Rediscovering a Roland JV-1080 & 2080 | CONFORCE

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About: Last year I really discovered that the Roland JV-1080/2080 XV XP synthesizers are inspiring sound design instruments. The JV/XP's are fun and cheap and really the proof that you don't need to buy expensive pro synthesizer equipment. The highly popular 90's module was widely used in many pop music records but it's actually quite useful for esoteric techno and electro. Many contemporary VST plug-ins are based on a similar approach of the classic romplers like the JV's. In this video I give you tips and tricks and insights in how you can re-vitalise your beloved preset player into a synth that you can actually program! I also share my honest thoughts about the synthesizer compared to the Roland Cloud VST. A great thing is that you can now use them combined in a really cool way... Check the video to find this out!
Programming the Roland JV-1080 is a lot of fun, when using both the interface and an editor you can really get inspiring results quickly. The JV's might look like bread and butter synths, in a way they are.. Unless you go beyond pizzicato, whacky piano waveforms. The JV's hold some cool waveforms for modern electronic music and you can also get some expansion cards for them (be aware they can be really crappy), only a few like the Vintage Expansion are worth the money.. Leave a comment if you like this video! Much appreciated
More videos about the JV-1080 on my channel
► Bioluminescence presets: • Roland JV1080/2080: Bi...
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Intro: (0:00)
Personal JV-1080 History: (0:25)
Getting the hardware or the VST?: (1:58)
Preset Demos: (2:40)
Why I use the JV: (3:06)
Cloud VST vs Hardware: (3:58)
Technical Details: (4:18)
SYSEX to BIN Cloud Files: (5:05)
JD-990 vs JV-1080?: (5:23)
End Tribute: (5:47)
Patreon: (6:07)

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Комментарии : 78

@madness8556 2 года назад

I had 3 JV1080s and an XV3080 fully stuffed with expansion boards. They were golden times!

@Conforce 2 года назад

Fab!

@oupahens9219 Год назад

What happened. On clay feet now?

@a1o1 2 месяца назад

Love my revamped JV-2080 - still go-to. The LCD upgrade is worth doing also.

@oatspodcast Год назад

People are gonna regret selling for so cheap! Mine is fully expanded an mint!

@Dilworthy 2 года назад

I love mine, bought it when it came down in price from around £1000 to about £400 in the 90's as my first synth module. I've expanded massively with my gear since but this still has a permanent place in the studio and is used a lot. Cracking piece of kit and also has some ooomf to it

@Conforce 2 года назад

Yes oooF???? Surprising I rarely use it for booom. Jd’s excel more on that level

@mrz80 7 месяцев назад

I've always had a soft spot for those Roland synths, from the JD-800 on. Splurged and got myself a JV-1010 off Reverb for Christmas and am having a blast plumbing the depths of the thing.

@Conforce 7 месяцев назад

had the 800. somehow it was a great controller but the sound was a bit strange compared to the others.. it sounded pretty retro and distorted at times.. the 990 is more balanced and sounds less vintage and has more low end.. I do miss the controls though.. just for the filter and resonance control. the rest I couldn't care. programming the synths with editors gets you far better results. also the 800 waveforms were quite dull and too acoustic, I'm glad the 990 has this expansion with vintage waveforms. the 1080 is just very easy to blend... great for esoteric stuff and fx or vibes.. I found myself using it more than the 990... despite on paper it should sound more crap. still if you compare the vst of the 1080 to the real deal, the vst sounds like a flat tire. LOL. editing is easy on the front panel, not so on the 1080, 2080 is easier.

@JahaJaho 3 месяца назад

I love this day and age. We have such a huge selection of really great music tools to pick from for reasonable prices. For those few select ones that have the inclination and dedication the JVs can bring life to any track and even bring fame ;)

@internalreality 2 года назад

this channel deserves way more subs. amazing video as always

@Conforce 2 года назад

RU-vid algos don’t like my frequency and production value hahahahah. I need to do quick gear recordings and comparisons hahahaha but that’s not for me

@project-95 Год назад

Great overview! I have re-bought the 1080 after selling it a long time ago. As your video shows, it is more than usable today if you're willing to program sounds or buy patch sets, which I'm not ashamed to say I've done. Your patches are great 😊

@DJVasC 2 года назад

I really like your gear video's and the quality of your video editing is stunning.

