Evolution of a classic synth module | Roland JV 1080 vs Integra 7 

I own a JV-1080 I bought in 1995, and an Integra-7 I bought in 2014. With the exception of the super-natural sounds, they are (sound wise) practically identical. This was deliberate. Everything that the JV-1080 did, so did the Integra-7. The PCM sounds comprised the same patches in the same order. The idea was that you replaced the JV-1080 in your 19" rack with an Integra-7, and still essentially had a JV-1080 at your fingertips if you needed it (without having to dust off the old JV-1080 and plug it back in). To compare a JV-1080 and an Integra-7 based on sounds only is unfair given that the Integra-7 has practically the same PCM sound engine built into it. The attraction of the Integra-7 was USB connectivity (no more MIDI cable that kept packing in), larger display, a built in DSP effects engine, balanced audio outputs on the back (ideal for connecting to a desk), blue-tooth connection to an i-pad to make controlling the Integra-7 easier, and a built in ADC/DAC (for audio recording and playback) that had an insanely good signal-to-noise ratio at the time the Integra-7 was released. This, and a VST plugin to control the Integra-7, made it compatible with most DAW's (I use mine with Cubase). Not as easy (but certainly possible) to use a JV-1080 with a modern DAW, but try using a JV-1080 for playback with a music composing/arranging software tool like Finale or Sibelius and you were up the proverbial creek. Theoretically possible, but an awful lot of work to get the JV-1080 playing. Dealing with instruments that you then had to correlate to patch and bank numbers in the user manual, and then type these numbers into your DAW or other software tool was not for the faint hearted. Thus, the Integra-7 (with the exception of the super-natural sounds) wasn't so much a new synth module, as a JV1080 that was compatible with the modern computer.

I think the lesson here is: we haven’t come very far in 20 years. We’re still using the same sounds, just more of them with added effects.

My JV-2080 with eight cards stuffed into it still does every thing I need from a module.

Great video, one thing to perhaps bear in mind though is that by design, the integra-7 role was mainly to consolidate all the existing Roland history of romplers, not to create a really new synth. When you buy an integra, you buy the entire ROLAND lib of sounds + ALL the extensions cards ;-)

Wow, I thought this was a trick... I preferred almost all of the JV1080 examples.

Never seems to get commented on in reviews, but one of the things that seems to have taken a backward step is boot up time. 20 years progress right there - 1080 in 1 second, Integra 20 seconds. I dumped Korg Kronos because I realised I didn't always want to switch on and then boil the kettle while I waited for it to boot up.

At first I thought the 1080 was blowing the Integra 7 out of the water but then I readjusted my headphone position. Now I give the Integra 7 the edge. The SuperNatural sounds just can't be beat. Add to that the complete collection of Roland legacy sounds, it can't lose.

JV-1080 is my all time favourite. Went through JV-2080, JV-1010, XV-5080, XV-2020, XP-30... but 1080 is the winner for me! and every time I hear: This module is from 1994, I just think Yeah 1994... just like me :))

JV1080 is still the king for me :)

Definitely the JV1080 - the richness and warmth of the sounds won me over. It's alittle like comparing vinyl to the early CD's (showing my age here) - the CD's lacked depth, richness and punch. Very good video so I'm now a new subscriber :)

I bought my JV2080 about month ago. It cost me less than 200 $ and the sound of 20 yo machine has blown me away. It's realy cool for this prise and with so much capabilities. Fantastic synth should I say!

What continues to amaze me over and over again with vintage synths and samplers in these type of comparisons is how much they make up for the lack of technology with sheer punch, presence, and personality.

Great video! I'm really into the old Roland sounds and gonna include them in my beats. I was surprised by how great the JV 1080 sounds for as old as it is.

This is an excellent video Woody. I have both of these synthesizers and I love all the sounds they make. I'm looking forward to all your wonderful videos keep up the good work.

The dist guitar is much better on the JV-1080, and I know what I'm talking about, the sound of the JV-1080 sounded warmer. Of course this is my personal opinion and as a guitarist I know which sound I'm after. As always, the best synth comparison videos you can find on RU-vid these days. Well done Woody!

