Trend price : 100€
ROLAND JV-80 rackmount version, rompler synthesizer, keeping same technical characteristics.
Company: Roland
Model: JV-880
Class: Module
Rack: 1 unit
Weight: 4 Kg
Dimensions: 482 (w) x 358 (h) x 45 (d) mm
Dates: 1992
Display: 24 x 2 lines
green
Synthesis: PCM rompler
Polyphony: 28 voices
Multitimbric: 8 parts
Resolution: 16 bits
ROM size: 4 MB
N.waves: 129 PCM
Crossmodulation: yes
Oscillator: 4 PCM
Filter: LPF / HPF
LFO: 2 modulators
Envelope: 3 EGs
Memory: 64 slots
Effects: 11 fx
Tuning scales: 3 presets
Portamento: yes
Midi: IN / OUT / THRU
CPU: HB/532
DAC: BB PCM69AP
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual - service manual -
RESET FACTORY PROCEDURE 1) Press UTILITY .2) Rotate the DATA dial to Factory Preset. 3) Press ENTER twice.
Overview
RACKMOUNT single unit. Front panel features a 24 x 2 lines display, 12 buttons, a data encoder and finally a volume knob.
Terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
- main signal out
- AUX out dry
- 2 card slots
Voice
CPU HB/532 (15199810 at IC16) manages up to 28 voices polyphony or TONES.
A basic patch is composed by 4 tones PCM samples with indipendent parameters:
-
keyzone assignment
-
pitch tuning
-
stereo panning
-
delay start time
- crossmodulation FXM with variable amount
Wavetable
Internal 4 Mb ROM contains 129 PCM samples at 16-bits resolution, mainly a wide selection of bread and butters for all kind of music and tastes. The internal ROM can be expaned using either SO-PCM cards or SRJV cards. The ROM table is basically organized into 3 categories: acoustic, basic waves and drums
Performance
The JV engine manages up 7 parts (+1 drum) parts each with assignable:
-
Midi channel assign
-
keyboard zone assign
-
stereo panning
-
volume gain
-
effect amount
-
pitch tuning
- variable tuning scale: equal, just and arabic
- portamento time set + amount
- analog feel function
Filter
digital resonant TVF Time-Variant-Filter 2 modes: lowpass and highpass.
LFO
there are 2 oscillators that modulates filter and amplitude; they do provide 7 waveforms with adjustable symmetry offset : triangle, sinewave, sawtooth, trapezoidal, random1 and random2 - sample-hold.
Envelope
- EG1 AMP: segments + 3 times, 8 velocity curves + key follows option.
- EG2 FILTER: 4 segments + 4 times.
- EG3 PITCH: 4 segments + 4 times, Keyfollow + Random Pitch ratio.
Effect
- reverbs: 8 different presets 2 ROOM, 2 STAGE, 2 HALL and 2 DELAY
- chorus: 3 presets
of choruses/flanger with variable rate and depth
Expansion
the JV is expandable fitting 2 kind of expansions:
-
PCM card inserted into the frontal slot
- SRJ-V board (usual size is 4 or 8 MB)
Memory
- RAM 64 patches
- RAM
16 performances
- RAM
1 rhythm set
- ROM 128 patches
- ROM 16
performances
- ROM
1 rhythm set
TIP: RAM doubled using l Data card model Roland M 256 / M512.
Review
OK: space-saving / srjv xp/ cheap
NOT : edit /display / obsolete
"Still sounds good like all JV: very affordable in these days"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
