Roland JV-2080 explained

Synth Name:JV-2080
Synth Manufacturer:Roland
Polyphony:64 tones
Timbrality:16 part multitimbral
Oscillator:4 tones per voice
Filter:1 TVF (Time Variant Filter) per tone, with resonance and its own envelope. 4 filter types (LPF, BPF, HPF, Peaking)
Attenuator:1 TVA (Time Variant Amplifier) per tone
Lfo:2 per tone, with eight waveforms
Portamento:Normal and legato, variable by proportional rate or fixed time
Ext Control:MIDI (in/out/thru)
Dates:January 1996–2000
Price:1399 UKP
Aftertouch:Channel and Polyphonic
Velocity:Initial and release. Editable crossfade and key range

The Roland JV-2080 is a rack-mount expandable MIDI sound module and an updated version of the Roland JV-1080. Produced by the Roland Corporation, released in 1996, and built on a sample-based synthesis architecture, the JV-2080 provides a library of on-board sample material and a semi-modular synthesis engine.

Main features

The JV-2080 ("2080") is a sample + synthesis synthesizer with support for 768 internal patches, including General MIDI. In addition to the synthesizer, it also includes a multi-effects module, with 40 effect types, of which three can be used simultaneously. The 2080 is expandable via proprietary modules that contain both sample-based waveform data and patch information.The internal memory of the 2080 is divided into five sections.

The JV-2080 can also be 'stacked' with up to eight units ganged together to increase polyphony to achieve a 512 voice multitimbral performance.

On-board demos

The JV-2080 has three on-board demo songs.The demos are:[1]

Factory sounds

The core sampled waveforms of the JV-2080 were developed by Roland R&D-LA in Culver City, California.Some of the factory presets and expansion board sounds were created by Eric Persing of Spectrasonics and Ace Yukawa.

Expansion

In common with other Roland instruments, the JV-2080 could be expanded with SR-JV80 expansion boards,[2] and could accept up to eight of them at a time.[3]

Expansion cards

Notice: Due to copyright problems Roland no longer distributes the Dance expansion board.

Notable users and genres

Artists and producers from a broad range of genres utilize the JV-1080 and JV-2080. In 2001, synthpop artist Thomas Dolby once remarked that he didn't find the JV as immediate in usability as his older synthesizers.[6] The JV-2080 has featured in the studios of Tidy Trax Records, a Hard House record label based in the UK.[7] Australian Electro band Gerling used the JV-1080 on their album Children Of Telepathic Experiences.[8] LTJ Bukem and Photek have also used it in music production and film scoring, respectively.[9] Other users include Midge Ure,[10] Gary Barlow,[11] Armin van Buuren,[12] Glen Ballard,[13] Jimmy Douglass,[14] London Elektricity,[15] 1 Giant Leap,[16] David Frank,[17] and Máni Svavarsson.[18]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Di Nicolantonio . Paolo . Roland JV-2080: 64 Voice Synthesizer Module . Synthmania.com . 2004 . 2007-12-27 .
  2. Web site: Roland JV-Series. Sound On Sound. November 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20150408223751/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov98/articles/rolandjv.htm. 8 April 2015.
  3. Johnson . Derek . Roland JV2080 . . April 1997 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150606080903/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/apr97/rolandjv2000.html . 2015-06-06 .
  4. Web site: The History Of Roland: Part 4. 2005-02-01.
  5. Web site: SR-JV80-97 Experience III.
  6. Fortner . Steve . Five Questions with Thomas Dolby . Keyboard . 2001 . May . 17.
  7. James . Alex . Tidy Trax . Future Music . 2001 . 109 . 90–91.
  8. Booth . Phil . Electro Down Under . Future Music . 2001 . 107 . 105–108.
  9. Barr . Tim . The Year In Gear . Future Music . 1998 . 74 . 134–135.
  10. Web site: Studio SOS: Midge Ure. Sound on Sound. Paul. White. November 2006. 4 June 2018.
  11. Web site: Gary Barlow: Recording, Production & Songwriting. Sound On Sound. November 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20140916012231/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov98/articles/gary.htm. 16 September 2014.
  12. Web site: Armin Van Buuren. Sound on Sound. Mike. Senior. August 2009. 4 June 2018.
  13. Web site: Glen Ballard. Sound on Sound. Mike. Senior. March 2003. 4 June 2018.
  14. Web site: Jimmy Douglass. Sound on Sound. Richard. Buskin. September 2002. 4 June 2018.
  15. Web site: Tony Colman & London Elektricity. Sound on Sound. Sam. Inglis. September 2003. 4 June 2018.
  16. Web site: 1 Giant Leap. Sound on Sound. Matt. Bell. February 2003. 4 June 2018.
  17. Web site: Recording Christina Aguilera's 'Genie In A Bottle'. Sound on Sound. Mike. Senior. April 2000. 4 June 2018.
  18. Web site: ROLAND JV-2080. Máni. Svavarsson. October 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20040408193030/http://itn.is/~mani/eldflaug/jv2080.htm . 5 June 2023. 2004-04-08 .

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