As a longtime user of the MT32 and producing masses of custom patches with LA Synthesis, I was surprised in 2006 when I auditioned the then new Fantom at how similar the standard patches were still. Roland patches from the D50 era onward have a distinct correlation. Here, the JV-1080 stands its ground and use of an outboard FX or two would make the distinction between the two modules largely indiscernible.

Another wonderful head-to-head. I have been loving discovering the JV-1080 through Roland Cloud, and physically have the JV 880 waiting for our basement remodel to be finished to get my studio back into full service :). Makes me think I will be quite OK with what I have for a while! The 1080 has an amazing personality to it.

I just can not believe how after 20 year there has been so little improvement or innovation in the digital synth world. I guess the return of analog synths had something to do with that. I still love my digital synths and my 1080 and Fantom G is used on every track I write. I am hoping that this analog era will end soon and we can once again get excited when we hear these digital masterpieces rise again.

The point is that the JV 1080 & 5080 are built into the PCM side of the Integra-7. On the Super Natural side you simply have to adjust a few fix settings to fit your personal taste. I seem to use more PCM & SRX patches myself but when I do find myself on the Supernatural side of things I am not disappointed

Thanks Buddy you've only proved that the JV 2080 I bought for $185 was a great buy ! And why I'll never feel the need to replace it. As many of us hear the Coloration of Specific Brand Synths the most obvious & well known being Moog. While this was much more profound during the 70's & 80's we could pick out a Moog, Arp, Oberheim, Korg, Sequential Circuits aka DSI, Roland, Kawai, Kurzweil, PPG, Nord, Yamaha, Syncaliver, Emu, Voyetra, Casio, Wasp maybe even an Ensoniq. ( If I've skipped one of your favorites please forgive me. ) Yes there are many others some that Truly stuck out above the others within a particular Brand like the CS80 DX7, Jupiter 8, D50 and Memory Moog, and many others too numerous & some merely forgotten as time has its way of pushing some memories deeper into our brains hard drive. Perhaps we forgot to name that folder, the data became corrupted due to a Virus / Infection. Worse, it was overwritten during the " Defragmentation Process " that some people believe happens in our minds during rest periods called. Sleep states, or Dreams. We humans were once told we only use less than a 10th of our Brains abilities ? So there must have been lots of empty tracks & sectors available for us Synth users to store & recall all the patch Names in our Synths when the Tech of the day only allowed us to store 32 patches. Patches that were represented via A letter & numbers. We memorized those relationships of the 2 Digit Patches in our Juno 60, DW 8000, Poly 6, Prophet 5, & many others knowing Patch #11 = Clavinet. We also knew many hundred phone numbers & addresses. How many of us actually know our own cell phone numbers? And why would we, ok AI how often do you call yourself ? Like everything else that we hold in high regards, those Near & Dear to our Heart Mind & Especially our Ears. " We can be fooled again " Who ? It all began with the introduction of another New Audio Technology called Emulators aka ( Samplers ) as we know Emulator is also the name of a Musical Instrument Co, so Sampling was coined to describe & differentiate from the many other Brands of Emulators makers that soon followed. Some of you believed we could just buy the latest coolest Sampler & we could compile a huge library of every useful Sound we could get our hands on, hmmm ? See this keyboard ? Nice ? Now I only need one keyboard. With this & a few million 5.25 floppies, I mean these Enormous SCSI Hard Drives, I mean this Memory card, no I meant these little postage stamp sized Smart Media thingies Opps help me find it. What a contact lens? Fast forward 50 plus years "Jump Jump for your Love " as I Pointer it out ? Recreating new ways to reverse engineer our beloved & most Iconic Synths of all times. At first it came by way of software VST's I must admit i hated Soft Synths. I'm guessing most of you felt the same, or we wouldn't be Woodidiots hanging out @ the Shack. Looking for the next affordable good sounding piece of hardware Woody can find in the classified ads. Were living in a great time period where we can chose to buy a recreation of some of our favorites, like the Behringer Model "D", Deep Mind, & soon to follow Pro One, String & Voocorder, Arp Oddity all sound as good or better than the originals and have more bang for the buck, adding Clark Tech FX Midi & CV I/O's that were not options on the originals. Besides I beg you do not covet these Iconic left over Synths of yesteryear. They're quite heavy & can have, NO will have expensive repair issues. Remember we have MIDI buy different sounding products from different makers. Get a Brand Special & beloved sounding filters. Then Layer the hell out of them, and build your own Sound palette. Older Workstations are also Great buys don't let those Synth Collectors get em first & Causing the prices to skyrocket. You don't need a real Wurly, Clav or a Rhodes you will be disappointed. I promise you, stay away for $2000 you can get many variations of those sounds in any of the modern Synths with FX plus many other needed & useful sounds. Casio has a New Synth lots of great sounds for $179 Google it New Casio Products NAMM 2018 you'll be shocked at what you can get for cheap..

