

Modern workflow, unlimited saving, and hardware integration

You can save unlimited custom sounds, convenient for creating multiple variations (verses, choruses, breaks) while maintaining overall coherence. The plug-in also offers easy integration with certain current Roland hardware synthesizers, whose buttons and sliders can be mapped to speed up adjustments and make editing more tactile.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

Maximum polyphony	128 voices	Minimum system	macOS 11
Part	1 Part	Host applications	VST instruments (VSTi) compatible with VST 3.6; Audio Units (AU) compatible with Audio Units V2; AAX compatible
Tone memory types	2 types (Patch / Rhythm Set)	CPU	Intel Core i5 or higher; Apple M1 chip
Waveforms	Standard 1,083 Waves; SRX 261 Waves	RAM	2 GB or more
Effects	Multi Effects 78; Chorus 3; Reverb 5	Disk space	700 MB or more
Sampling frequencies	44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz	Display	1280 x 800 pixels or higher; 16.7 million colors or more
Memories per bank	128 memories	Other	Internet connection required to authenticate the software
User banks	users can create new user banks	Compatibility	does not work with Windows RT; does not work with Windows Phone
VSTi 2.4 (64 bit)	Windows only	Virtual machines	does not work on virtual machines such as Hyper-V, Virtual PC, or Boot Camp