The Roland JV-1080 ( Super JV, Super JV-1080, or simply 1080) is a

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in the form of a 2U rack. The JV-1080's synthesizer engine was also used in Roland's XP-50

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(1995). Due to its library of high-quality sounds and multi-timbral capabilities, it became a mainstay with film composers.

Features

The JV-1080 features a 64-Voice Polyphony, as well as 16-part Multi-timbral capabilities. From the factory, the JV-1080 comes with hundreds of patches, and several rhythm kits (8 megabytes total). It can be expanded with up to 4 SR-JV80 expansion cards, as well as a PCM and Data card, to provide up to 42 megabytes.

Factory Sounds

The core sampled waveforms of the JV-1080 were developed by Roland R&D-LA in Culver City, California. Many of the most well-known factory presets and expansion board sounds of the JV-series were created by

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and Ace Yukawa.

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Expansion Cards

The SR-JV80 expansion cards can be used in the Roland XP-50, XP-60, XP-80, JV-1080 and XV-5080, which can each hold four expansion cards, as well as the JV-2080, which can hold eight expansion cards. The three Experience expansion boards contain a selection of sounds from different expansion boards in a single card. * SR-JV80-01: Pop * SR-JV80-02: Orchestral * SR-JV80-03: Piano * SR-JV80-04: Vintage Synth * SR-JV80-05: World * SR-JV80-06: Dance* * SR-JV80-07: Super Sound Set * SR-JV80-08: Keyboards of the 60s & 70s * SR-JV80-09: Session * SR-JV80-10: Bass and Drums * SR-JV80-11: Techno * SR-JV80-12: Hip-Hop * SR-JV80-13: Vocal * SR-JV80-14: Asia * SR-JV80-15: Special FX * SR-JV80-16: Orchestral II * SR-JV80-17: Country * SR-JV80-18: Latin World * SR-JV80-19: House * SR-JV80-97: Experience III * SR-JV80-98: Experience II * SR-JV80-99: Experience Notice: Due to copyright problems Roland no longer distributes the Dance expansion board. JV1080_expansion_cards.jpg, JV-1080 opened revealing expansion cards JV1080_Cards_Underneath.jpg, SR-JV80 cards on top of a JV-1080

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