The JV-1080 overall has a warmer more engaging sound vs the Intergra, which I was very surprised....I'll be looking on Ebay for a used 1080 -> 5080 soon...Great Video!!!!!

Thank you finally a channel that will be doing Rackmount gear reviews!

The difference between a JV-1080 and an Integra: saturation

Well, I'm interested in this. To explain a little, I'm a 90s kid. I grew up with late 80s and 90s synths. LAS, AWS. AWS2. CWS, DMS. PCM... And finally midlate 90s: virtual analog. I'm so glad that Arturia finally put a modern synth like that in V Collection 9. Instead of going forward, they put the TB-303 in V Collection X. As this clearly shows, the JV-1080, in effect much like the Integra-7 has a typical sound. A classic sound that we still love. Hence I want 90s synths from Arturia. Or certainly I don't want a Roland subscribtion.

Got my Roland 1080 maxed out with cards Took my vintage card out and put it in my Roland JD990. Love the sound of the 1080 I will never sell it.

Sounded more like a DEvolution, if you ask me. The JV 1080 sounded much warmer, spacious, uniquely expressive, and clearer. The Integra 7 sounded harsher, slightly flat, and sometimes cluttered. The JV 1080 easily wins in terms of sound quality, which is the most important. Great video! This is so valuable and helpful! Thank you very much!

1080 is brasher and more forward with nicer bottom end, the integra is smoother and creamier. Some of those patches sounded better on the 1080 while some sounded better on the integra. My conclusion is you should have both heh.

I like this channel for not being biased towards either modern hardware or software synths/sample libs or old hardware. Those who only use vintage equipment tend to glorify the imperfections too much. Most of the "Supernatural" sounds here are actually a lot better than the old ones, especially the bass and sax. Interestingly the string orchestra sounds almost identical

I like the sound of that dusty old JV-1080 better. Yes, the Integra sounds good. The JV-1080 sounds authentic.

The right answer is JD-990 with the Vintage Synth board😏. I did end up getting one of these Integras after missing some of my old XP-50 sounds. Some sounds are not the same, since the XP/JV stores reverb+chorus with the patch, but the value for the amount of content is huge. The full VSTi editor/librarian works great for me.

The Integra 7 sounds more compressed and it looks like you can see that in the wave form displays.

This was very helpful, and I was surprised how the JV-1080 held it's own! Along with the 6000 sounds, the Integra 7 really got me interested because it can port all of the surround and editing over to a DAW.

Definitely JV-1080, has more character. I also noticed with my XV-5050 that the newer these synth got, the more polished, cleaner and arguably duller the sounds are.

The Integra was made so you didn't have to buy SRX expansion boards, and to consolidate their best rack machines all into one good workflow. Everyone blindly saying one is better than the other in sound needs to clean their ears. As the rack gets older, solder connections get oxidized and more capacitors get damaged the integra will sound exactly like that JV 1080 if you're worried it's gonna sound too clean

Woody would know that the Integra, among other things, is a collection of all-in-one Roland heritage synth sounds from 1080, 5080, SRX etc. In addition it has the supernatural sound module for the acoustic tones, drums and SFX . To my ears the drums on the Integra sounded much better than the 1080. With other patches, it sounded more or less similar cos the Integra is supposed to faithfully reproduce the 1080 anyways?!! In fact in many places it all sounded pretty much the same between the two. I think one should look at all the extra stuff that the Integra has and see whether that is really worth it for the money and one's own applications. I found this comparison interesting but futile. It is like saying 20 years ago I had a big Plasma TV which today still gives me a great picture .. although it is not a smart TV and weighs a ton!!

Listening to those old JV sounds makes me even more excited to get back my old XP60 back from the repair shop!

That sax sound illustrates pretty well how much things have evolved. Incredible to think that people commented on how "real" the sax was on the JV-1080 back in 94.

