Roland JV-1010, JV-1080, JV-2080, JV-3080, XP-30 Soundbanks. These soundbanks load into the USER bank in your Roland JV synth- no expansion cards or floppies are involved. These soundbanks are transferred via a MIDI data dump into the JV's USER memory bank using an inexpensive MIDI interface. The Performances include super-useful. Roland – VS JV-1080 VST Free Download. In Audio Processing. Roland – VS JV-1080 VST Free Download Latest Version for Windows. It is full offline installer standalone setup of Roland – VS JV-1080 VST. Micro expression Training Tool Free Download. In Utilities.
For some it appears that Roland Cloud is the gift that keeps on giving. As it is constantly updated with new plugins, Roland Cloud appears to be better value by the month.In time for Christmas, Roland Cloud 4.8 has been released and a new instrument plugin has been added which happens to be one of the most popular hardware synthesizers in history, Roland JV-1080.Here's what Roland tells us about this new addition:The most famous of the Roland PCM powerhouses, the Roland JV-1080 is the ‘down to the circuit’ inspiration for the Roland Cloud JV-1080 software plugin. It was a huge success with artists and producers, and eventually lead to even more powerful models in the series such as the JV-2080 and XV-5080. The original Roland JV-1080 hardware synthesizer.
Roland JV-1080 Features:. Maximum Polyphony: 128 voices. Sound Generator: D-50 Compatible LA (Linear Arithmetic) Synthesis.
Part: 1 part. Tone Memory Type: 2 Types (Patch/Rhythm Set). Waves: 1,083 waves.
Effects: Multi Effects: 78, Chorus: 3, Reverb: 5. Sampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz.
Memories per bank: 128 memories (User can make new user banks)If you'd like an audito preview, check out the demo track from one of Bass House's most prominent artists, SVYR, done entirely using.
Super JV vs XV seriesFollowing the JV/XP series were Roland’s XV series: 5080, 5050 and 3080. XV-5080 is mixed content 32kHz and 44.1 kHz. I got this later confirmed by Roland.
(though some web pages list it as 32kHz ROM only, but this is not true). I will focus now on XV-5050 and compare it with JV-1080.
Some users started complaining about the XV-5050 sounding a bit “thin”. There is some truth in that but what i can tell in reply is that 5050 sounds more hi-fi. Because of 44.1k sample content, some energy has been “lost” due to wider frequency coverage. Patches played on 1080 and 5050 side by side will sound different. This is a fact that i’ve verified myself.
5050 is more hi-fi and has that extra sheen while 1080 is more darker and is a bit more mix friendly when it comes to frequency and EQ. You will find some waveforms more hi fi sounding in XV when compared to Super JV series.It should be worth mentioning that 5050 has some sort of permanent HPF filter at about 30 Hz, so you’ll definitely get a little bit less bass. But the high freq response is just spectacular if compared to something like a JV-1080. Especially when you start using the digital output and route it directly into DAW, it’s a no match in crystal clear sound. FAQ UPDATE according to Joe (from comments below) the 5080 seems to have the same high pass filter going on like 5050 and they seem to sound identical. This is what i always suspected, however since 5080 can set its clock to 48 kHz when loading S series samples we can’t say they sound 100% identical, simply because 5080 can produce more high freq content in ‘S-760 mode’.One thing that is very different on 5050 vs 1080 is the dynamics. For some reason it seems that 5050 has some sort of compressor at its output.
As a result, some of the patches have less dynamics going on in them. This is most obvious on layered sounds that have a lot of phasing between oscillators going on. While the same patch on 1080 will produce more differences in volume, on 5050 it is more constant. This can be good or bad, depending what kind of sound you need.
For movie/TV scores you would probably want more dynamics going on, hence the 1080. And for dance music, you would go 5050 since it delivers that straight – in your face sound – right out of the box, without need to work on dynamics. For the above reasons 1080 definitely sounds more soft and gentle.As of XV-5080, i tested it side by side against XP-30 on the same patches and the difference was quite noticeable in what appears to be a far greater stereo field and definitely superior sonic quality of 5080 effects. I particularly remember one preset called Letter From Pat. In fact if you have both units, just load it and hear the difference for yourself.
It’s day night difference in favor of 5080.JD-990 vs. XV seriesXV series contain the whole JD-990 waveform set. With XV-3080 being 32k and XV-5080 and XV-5050 with original 44.1kHz JD set.
