Roland XV-2020
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| W × H × D (mm) | 218 × 45 × 237 |
|---|---|
| Rack units | 1U, half-width |
| Weight | 1.4kg |
| Type | Fully-editable ROMpler sound module |
| Manufacturer | Roland |
| Release date | 2002 |
| Standards | General MIDI General MIDI 2 |
| Parts | 16 |
| Max polyphony | 64 |
| Normal presets | 896 (total) 512 (128 × 4 banks) 128 (user bank) 256 (General MIDI 2) |
| Drum presets | 21 (total) 8 (4 × 2 banks) 4 (user bank) 9 (General MIDI 2) |
| Expansion | 2 × SRX |
| Effects | Reverb (8 types) Chorus 1 × MFX |
| All above information taken from the XV-2020 Owner Manual, page 162. | |
The Roland XV-2020 is a half-width, 1 unit tall XV sound module. It is very similar to the Roland JV-1010 in terms of size and abilities (except instead of a black finish, it's in a silvery finish like the XV-5050), but unlike its predecessor, it is not fully compatible with other XV synth patches. It is notable for its size, but also for omitting a lot of features found on other XV synths - it is missing entire effects, it is limited to only one MFX unit rather than three, it has half the polyphony (similar to the Roland XV-5050), but it has a unique bank of 512 patches and 64 performances (some of these patches and performances may be copied from other XV synths).
It is compatible with any later JV patches as all the effects and base waveform it requires are present and fully supported.
It features four demo songs:[1]
- U feel Me - Kazuhiko Maeda
- Negative Trance - Mark Lawrence
- Eye on the Universe - Takayuki Aihara
- First Impression - Scott Wilkie
Oddities
- The XV-2020 does not feature the full complement of effects in its MFX unit that is found on other XV synths. It has the base 40 effects found on the JV-1080, and it only has one MFX send as opposed to the three found on other XV synths.[2]
- Like the Roland XV-5050, it only features 2 SRX slots. Because the standard was used in synths beyond the Roland XV series, some cards will not be compatible with the XV-2020. Other cards that would be compatible with the XV-5080 and XV-5050 may also not work with the XV-2020 as it is missing more than half the effects, as well as the COSM unit.