I'm actually in the process of recording a song in the late 80's/early 90's Soulful Classic House genre. I'm using the Roland D50, JV-1080, Jupiter 8 and Korg M1 synths as well as the TR-909 for those infamous drum sounds. I absolutely LOVE the JV-1080! The presets are so fantastic despite how old that module is!

I have JV-1080, JD990 and Integra 7. I love them all and i cant't say wich one is better. Integra 7 sounds very very clear and i love it. To programing it very easy. The best way to compare guys, you have try it self, but not over a RU-vid speakers. I know...my English is not fine, sorry for that.

I really appreciated the slides at the start. Thanks!

Follow up: An oddly intriguing video that sent me down a lengthy rabbit hole, chasing down both units in what were sometimes bitter and lengthy negotiations, trying to wrestle them away from sellers for the absolute, least they'd accept. I did btw, finally land the pristine, "Michael Lang" collection JV 1080 module,..after a day and a half of negotiating. That being said, I've watched this video now, at least a dozen times, (Got the I-7 in the 9's) and the 1080 seems much louder to me. I don't know if it's because it actually is, or has a more analog flavor, or if it's 'actually' louder..but, when playing electric piano especially, the difference was dramatic. I feel..I'm hearing more harmonic distortion from the 80. But, that's what made me fall in love with it as well. Time after time, that organic flavor was there. Had to have it. lol. Lots of exploration and experimenting ahead, can't wait.

"He plays the cards as a meditation"... Great Sting Cameo there! Wonderful Demo Thanks! Roland / Eric Persing has always had my favorite patches. Would love to see a series on Benefits or Pros & Cons of touring / recording with Roland new and vintage hardware vs. Omnisphere, NI, etc. I had JV1010 years ago and loved it... I now own every VST out there and they are great in the box, but haven't dumped money on a Macbook etc and am not overly keen on having no USB ports etc, so am thinking of maybe gigging with used hardware instead. (Edit: And "Money For Nothing!'.. Great video, keep them coming)

Good job. I love my two JV-880's and still use them. Thinking about the Integra but not so sure now.

Don't forget, if your not happy with presets you can start from scratch with a couple of saws and maybe a sub, LFO, filter cutoff and res, filter env, amp env, reverb and dozens of other settings to create a patch like a model d or just about anything else. The JVs are real synths not 'just romplers'

“Woodys 80s Sounds for 80 Pounds” Great one again Woody. I love my old JV1080. Also can not part with my Korg 05RW module either.

Very interesting comparison. I recall doing a similar comparison with my XP-50 when I first purchased my XV-5080, although in that case even the SR-JVxx cards sounded fuller in the XV. Honestly though both sounded awesome! In your comparison I believe that each synth has their strengths. Another great video! BTW I think your new series should be called "Woody Rack Shack".

Thank you for uploading this excellent Demo. Over the years I've put Roland down to the 3rd slot behind Korg and Yamaha but this has been a great advert for the Roland sounds.I am now considering buying An Integra (or a 2nd hand JV1080) to work alongside my Korg PA1000 which is superb on the arranger side of things. While the arguments will rage on the Synth sounds, The JV1080 is great, I preferred the Orchestral and guitar Sounds on the Integra. Having got rid of My Roland BK7M due to it's inferiority to the Korg PA series, I may well be back to Roland with this sound module. Back in the early 90's Roland were kings of Sound Modules, I had one linked to my Atari at the time but felt they had not moved onwards and upwards alongside the other giants. This has certainly changed my views and having read the comments from the Roland fans on here my thoughts have definitely changed.Thanks to everyone who commented and Woody 's Piano Shack for the insightful demo.

I have used the 1080 in our studio now for I guess 20 years. Love it. We use it to record nle multitrack. Unlimited tracks and the 1080 in a studio environment is hard to beat.

Hello there, Woody Thank You for Tuning In

Always amazes me how technology changed so much between 1978 and 1998 but between 1998 and 2018, not as much of a leap!

I own both, no complaints with neither of them. Integra is a massive sounds arsenal, with today facilities. JV's serie is an anthem, that's it. Thanks for in-depth comparison :-)

Wonderfully played.I’d love an Integra to go wit1080. Well Done !

