Roland • JV-1010
The Roland JV-1010 Synth Module may look like a weakling, but it kicks sand in the face of a lot of synths twice its size! This half-rackspace killer has the full sound set of the professional JV-1080 and 2080 modules (at slightly reduced quality). With 640 preset and 128 user patches, that's a lot of phat sounds in a skinny package. Plus, all 255 sounds from the Session wave expansion board are included. Pristine stereo grand pianos, acoustic guitars, Juno, Jupiter, TB-303, 18 rhythm sets and tons more - the kinds of sounds that inspire and do justice to your musical ideas, whether recorded or live on-stage.
And if you want to add more muscle, the JV-1010 has an expansion slot for any JV80 Series board (Asian, Orchestral, Hip Hop, Techno, Bass & Drums, Vocal, Country, World, etc.). In total, you can get over a thousand patches out of the box and over 1,200 when expanded - all in a 64-voice polyphonic, 16-part multitimbral unit with dedicated Reverb, Chorus and Multi-effects. Sounds are easy to find, too. JV-1010 Patches are grouped into categories (Piano, Key/Organ, Guitar/Bass, etc.) and banks can be selected with a simple Category/Bank Select knob. The innovative Phrase Preview function plays back the selected tone in a short musical phrase.
Roland has also added some valuable extras: Sound shaping and editing can be accomplished via bundled CD-ROM, which includes sound editing software for Mac and PC, used in conjunction with the JV-1010's rear-panel computer serial-interface. The computer interface and the 1010's General MIDI compatability make this an excellent sound module for use with your computer.
Though these sounds are professional all the way, you don't need to be a pro to recognize the JV-1010 as an extreme value. You don't need to be a pro to use it either. If you have a keyboard with a MIDI out and a cable, you're good to go. You'll never be held back by a lack of good sounds again.
Since 1/2 a year I try to getused to the original sounddiver Software, but far too many control knobs in therte. Read that 'Change It' would be easier, but couldn't get out how to read in the synth into the software. Last Year I bought the "keyboards of the 60th and 70th" expansion board mainly to have a cheap way to play Hammond B3 and a Midi Merger.
My main question is : what kind of masterkeyboard should I use to have access to all the necessary controllers.
Is there a way to connect a switch for the Leslie, a sweller pedal, and is it possible to use programmable sliders like those on the
NOVATION REMOTE 61 SL MKII
as drawbars ?
Does anybody know if there is a way to connect to the drawbars - the 16',4',2' etc. so called "Fußlagen" to the sliders - but maybe I instead have to create a patch out of up to 4 sounds for every Hammond variation.
Would be interested if someone has successfully tried out this.
Thanks for an answer
got mine from someguys in japan who included a cd rom with extra patches, which are just incredible and far ahead of the original patches. and they are easily editable and to organize (copy and paste your favorite library in hi speed) with the superb and stable "change it" by j. mossgraber (freeware). you don´t really need the expensive expansions then, though i bought the voices card by spectrasonics to mak ethe thing complete. cause yeah, the original voice patches/samples are not the best.
E.g. Without the jv-1010 connected, I can split the keyboard to play one patch on bass, and another on treble. But I can't figure out how to get such a split using the Jv-1010 sounds.
Suggestions welcome!