Roland JV-2080
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| W × H × D (mm) | 482 × 88 × 281[1] |
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| Rack units | 2U, full width |
| Weight | 4.9 kg |
| Type | Fully-editable ROMpler sound module |
| Manufacturer | Roland |
| Release date | 1996 |
| Standards | General MIDI[1] |
| Parts | 16[1] |
| Max polyphony | 64[1] |
| Normal presets | 768 (total) 512 (preset, 4 banks of 128 patches) 128 (user) 128 (General MIDI)[1] |
| Drum presets | 12 (total) 8 (preset, 4 banks of 2 kits) 2 (user) 2 (General MIDI) |
| Expansion | 8× SR-JV80 DATA Card Slot M-256E / 512E PN-JV80 |
| Effects | Reverb (8 types), Chorus 3× EFX (40 types)[1] |
| ← Roland JV-1080 | |
| Roland JV-1010 → | |
The Roland JV-2080 is a synth in the Roland JV series, which improves upon the JV-1080 that came out two years prior.
JV-2080 Demo Songs
The JV-2080 Contains 3 Demo songs.
- Timepeace by Scott Tibbs
- Denki by Ryeland Allison
- Short Cuts by Yuki Kato (Music Brains Inc.)
Differences from the JV-1080
The Roland JV-2080 was the successor to the Roland JV-1080, one of the most famous rack-mount synthesizers of the 1990s. Expanding on the original patches that were on the Roland JV-1080 by adding a new bank of 128 new patches while only using the same internal waves that were included in the Roland JV-1080. These 128 new patches were included in a new bank: PR-E (or Preset Bank E)
With the inclusion of PR-E, There were also many other improvements that were made. Instead of only 4x SR-JV80 card slots, The Roland JV-2080 includes 8 total SR-JV80 Expansion slots.
With the inclusion of more powerful hardware with EFX, the Roland JV-2080's performance mode allows up to 3 types of EFX to be used at once. Therefore you can route 3 different EFX types to different parts of your performance.
With the inclusion of the new PR-E bank on the Roland JV-2080, The USER Bank is also different. The USER bank on the JV-2080 is a collection of patches from PR-E that were reorganized to be a "Best Of" series of patches.
The Roland JV-2080 contained a bigger display and front panel similar to that of what was on the Roland JD-990, Containing a 320x80 Green Backlit LCD Display.
The Roland JV-2080 also included 4 total Character Styles in the settings. These change the 2080's Patch text appearance. Types 1 and 2 are from the Roland JD-990. All 4 types are also on the Roland XV-5080.
- Type 1 had bold text, with mild spacing in between letters and moderate spacing between punctuation & spacing.
- Type 2 had standard text, with mild spacing in between letters and moderate spacing between punctuation & spacing.
- Type 3 had bold text, with little spacing in between letters and little spacing between punctuation & spacing.
- Type 4 had standard text, with little spacing in between letters and little spacing between punctuation & spacing.
The Roland JV-2080 has many of the same features as the JV-1080. please read the JV-1080 article for information not listed here.