![]() In addition to the extra sound potential offered by expansion boards, the JV1080 also has two slots for memory cards. The physical business of inserting the boards is simple and as fool‑proof as I guess Roland can make it it's certainly a better system than externally mounting these boards. The new module is housed in a standard 2U rack, with an 'inspection plate' which, when removed, allows the insertion of up to four expansion cards. Like its progenitors, the JV90/80, 1000 and 880, and the JD990, the 1080 can accept the SR‑JV80 Series of expansion boards. Now we have devices with more voices than those synths had keys. It's interesting to reflect that to make the instruments affordable, early polysynths had just 5‑voice, or maybe 8‑voice, polyphony played from a 5‑octave keyboard. It generates 64 voices of polyphony and is 16‑part multitimbral, which is what is required of a good workhorse sound module these days. It uses a 32‑bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Chip) processor running at 66MHz - that's some engine. The JV1080 has an impressive specification. The sounds in this instrument are exceptional for an Sample + Synthesis (S+S) system, and on the whole have an audio quality way beyond what you would expect for the price. Like most people when they get hold of a new piece of kit, I plug it in, wind up the volume and let rip. My first impression (and second and third impressions) of this sound module was that it is a remarkable unit at a very attractive price. We've seen a lot of 'Super' instruments and modules from Roland over the years (most notably the Super Jupiter), none of them particularly enhanced by the addition of this irksome adjective, which has had its day, in my opinion, and should be left to the likes of UK Gold. The JV1080 is Roland's latest, newest, super‑est synthesizer module, coming, as it does, under the Super JV banner. Could it be the only synth you'll need? Dave Crombie finds out. Roland's latest synth module boasts an impressive spec, including a 32‑bit RISC processor, 64‑voice polyphony and the ability to host up to four expansion cards simultaneously. ![]()
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