@Conforce 2 года назад

tnx!!

@FernandoGonzalez-dh6qr 2 года назад

I have 2 JVs, I like the combinations of both, thanks for the video you create a new way Hear them!

@aristotlekumpis7095 Год назад

Great video. I have a 1080, 5080, and 990. They all sound fantastic and I use them in my music quite often. I am going to buy some of your patches. Thanks.

@Conforce Год назад

Thanks man!!

@Bin909able 2 года назад

Mooie video Boris!

@compteenligne7475 2 года назад

So coool! Thank you so much!

@wiseoldfool 28 дней назад

I'm watching this for the second time. The Pizzacato made me laugh. I bought a 2080. It is staring at me from its rack.

@gutsberserker5476 4 месяца назад

this is a great documentary, I was hoping to hear more sounds

@ScrumpletGaming 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for the awesome video!! I was wondering actually, do you know much about the preset banks for the JV-2080? I've been trying to collect VSTs and samples that were used for video game composition, and there's specifically a sample within the JV-2080's Preset A (PR-A) bank I'm tryin to get my hands on! I know you've got some stuff on your website, but I wasn't sure if anything like that was included.

@Conforce 9 месяцев назад

No idea sorry.. any idea what was used on deus ex?

@CoriMusic97 7 месяцев назад

There are many patches for sale online! Can the patches be used in both hardware and cloud versions ?

@burger659 2 года назад

Nice.. my fav synths for pads & textures are still the Waldorfs microwaves or blofeld

@moviduks 2 года назад

hey mate! great vid :) what would you say is the best software for controling a jv 2080 hardware synth? thanks

@petertorda5487 3 месяца назад

JV-XP Editor from midiFORGE, it is done very well and have patch list for all expansionboards.

@audiolego 2 года назад

Subbed for sure

@bradleylinemihler 2 года назад

I put my JV away for a while just to concentrate on playing piano...but now its coming back out..had it for most of my life..theres no better synth..well maybe the jd990!. I noticed the sounds are from your wonderful soundset..I love those sounds

@Conforce 2 года назад

Yeah 990 is killer for a digital. No plugin sounds like it… but it’s intimidating and heavy compared to the jv. I feel the jv is more usable and less demanding in the mix as the jd’s. Easy blending

@Conforce 2 года назад

Sometimes the pro sounding stuff isn’t always the most usable

@norskradiofabrikk 2 года назад

Will the presets work on the JV1010? It is AFAIK a 1080 without the user interface, but who knows?

@Conforce 2 года назад

Yes they do

@KR4FTWERK 2 года назад

Hi Conforce, thanks for the vid. I bought the Deepmind for Pads. Do you think the 1080 would be the better choice for the job?

@Conforce 2 года назад

Def for smooth silky stuff yes.

@oupahens9219 Год назад

Deepmind too ruff.

@soundboy605 2 года назад

Hi there please show us how to make a patch vid.

@AnalogFlava Год назад

Yeah would love that too, would easily be the most viewed jv1080 vid out there!

@magnatatar 2 года назад

i like this synth for 2 big reasons: "every" parameter patch should be tone ready output for background and hi fi at the same time, which is kind of for film industry only rather

@ZenMountain Год назад

??? This makes no sense

@SeanSchermerhorn 2 года назад

great video! did I see a snippet of a sound pack you made for blofeld?

@Conforce 2 года назад

yes there is gumroad.com/conforce

@SeanSchermerhorn 2 года назад

@@Conforce thanks boss!

@sebschroeder4083 2 года назад

Like your Videos! Good presentation and good content. Is there a way of editing those old machines like 1080/880 and so on from a MacBook maybe with some editor software?

@Conforce 2 года назад

Coffeeshopped! Patch base

@AnalogFlava Год назад

Great vid, got an xp50, thinking if to add a jv1080 all though it is said to be the same. So is one enough for my need? Not sure 😅 I still need to learn to program those pads more eaily, your video is great just a tad short. Would love to see a tutorial from you on making lush pads because you explain things well and I dont think there is any out there 😊

@sK3LeTvM1 Год назад

Many people have no idea. For some reason Roland managed to make the 1080/2080 sound totally uninteresting, while these are very, very powerful synths!! I own 3x JD990 and 2x JV2080's beside many other synths. And to be honest, some sounds from those synths sound more analog than some of my real analogs !!