Some of the waveforms have been renamed, but they are there. It should be said that XV series have a destructive form of compression similar to mp3 and it can be spotted visually with most simple analyzer. There is no such compression on JD series. More on that in one of the chapters below.Patch conversion JD into XV is directly not possible.
However it would be possible to convert (manually) a patch from JD-990 into 5050 since Roland implemented the whole “Effects Block A” section from JD into 5050 (available as EFX called JD Mlt). Block B can be emulated with Chorus/Delay and Reverb. There is a whole article on this subject available on this website. Only difference is the filter cutoff numeration system. On JD-990 it goes from 0 to 99 while on 5050 it is 0 to 127.There were some rumors on various forums that XV-5080 is 32kHz (thus being able to play only up to 16kHz).
This however is simply not true. We will now take a look at a waveform spectra of a White Noise sample as played from JD-990 and XV-5080.
What we can clearly see is that not only they are identical but they both go all the way up to 22kHz, which clearly indicates 44.1k playback.Benefits of XV over JD is that the filter on XV has a greater dynamic range. There is no clipping issue on XV as opposed to JD when you set filter keytracking to 100%, find a resonant spot, press a chord and end up in harsh digital distortion (if resonance is above 40). Not only XV won’t distort, but even if it happens on some waveforms, there is one additional parameter called oscillator Gain that lets you reduce the volume of the waveform prior to being fed into filter. You can set it to 0dB or even -6dB.
On JD it appears to be permanently set to +6dB (of XV equivalent) which is a pity. That’s the only feature i can’t regret not having on JD. Of course one thing that is very known is that there is definitely a difference in the high end of the filter. JD-990 will go a little bit higher in frequency and thus add more sweetness. The rest of the frequency range response is almost identical.The SoundThere has been a lot of talk about difference in sound within units that should be based on the same engine. We will here list the converters used which might indicate why some minor sonic differences. There’s an old rumor that the film guys prefer the sound of 1080 against newer the XV series such as 5050.
This is a bit complex matter since it involved dynamics and not just frequency, and i have explained it in a chapter above. Dear Don,I recently got a JD990 and after owning a JV2080 and it blew my mind. To my ears the 2080 is a somewhat flat and uninspiring sounding synth and now I have the JD it’s just killed any love I had for my JV.I used to think there was something peculiar with the 2080 and you article has justified my curiosities.My question now is do you think the SR-JV80 expansion boards sound better in the JD990 than the JV series and how so?
What boards other than vintage synth are the best for the JD990? Finally are there sysex banks available for all the boards anywhere online?Thanks for your site, it’s great, found you on gearsluts.Best Wishes,Ryan. First, sorry for the late reply. The expansion boards might sound slightly different due to different effects structure. However, these boards are 32k sample rate, there you should not expect some drastic difference in JD-990. One of the second best boards is definitely Super Sound Set.
Nearly all of the waveforms, patches and rhythm sets found in Roland’s highly acclaimed SO-PCM Card Series have been included on the SR-JV80-07 Expansion Board. This board is overlooked by many and not in high demand. However, Vintage Board was made for JD-990 therefore it’s still first choice. Then there’s the expensive Keyboards Of The 60’s and 70’s, which is fine, but for that amount you can get S-760 and CD ROM with the same title. S-760 has similar filter to JD-990. If interested in S series, check Gearslutz for more info on screen monitors.
These machines are bargain for what they offer. Hi Don!I’ve read all I could about you and I must say I’m glad there are people like you around. Music needs competence!I’m a singer/former keyboardist trying to realize what happened over the last 20 years or so. I started with R. Alpha Juno 2 (though I was 13 in ’87), I love Analog and the first pure digital stuff. Can’t help it: I love my JD-990, D-550 and MKS-70, can’t dig many of JV, JX and so on.
Here’s my question. Recently I fixed all my old gear and bought some 80’s Synths I could not afford when they came out. When I think of my first experience in a real Studio using S-770 I remember the clearness and pureness (but still warm) sounds coming out of it. My guts never lied so far So Can the XV-5080 be comparable soundwiae to the S-770 or did I just fell in love with those 80’s converters? Thank you.Michele Luppi from Italy. Converters in XV-5080 are fantastic along with the included DSP processors. Just by playing something like XP-30 side by side XV-5080 you can immediately hear the difference – mode stereo width, more presence in the tone, it’s just better sounding.
The S-770 had one of the best converters in the era. I believe Apogee made them (the old Apogee, not the new commercial mass-product-Apogee). Anyway S-770 always had incredible sound, however VCF filters are a bit different, therefore it would be hard to compare patches side by side. We will never know the truth – which sound better 770 or 5080. If i would have to pick one, i would go 770 but that’s just my personal choice. Those older converters have some magic about them, maybe they aren’t perfect (as in 5080) but they are so musical. They just sing all the time.
