Roland VE series

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The Roland VE (Voice Expansion) series is a line of expansion boards designed for certain Roland JV series keyboard synths and certain Roland A series MIDI controller keyboards. Unlike most other expansion board products from Roland, these boards contain an entire tone generator (synth module) on a card, thus providing enhanced capabilities and more polyphony to the devices they are installed in, not just additional patches or samples.

Models

Roland VE-GS1

The Roland VE-GS1 voice expansion board has a Roland GS-compliant synthesis engine with 28-voice polyphony and 226 normal instruments,[1] comparable to the Roland SC-50 (no CM-64 compatibility banks). It is compatible with the JV-35, JV-50, JV-90, JV-1000 and A-90.[1]

Roland VE-JV1

The Roland VE-JV1 voice expansion board has the synthesis engine from the Roland JV-1000, with 512 preset patches and 28-voice polyphony.[2] It is compatible with the JV-35, JV-50, JV-90, JV-1000 and A-90.[2]

Roland VE-RD1

The Roland VE-RD1 voice expansion board "add[s] functions as a stage piano]] to the Roland A-90.[3] The manual claims is not compatible with any other device.[3]

Roland VE-GS Pro

The Roland VE-GS Pro voice expansion board has the "sound device functions" of the Sound Canvas SC-88 Pro (including 64-voice polyphony, reverb, chorus, EQ, multi-effects, etc.).[4] It is compatible with the A-90, A-70 and MC-80.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 VE-GS1: Description (Roland support article)
  2. 2.0 2.1 VE-JV1: Description (Roland support article)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Roland VE-RD1 Owner's Manual.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Roland VE-GS Pro Owner's Manual.

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