List of equipment used on the album Universal:

SYNTHS • Emu Proteus 1 (x2) • Emu Proteus 2 (x2) • Emu Proteus World • Emu Classic Keys • Korg M1R • Korg O3R/W • Oberheim Matrix 6R • Oberheim Matrix 1000 • Quasimidi Quasar • Roland Alpha Juno 2 • Roland D550 • Roland JD800 • Roland JV1080 (with Orchestral, Vintage Synth, Piano, and World expansion boards) • Roland JX8P • Roland MKS30 • Yamaha DX7S • Yamaha TX81Z (x2)

SAMPLERS • Akai S1100 • Akai S1100EX

RECORDING • Alesis Quadraverb • Digitech Vocalist (hired) • Fairchild compressors • Focusrite EQ • Opcode Studio 4 MIDI interface • Pultec EQP1A EQ • Urei 1176 compressors

COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 • Digidesign Pro Tools II & 442 interface • Digidesign Sound Tools II • Emagic Logic Audio v2.5.3

Included in the equipment list on his website.

When asked about the boards used, he said he recalls those being the ones used. The exact boards were found, due to deducing which sounds he used in what cards for his games.

Graeme Norgate confirmed his use of the Roland SR-JV80-02 Orchestral Expansion Board in response to a user inquiry on Bluesky Social.

"Yes, if memory serves it has world, vintage synth, orchestral & pop...I think"

While explaining his JV80 expansion cards.

"Hi! I didn't use any jv1080 expansions on Inspector Gadget, just the factory preset sounds. But I had Orchestral 1+2, Asia and World expansions in my JV1080."

"NM: I was running Cubase on a Windows PC. I had a multi-port MIDI interface which allowed me to communicate with multiple external devices. For synthesizers I had a Roland JV90, and a Roland JV1080 which is the rack version of the JV90. Both of these were equipped with the Orchestral 1 & 2 Expansion Boards and the World Expansion Board. I also had an Ensoniq SQ1-Plus but I was using it less and less as I progressed with my orchestral scores – it wasn’t so good at producing real orchestral instrument sounds. I had a few other bits and pieces, an Ensoniq multi-effects rack and a Focusrite compressor, and that was about it."

"The heart of the Tomb Raider sound is the Roland JV-1080 and SR-JV80- 02 Orchestral Expansion Card. If anyone has this combo, they could easily replicate the TR sound. I did make use of several other instruments including a Korg Trinity v3 (a lot of this can be heard on Puzzle_Part_I) as well as my own Yamaha AN1x (which can be heard on Boss_01) but, 90% of the time, it’s a JV + Expansion."

"I had a trusty JV1080 with the World and Orchestral boards, I think most of us Rare composers did at the time. We recorded quite a lot with the orchestra, but I kept some of those synth sounds."

Knowing a good thing when they heard it, Activision set Jeehun up with a computer and a small budget for equipment. Using Opcode's Studio Vision sequencing software, the X2 and a new Roland JV1080 with the Orchestral and World expansion cards, he scored the entire game.

"This was the first game I made music for. We used a pretty old synthesizer (Roland JV-1080 with the orchestral expansion.) The game is a Swedish production and was released in 1997. A kind of space puzzle adventure with a rather deep story to it."

David Clynick confirmed in a response to a question on Instagram that he used the three expansions boards mentioned by this user In his comment, Clynick mentioned using the same expansion cards as Grant Kirkhope, corroborating his use of this specific gear.