@fruchticaramelos9013 2 года назад

maybe you can answer this: So it works that if CC numbers are assigned via the system via Control 1 and 2, any parameters can be controlled via ableton here. But the problem is that there are only two CCs that can be controlled. but here many different CCs should be assigned, with an editor from the internet this is also possible. however, no editor should be used, because that is just horror. the CCs should be assigned themselves and then drawn in via the Ableton MIDI clip. With the two CCs mentioned, that’s not an issue.

@bennettbeselin4279 2 года назад

Hello i have a problem. I seem to be missing some jv-1080 patches. Like suddenly the soft and bright pads are gone. when i go into the bank list i only have PR-A, PR-B, PR-E.....what do it do pls help ;(

@Conforce 2 года назад

Internal battery ? If there is such

@bennettbeselin4279 2 года назад

@@Conforce oh sorry i forgot to mention i only have the vst. I’m guessing ur referring to the analog version?

@Conforce Год назад

@@bennettbeselin4279 should be C and D... you have to load the patches into it. select the empty bank and then press import.. it's a shitty oldschool way...

@bennettbeselin4279 Год назад

@@Conforce yess thank you, i got help from customer support a couple weeks ago. Seems like i somehow had deleted those two banks, i had to put the bank folder onto my desktop and then reload my daw and that updated all my banks again lol. So it all works again. Thanks for your reply anyway!🙏🏼

@neofelisherod2947 2 года назад

It would be cool to be able to convert bin to syx as well Great content Conforce

@Conforce 2 года назад

Possible

@4eyedsun 12 дней назад

@@ConforceI’ve seen the website you reference that concerns SYSEX → .BIN but I don’t know if a tool available that does it the other way round. On that website, there is a similar concert or for the D50 I believe, and it states that’s bidirectional. But I think the JV / XV one is just one way?

@inlandsourcerecords 2 года назад

🙌

@LittleRichard1988 7 месяцев назад

Actually the Session board piano is still usable by today's standards because that sound and many of the Roland SC-88 Pro's other sounds are based on SRJV expansion boards such as Session and Country.

@officialpoa3171 11 месяцев назад

*REAL RAP... I am all for a JV2080 but my son do not sleep on a vst called DUNE 2 AND DUNE 3! they are really Amazing! And there are some older ones in 32bit like Octopus by LinPlug.*

@FernandoGonzalez-dh6qr 2 года назад

And i have the Synth collection Expansion board with sounds of jx3p, juno-6, pro-10, etc.

@Conforce 2 года назад

vintage expansion?

@FernandoGonzalez-dh6qr 2 года назад

@@Conforce Yes the vintage collection and it Sounds very nice!

@InnerVisions68 2 года назад

@@FernandoGonzalez-dh6qr Vintage Analog

@oupahens9219 Год назад

Hardware seems to have more bottom than Clouds. Funny, hey? It's a truth on social platforms.

@shadowrage2593 2 года назад

Can you listen to the Half-Life 2 tracks "You're not supposed to be here", "Brane Scan", "Lab Practicum" and tell if you recognise some JV presets?

@Conforce 2 года назад

Cool will do

@shadowrage2593 2 года назад

@@Conforce Thanks!

@shadowrage2593 2 года назад

@@Conforce Don't forget to reply pls.

@TokyoScarab 2 года назад

You sound a little harsh on the sounds in the beginning

@Conforce 2 года назад

???

@saren6538 7 месяцев назад

boris ? was chatting to you about the microwave on facebook messenger ?

@kevinsturges6957 2 года назад

Just a suggestion: waayyyyy too many cutaways. Peoples attention spans are not that short. Just rely on your content.

@Conforce 2 года назад

Waaaaaayyyyyyyy ok Boss!

@ZenMountain Год назад

Wtf??? Lol!

@jdawe390 2 года назад

I love the 1080! It all sounds like nice ambient John Beltran sounds to me. Would probably only use it for atmosphere, pads and poly sounds like you have. I don't think I've ever heard it make convincing bass sounds

@Conforce 2 года назад

nah bass is not the power.. but why... really.. hahah it's like trying to drill through concrete wall with a pencil really. limitations are good.. omnisphere can do a lot more, also bass but why do i always loose myself in the options... meh

@Conforce 2 года назад

love the beltran stuff