Dude, I love your musical voice

Perfect timing on this video. I just got a JV880 today :)

I’ve just bought jv1080. I was concern about the old it is. But watching the sound and feeling performance of it vrs other racks I am feeling I did a excellent purchase for only few bucks.

Hi Woody as an 5080 owner ( had 1080 & 2080 in past) whose thinking of getting an integra I knew this was going to of great interest to me BUT then I almost fell off my chair! as for the first piano preset you happened to play my absolute favourite piano song from that era ( originally a Yamaha cp I believe), so thanks for that you really made my day!!! 😁

What the hell happened, at 9:10? The 1080 had just finished playing a nice Hammond sort of sound, then, the Integra tried to immitate the same - with a transistor radio caught in a blender?

Notice how much more reverb is on the Integra presets?

Thanks Woody for this vidéo , very informative, the JV-1080 Hands Down! Il sounds great!!

Really looking forward to the new series you mentioned. Sounds like a great idea! I recently bought a 1080 - my first synth. I also have my eye on a Kurzweil K2000R and Korg Wavestation SR and I'd love to see your appraisal of each before buying either.

Love my I-7, but I have to say in this demo, I was more impressed by the 1080.. I could use either of them all day tbh.. the I-7 is the bread and butter of most of my songs.. such a great piece of gear.

super good fun. As an electronica guy, the realistic stuff isn' t for me but I had a 1080 for a little while..maybe I didn't quite get it. I have a Korg O3/RW and loaded with some Italian guy's 90's ambient patches..good move. Been looking at the Roland JV880... but as far as these go...agree with the assessment. The strings on both are good. Drums sound better on the new one for sure as well as the clav..many things are the same. Kind of shows how much the creativity or abilities of the user/player matters in the end. Thanks..good fun.

I finally got one Woody! £150 from eBay, took delivery of it on Saturday and the guy had it courier delivered to me in it's very own flight case. Now got it hooked up alongside my JV-880 and JV-1010 which both have the SRJV80-04 classic synth and SRJV80-08 keyboards of the 60's and 70's expansion cards installed in them.. Fallen in love with the 1080's Taj Mahal preset already. Now, time to see if I can follow Espen's example. lol

Some ideas for the title of your new video series: * Rack & Roll * Woody your rack master of yesterdays technology (or sounds) * Rack for the skies * Rack rompler madness * Racks of yesterday * To rack or not to rack, that's the question * Rack'ed up * Yesterdays racks in today world Well that sums it up I think. For the last year i've been collecting vintage 19" synth and love seeing them in my 19" cabinet and play with/on them.

I admit I just watched this to listen to your (great) playing. I couldn't really tell much difference between the two sources, apart from the more obvious cases. Cheers.

Hi Woody, great video as always. Thanks for comparing the two "monsters". I have an integra-7 and despite the beautiful old PCM sounds from the past, actually I'm using mainly the SuperNatural acoustic and SN Synth and mix them (should say layer them) with some PCM ones to make them shine. The integra-7 is my "bread and butter" sounds synth like Acoustic Pianos, Guitars, AC.Guitars, Strings, Pads, Bases, Poly Synths, and Lead Guitars (SN and PCM layered are a killer!!!). However, from your demo, if I had to choose one with my eyes closed, I would have chosen the JV-1080, as it sounded a lot better (to my ears) than the integra-7. Think I need more time to explore the PCM sounds on the integra... :-) Cheers and keep up the good work! The name for the video series maybe: RSR (Rack Synth Romplers) P.S: I miss my old rompler Famtom Xa!! It had sounds that I could never replace, for as much as I tried, it never got close.

A nice comparison Woody. I have the "bane" of the Waldorf series rack monster - MicroQ. It can be found for peanuts and has some great sounds. It is universally regarded as a poor man's Waldorf due to the lack of analog filters (they are DSP modeled) but it sounds great IMO. It does have multi-timbral voicing, contains wavetables and resonant comb filters. I like it as well as the other Waldorf's I own. Great bass and pad monsters.

Cool video! I am using a JV-1010 together with a D50 for many years.

@11:46 Level 42 - Something About You...thank you for this side to side comparaison.

