roland jv 2080

[aireydon]

hi all,

would like some opinion for roland jv2080..

is it gig friendly..? as in, patch changing wise...?

how would u guys rate the expansion cards for the JV...?

i suppose the XV series is better ..?

is $600 for a used JV 2080 reasonable.?

thanks! first time i am considering a rack..need some advice///

 

[bongman]

I own one JV2080.

$600 is the current price for
JV2080 in eBay which about US$400-500.

JV2080 ROM waveform is only 8MB;
in 1996 that was the standard and good.

XV series ROM waveform is 32MB and
current Roland model FantomX is 128MB.

Nowadays with soft synth, patches can be 1-2 GB

JV2080 has eight expansion card slot for SRJV80 cards,
the most sought after JV cards are Keyboards of the 60s 70s,
bass n drums, dance and vocal.

used price for JV card is $100-150.

hip hop, house, dance, techno cards still sounds good if you are
using them for dance music. but if you are using the pop, session,
vintage, asia, world cards for sequencing, they may sound thin
compare to current standard. I still like the piano JV card that I have;
with the right mixer processing, it can sound warm and crisp.

The presets piano, strings, pads, organ, brass patches are usable for gig usage. Guitars patches are very weak in JV2080, that's why in XV5050 and 5080, Roland included the feature COSM to enhance the guitar patches.

I still remember one jam studio was looking for a JV2080 for Tracy Huang concert 2 years ago because the Taiwan keys player didn't bring his JV module.

 

[Cheez]

I'm going to answer your question about gig friendliness. I used to own the JV1080, the little brother of JV2080. The LCD of JV2080 is not too bad, large enough for ease of use (larger than the 1080). In a live gig, I think you should realise that use-friendliness comes from the midi controller you own, not the module. You probably know - in a live situation, we will hardly try to meddle too much with our modules esp if we have more than one (there's a danger of pressing the wrong buttons esp when the buttons are small and we need to change quickly). We program everything and store them. And with program change controls on our midi controller, we easily access all our modules in different combinations (including combinations we don't expect to use in that live situation but for emergency - encore or something).

So the answer is: yes, it is relatively gig friendly. But it will depend a lot on your midi controller keyboard.

 

[bongman]

ooooooooops! i went out of thread again
not answering to the subject ???!!!

 

[kara]

ooooooooops! i went out of thread again
not answering to the subject ???!!!

BUT THE INFO IS USEFUL :roll:

 

[aireydon]

yea the info is very useful indeed.

thanks bongman and cheez!

i agree that the gig frendliness agree much on the midi controller...may be hooking it up to a yamaha kx 5 if i deciede to get it.or maybe hook it to my triton le.....hmm...

value for money wise,,,me looking out more for cool synth sounds...wonder if the JV 's synth patches is okiee..but for a 8 mb ROM wave rack for $600...may be a little bit pricey for me.....will continue to check out the samples online....any one have any links..?

 

[Cheez]

I wouldn't suggest Roland for synth sounds. If you are already using a Triton, then no point looking to Roland for synth sounds. If you are only looking for a few patches that may interest you from Roland, I would suggest the cheaper and smaller JV1010.

 

[iansoh]

what are the 'cool synth sounds' you're looking for? or are you just looking for more gear to twiddle around with?