If i didn’t had 770 i’d had 5080 for sample playback (since it has a special S-760 mode where it can function as a sample player with all the S-760 features minus sampling). Hope this helps!
For more, please visit Gearslutz.com forum. We go into details a lot! This is an amazing analysis. I have bought a Roland SC88-ST sound module with 654 sounds but it has no screen.
Is this module similar to the JV1080? And how can I get to change the sounds? There is a cable I can buy but it ends in a parallel port, so I would need to get another one to connect to a USB portable.
Then if there is a Roland programme, I will need to find it. It’s a little bit complicated. Also, I could change the sounds if there is a controller keyboard that can change sound programme numbers, but I would need to find one that does that. I’m not too sure what to do and perhaps will take it back. I love your sounds from the Waldorf String machine module, but the Roland sounds also sound really great and are more practical etc. I also have the SD-50 and the sounds are great.
Are they from the XV series? Thanks in advance. Best regards. Story continues. After a series of events – SC88-ST changed to E-MU Longboard – but that had problems and got changed to Korg Krome 61. (Money being added too of course!!!) BUT Now have a Roland XV-5050 as well, so the famous Korg vs Roland debate becomes Korg + Roland etc Need to have time to really get best out of both, with combinations of working together with different layers and as 2 serarate synths.
Looking into how to change and modify sounds on both. The XV-5050 looks exciting, even if it’s older now. Some sounds are better on the Korg and some on the Roland Just thought I would finish or at least update the story Was originally wanting a Blofeld, but will try to get the best out of these first, and then perhaps “update” to the Blofeld in the future.
Wondering if you can help me out since your knowledge is so incredibly vast regarding these instruments. I bought an xp60 years ago. Loved the 2-300 little tunes I created on its fantastic internal sequencer. Now I have to downsize my synths so I bought an MC80 and a XV5080, since the MC80 reads the XP60’s disks and XV5080 has the same presets as the XP60. As you likely know when you save a song in the XP it will save the sounds and the song so that no matter what performance patch you have up, it will instantly adjust the tracks to the patches you used in the song.
When you check the sequence under microscope however, you can’t see any patch changes. So when I load the same song into the MC80, it doesn’t automatically change the patches in the performance. So I’m wondering if you know how to extract those patch change commands from the XP’s sequencer so that the MC80 will make the same changes when it plays back the song on the XV 5080. Dear DonFirst a big thanks for sharing your impressive in depth expertise here, its been a really great source of informed knowledge for myself (and Im sure countless other synth users).I am contacting you because I twas hoping you wouldn’t mind assisting with an issue that, having looked on the forum & other places, has come up before.My progress has been roland u-220 (yes im that old!) – jv 1080 then jd 990 now a recently purchased xv5080.
Unfortunately as a (very!) amateur musician I can’t really justify keeping both the 990 (with vintage card) and the XV (which I plan to ge the ultimate keys card for). My only problem (which in this particular case is indeed a problem) is that i never, absolutely never played or used any of the card patches. I have zero interesrs in presets, and generally never liked them. So i do not know their exact settings, sounds and ways they perform.
But from programming point of view, you have everything you need in your XV to emulate these patches. The only thing you will need is cutoff conversion table, but that i already provided.Only patches that won’t be properly emulated are those that employ both effects block A, delay and reverb at the same time. But i believe this is already said in the text. There are no conversion tools. So you will have to pick your favorites and then start recreating them one by one which isn’t hard with side by side displays.I sold my XV-5080, and XV-5050 which i also had so can’t do this job. Now I only have JD-990 and JV-1080. Hi DonThanks for your reply, its still a help to know that it may be possible within the capabilities of the XV which I wasnt 100% sure of.
Do you think using soundiver would make it easier (I dont know as i dont have the program so never used it) or it could be done just by using the screens of the individual jd/xv.Lastly a completely different question i see you have a sample pack for the mc909 – i happen to have an mc808 do you know if there is any difference in the way these handle samples (from what Ive read id don’t think so?)thanks for your time. I only edit JD from the front panel (it’s easy and fast once get used to). I’ve never used an editor for JD series so can’t confirm. But i am sure it can be faster with editor when you list all parameters at once (on a large screen) then copy side by side. Sound Diver is dead software, no longer supported. Beware: if you start doing the copy process and then in the middle (ie after one week of work) you realize some patches simply do not sound the same – can be frustrating! So i’d start with 3-4 most favorite patches!!!!