"Woody's Rack 'o ROMplers" Anyway, I agree with your summary - there's definitely been advances in the 20 years, but the 1080 can still hold its own for non-acoustic sounds. The guitars and such in the i7 are great too, and my turn-to sounds when composing. People will also comment I'm sure on why not go VST? Well, the cost for one - think how many sample libraries I'd need to match the 6000 or so samples in the i7. Plus a computer. Plus something to host the VST. For live work, the module is still king. For studio work, it's hard to beat also, and I'll dare you to pick out the $300 sample library from the 1080 equivalent from a good mix. (Yes yes, I know *YOU* can, reader, but most don't care... LOL ) Oh, if you need ideas for cheap modules, I've got 'em all (literally I think, according to my wife) and can make some recommendations for which works well for what, and maybe a preferences order. If you like Korg sounds, for example, get the TR rack over the Triton Rack first for greats pad sounds. For cool and biting (almost rip your head off top end) get a Yamaha CS6R. Not as cheap, but unlike the others, try the Waldorf Microwave I, and straying out of the pure ROMpler land again, the Yamaha TG77 is very cool hybrid with FM and PCM.

Nice vid, Woody. ;) What this does show is how amazing the 1080 was, and still is. Quite a few of the presets on it sound better to me. I mean, you can tell that the Integra patches are trying to add small nuances, and some of them sound great too, but the 1080 patches sound like they would still sit very well into a mix. I am biased, of course, having spent many years delving into the JV-1080 innards. Both are fantastic synths, but wow, after all these years, the 1080 still impresses. Fantastic bit of Level 42 and Howard Jones in there, too. :p Can't wait for the vids on other rack synths. Even better if a few of them have the good old "John's Arcade" inspired road trip montage / timelapse.

Even though its old, the d 1080 is still my favorite synth I own. It sounds retro futuristic and "archaic"

love what you did here Woody. Some of those classic sounds are exactly what you need but the new stuff is pretty awesome. you did it again...why pick one. gotta have both now.......

Very good video, Woody, comparing thoroughly the two rack synths. One year ago, I was in a dilemma choosing either the Integra-7, or the JV-1080. After a lot of searching, I decided to get the JV-1080, which I now have full-expanded with the Orchestral, Vintage Synth, 60s & 70s, and Session boards; a choice that I am actually very happy with, as my current Roland palette is more than enough for my classical, rock, metal and synthwave needs.

The Integra does sound better but with SuperNATURAL it isn't just the sound but the way you play the sound. Try a roll on a xylophone, hard to do on a synth but with SN lift the pitchbender and you got your roll playing just one note with sustain. Got a Roland Jupiter 50 and is Integra based. Imho one of the best rompler synths to be had. Now out of production but got mine for €850 used (6 octave keyboard).

I like the riff at 7:30. Nice playing, and thanks for all the videos.

Nice comparison Woody! You should have gone even further back in time by comparing the Integra to the U-110, Roland's first-ever rompler. :) One thing the Integra is sadly missing is the patches of SR-JV80 expansion cards. Most of the samples are included since many were re-released as SRX cards, but the beautifully programmed patches are not. That's why I have a fully expanded XV5080 in addition to the Integra.

For those of you who really liked the JV 1080 sounds, Roland's Juno DS seems to have pretty much the same sound engine as the JV series, as far as I can tell. (it's the only "real & working" synth I have, so I've dug into the manual a bit the last 6 months) For $700, you get a new synth with a warrantee, which has the JV engine, also with some basic sampler capabilities and drum/pattern looper, includes a keyboard with some performance knobs, and runs on batteries.

Woody, you're overthinking this! Call it "Woody's Nice Rack | Ep.1 A Giant Pair"

I have always loved the Roland modules. I own the 1080 and the Integra. I love the analog sounding presets on the 1080. The filter sounds warmer to me than the Integra. I love the realistic piano and woodwind sounds that the Integra produces. So for me, the Integra is great for realistic sounds. Much better than the 1080. But if you want warm analog sounds, I think the 1080 is great for that.

