The JV-880 is the rack-mount version of the JV-80 keyboard and features powerful multi-timbral capabilities combined with impressive sound editing capability, all in a 1U rack space. The immediate forerunner to the immensely popular JV-1080/2080, the 880 provides the same high quality sounds for which the entire JV line has come to be respected. And like its descendants, the JV-880's sampled waveform memory can be expanded (to 14 Mbytes) using Roland's series of SR-JV80 expansion boards and SO-PCM1 cards.

Editing sounds is done via the rotary encoder that lets you select parameters and set values at the touch of a button. When editing you can audition sounds right from the front panel by pressing the preview button. There are TVF (filter), TVA (amp), micro-tuning, and multiple LFOs. An onboard effects processor with various types of chorus, reverb, and delays rounds out the package. It is used by K.O.

commodorejohn

June 19, 2013 @ 3:23 pm

Seriously over-rated synth, no matter how cheap. I see people blaming dissenters for not rolling their own patches, but a ROMpler is only as good as its sample library, and the 880's is the most sterile, boring sample set I've heard outside of cheap home keyboards. Every ounce of character has been drained from its samples in order to make them work interchangeably in any style. It's everything that's been wrong with ROMplers since the '90s.

Get a Korg AI² synth or an E-mu Proteus instead; they're nearly as cheap, and while not as fully tweakable, they sound a million times better.

Matt (D) Miller

June 3, 2013 @ 5:06 pm

The Roland JV-880 has been used by Rom Di Prisco from some of his tracks in video games.

Amazing synth, too. Look up "Sirius 909."

Alex

April 5, 2013 @ 11:31 pm

I bought one of these when they first came out 20 years ago, they were great, and for the peanuts you can buy one for today, they are even greater.

BRUCE NELSON

February 12, 2013 @ 8:30 am

I am installing a JV-880 into a Hammond B3. I updated the I bank sounds with the Acoustic Essnetials upgrade from PathmanMusic.com. Great sounds. I also wanted to know if anyone knows about extendeding these controls for the Hammond install? I want to extend the Volume/Headphone controls and also the Select control. Should these cables be shielded, twisted pairs? Does anyone know? Thanks, Bruce

Clyde

January 14, 2013 @ 11:15 am

I picked one up recently for $75, For no other reason but nostalgia.

I'm using a Yamaha KX8 controller, and haven't noticed any latency/lag whatsoever, although, i primarily listen using headphones.

It's a cool little unit. Yeah it's got some cheeze, but show me a synth that doesn't.
IMO the piano's are great.

As already stated, there are tons of these out there, but a word of warning, don't overpay! You will see these for $100-400 all day on eBay, but the ones that are actually selling, go for $30-80.

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