The Roland JV-1080 was one of the hottest and most popular digital synthesizers ever to come from Roland. Incredible sound quality capable of emulating any instrument imaginable plus totally fat analog synth type sounds and loads of percussion! It has 64 voices of polyphony and 16 part multitimbral, it's no wonder this is part of almost every Film Score Composers set-up as well as many more artists and hobbyists!

It has 8MB of sounds and it also offers a lot of expandability with 4 expansion slots and 2 data card memory slots. You can get up to 42MB of sounds by adding any of the popular JV-80 expansion cards suited for Techno, World Instruments, Orchestral or Synthesizers. The 1080 has a large LCD screen, lots of effects and filters for creative flexibility, motion control and extensive MIDI implementation. Editing is intense but enhanced and simplified by external editors like MOTU's Unisyn. It is used by Faithless, Hardfloor, Vangelis, Scanner, Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and Apollo 440.

JVTECH

January 21, 2011 @ 1:06 pm

I think this is a great module. I own one I bought in the early 90's . Now I am looking at getting another one in mint condition with Orchestral exp. I am in the Windsor-Detroit area. Any leads? Thanks

DC10

January 12, 2011 @ 12:00 pm

Hey Paul I have Four (4) Voice Cystal sounds cards I am not using anymore -and one Roland Sound card I am not using and aslo a Drum card - That makes 6 cards total that I am going to be posting them on ebay soon, so give me a holler - decoro821 at yahoo dot com - The JV 1080 is such a great module -

Paul Urbannavage

January 2, 2011 @ 11:40 am

I own two JV 1080's , one with two expansion card Techno and World and one that was pretty much beat up.Both sound excellent !. I'm trying to find the PCM or Data cards. Anyone have info on where to buy them (I don't use eBay).

DLovas

December 26, 2010 @ 9:57 pm

Just out of curiosity, how much did you guys pay for your modules. Just found one on ebay said to be in full working condition and am just wondering what it should be priced. Thanks.

Rib

December 23, 2010 @ 9:02 am

I can't believe the sound quality of this rack unit, it is absolutely phenomenal. This is capable of film score quality sound (80s, 90s) that will bring tears to your eyes. It's a bit tough to programme but it's worth it. If you want pianos or real instrument emulations then you should probably just buy the real thing but that's still true today IMO. I like it more than the Korg M3.

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