Weird, all these people saying the Integra does what the 1080 does, I don’t hear that. The difference in sound is ridiculous. At points the Integra sounded like General MIDI on a sound blaster. I came here expecting the Integra to win hands down so I could buy one, now I’m not so sure

Honestly preferred the sound of the 1080 on most of the sounds

I hope someone writes utility to convert 1080 patches to Integra. It is the "synth" type sounds (made of saw/pulse waveform) that used to differ most when comparing 1080 to the later XV series. 1080 always sounded way way thicker! Now i'm curious does Integra resemble 1080 or XV series when it comes to raw synth sounds. This patch converter would settle things once and for all. 😛

Excellent A/B shoot out, I likes some on the 1080 and some on the Integra

The JV sounds great

Very good Woody. I've had the i7 for a while now and it really comes into its own when used with the iPad app (makes navigating sounds a breeze), individual effects on each of the 16 parts, the brilliant motional surround sound and of course having all the Roland legacy sounds at your finger tips. I have a first generation Fantom (FA76) and I prefer some of the layered patches on the Fantom but the i7 is the go to unit for me for composing. Great upload. As for a name somebody mentioned Rack to the Future which I think is super, I can't do better. Gear wise how about a Novation KS Rack (around 2003) or Roland V-Synth XT (2003ish). Cheerio.

My best friend gave me a fully expanded JV-1080 for a present about 8 years ago. It was expanded with the Orchestral, Techno, Vocal and Drum&Bass expansions and I know he paid about $180 for it. It's still the best "bread and butter"-synth in my rack and the reason I'm not converting entirely to software synths (yet). Those old synths can still be an investment sometimes. 6 years ago, I've got a Waldorf MicroQ (the yellow one ofcourse) in mint condition for about $140. Those babies now sell for $700 on Ebay. Sometimes it's a good idea keeping the old stuff for a while.

Many thanks! Just considering to buy 1080, it sounds very powerful!

Still got my JV1080 and JV2080, also the XV5080, love them all in different ways, wasn't convinced by the Integra, so didn't buy. Nice comparison 😁

Brilliant video. Best wishes from the U.K.

The Integra-7 sounded great of course, but I found the JV-1080 played it's own patches better sounding than on the integral. Bottom line is that Roland has always made top-shelf synths, be they modules or keys. I had a JV-1080 and loved it; playing it long after it had grown 'long on the tooth'..

THANK YOU, THANK YOU for this recording. I have XV 3080, 5080, Fantom G8, GW8. I wanted to buy Roland Integra. Regards.

I love the comparison video, to be me i prefer the jv1080 sounds and there is times when the Integra 7 sounds okay. But i still prefer the classic jv1080 sounds mostly i feel like they have more of a charm. As for a name i guess Woody Rack Shack. Or Woody Rackvania. I am hoping you can try the roland sound canvas series through.

I love the "Money for Nothing" guitar part at 10:33!

Thank you Woody, you've made my mind up. For bang per buck I'd go for the JV1080 over the newer module. There's something a bit special about older kit. I think it's down to the fact at the time this was new technology and Roland really pushed the boat out to make it as good as it could be.

Wow! What a match up. The Integra-7 blows the JV-1080 out the water with depth, space, realistic feel and that's facts in my ears. But if you looking for vintage sound for old style movies or music then the JV-1080 is in its own league and that's facts to my ears. It boils down to what you like and do for a living, but for sure if you can afford the Integra-7 then scrap up the $200 and get both I'm sure you will find use for both in you creations. I am looking forward to getting the JV-1080 because of price but will see what the future holds maybe I can afford the other after I purchase my converters that crucial to my setup, I'm getting a Hilo + Burl B12 ADC and a SSL Alpha VHD 4ch I will be broke for the rest of 2019 but happy with music making. Thanks for the video I loved it but my wife will hate it when I sneak in the JV-1080.

I owned the XV-5080 and I still own the JV-1080, both are in excellent condition. When I sold the XV-5080 in order to buy my Jupiter-50, I told myself that I will not regret it, mostly because of DACs and the Jupiter-50 sounds more like XV than the JV. The SR-JV cards, I owned 8 of them, sound better in JV-1080 imo. I even don't want to buy a Fantom or Integra-7 now... The only thing perhaps is to try the JD-990 ;)

Great video! I still prefer the 1080 for most of the sounds, only a few of them like saxophone sounded better to me coming from the Integra 7. The orchestral sound was amazing on both but also slightly warmer on the 1080.

I like the one with all the different sounds on it.

The patches that used the same samples sounded identical to me, which is a good thing. The other patches just sounded like different sounds. Except for the piano and maybe the sax, I didn't think they sounded 'better' on the Integra, just different.