If they work then i would expand to another 5-6. Then i would slowly add others, less important. Else, you might end up in a lot of FRUSTRATION! Trust me, been there.
MC-808: never had one, so don’t know any details. Hi Don,Several months ago I bought your Roland JD-990 Patch Set, which I like very much and are a great inspiration for me. Recently I started to work with Cubase 7.5 and I counter a problem with the Bank Select numbers to select the Patches(Parts)in the sequence program. The numbers which I have are probably not the right ones: Internal/Card (10367) – PR-A/B (10368). Besides that it seems that the Performance Mode only receives Bank en Program changes on Midi Channel 1.
Do you know an solution for these problems?Cheers,and thank in advanced,Paul (From the Netherlands). Dear Don,I have a couple of questions for you; but first let me tell you a little about my setup/gear.I’m a experienced JV/XP user. I started with a JV-880 in 1993 and moved up from there. I mostly use the JV/XP gear in my rig that I gig weekly at.
In front of me on stage, I have a XP-30 on the top tier with the Orchestra I and Super Sound Set expansions, a XP-80 on the bottom tier with the Keyboards of the 60’s & 70’s expansion. On top of the XP-80, sits a Oxygen-8 midi controller that controls a JV-1010 that is used for bells and wind instrument patches.To my left, I have a Roland JV-80 on the bottom tier and a JP-8000 on the top tier being used as midi controllers (although I layer them with other sounds) that control a JV-880, JV-1080, JD-990 w/the Vintage Synth expansion board and a S-760 with the RC-100 controller. A Dell laptop running Windows 2000 is used for Sounddiver that controls patch changes for everything except the XP-80 and XP-30.The XP-30 and XP-80 are connected to a MacBook Pro running Mainstage and via two Mio midi interfaces. I use the XP-30 for strings mostly and the XP-80 for B-3 type organs. The rest of the keyboards/modules are mainly for pads/synths.
All of the keyboards and modules go through a Behringer RX-1602 line mixer, then to the FOH main mixer.I never really got into synth programming on the level where it seems like you are, but I have created sounds from scratch or edited a few here and there. I’ve been collecting patches for the JV/XP series since 1998 and have about 7000 or 8000 or so that I use with Sounddiver to organize/library/edit and transmit patches.Here’s my questions:1 – Is it possible for me to load in my JV/XP patches to the JD-990? Everytime I try to drag a JV/XP patch from the Sounddiver library to the JD, it won’t work. Now i know the waveforms and architecture are different, but I thought some of the waveforms from the 990 were in the JV/XP’s.2 – A serial port type Emagic Unitor-8 is connected to the Win2K Dell laptop, JV-80, JP-8000, JD-990, JV-880, JV-1080 and S-760. The problem is, when I play a note on the JP-8000 or JV-80, all of the modules play a sound. I tried changing the Device ID but that didn’t help.
I’d like to have the JP-8000 only control/transmit to the JD-990 so I can layer the two of them together for a thick digital/VA type of sound, and the JV-80 control the JV-1080, JV-880 and S-760. I will eventually have my (currently unused) DJ-70 control the S-760.My work around so far for “everything playing at once” is to turn down the volumes on the keyboards/modules that are not being used at that moment for that song. It’s starting to wear me out because we change songs pretty quick.I thought that was the purpose of Device ID’s being implemented was so that only certain devices in a midi chain would transmit/receive data and everything else be ignored.So if I put the JP-8000 on say device ID 1 and the JD-990 on device ID 1, keys played on the JP-8000 shouldn’t transmit to any of the other keyboards/modules.
Same with the JV-80: device ID 10 for example (I don’t remember what device ID’s I tried) and the S-760, JV-880 and JV-1080 all set to device ID 10, then they only should be receiving what the JV-80 is sending, right?I included a link to my setup so you can get a visual of what it looks likeThanks,Mike. Hey Don,Thanks for a fast reply.
I will try to change the MIDI channel on the Rx device and see if that helps this weekend when I get to my gig.PS,do you personally know of any companies/people that sell the MU-01 mouse or compatible for the S-760 that don’t kill you on the price? I see them on eBay most of the time from $90 on up. Ridiculous for a mouse. I had the RC-100 with my S-330, never got rid of it after I ditched the S-330. Figured I’d buy a S-760/770 someday. Picked up a loaded S-760 for $85 recently.
I like the RC-100, but the mouse will help a lot better in my opinion.Mike.