KVR Audio

spectrum · Post by **spectrum** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:55 am

DevonB wrote:Hey Eric, I just picked up the D-50 card VC-1 for my VariOS. How much of the D50 was your work? It's so...

Devon

Yup...that was my baby. I had one for about a year before anyone else and felt like it was my personal synth.

That was how I got my start doing studio work too.

Aussie sound designer Adrian Scott also did some fine work on it too. We created all of the waveforms and patches together in Japan....very fun times.

digitalmessiah · Post by **digitalmessiah** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:01 am

eric, i love the 'digitalnativedance' patch from the D synths

meeks · Post by **meeks** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:20 am

Hey Messiah, you still selling those boards?

@Eric; within the last 6 months I picked up the 106 and D550; within the last 2 days the D10 and 1080...I'm slowly catching up with ya

Got a question for you though, some (not many) of the patches have big sound drop out...any idea?

digitalmessiah · Post by **digitalmessiah** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:50 am

meeks, yes im still selling my 3 expansion boards. they are Hiphop, Pop and (rare) Dance boards. i pm'd you but never got a reply. anyhow, email me at synthman1128(at)yahoo(dot)com. thanks

warm regards, dm

juanito · Post by **juanito** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:53 am

Eric,

You having had that breath of experience of which very few people have been able to acheive, From going to programming for hardware synths to creating your own very sucessful line of virtual sound modules, I'd like to ask you what your thoughts are on Receptor.

Other than the synths modules you have released initally as vsti's, do you see yourself developing modules specifically for the Receptor platform?

For some reason I envision you doing some blowout amazing new sounds for that box. Or perhaps, you plan to do something else?

Could be very interesting, either way . . .

meeks · Post by **meeks** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:54 am

@ messiah, email sent

meeks · Post by **meeks** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:02 am

So anyone else think that Soulata ran out and got the 1080 after reading this thread?

the_nihilist · Post by **the_nihilist** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:12 am

spectrum wrote:
spectrum wrote:Anyone care to take a guess what the actual bit depth and samplerate of the JV format waveforms are?

Little known fact....it's 8bit/30khz

The trick is how the engine hypes them back to life!

Roland's technology on compression of samples is quite something.

Now this is something I'd be interested in hearing...

Also, I'm pretty sure I've heard JV-1080 sounds everywhere without realizing it, but is there a place where I'd be able to listen to sound clips of it?

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:05 am

It's interesting to hear the different viewpoints on the converter differences between the 1080 and 2080. Personally, I have found the 2080 to be "warmer" and as mentioned earlier, somehow darker. I prefer that sound over the brighter 1080.

-Tronam

krraqk · Post by **krraqk** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:19 pm

Eric:

After many years of vsti's waiting for a REAL workstation killer (JV's, Xv's, etc) and after many failed attempts (there are even some with a lot of gigabytes which cant compete with the JV/XV's ) you are practically the only one in which I have hope to be able to do that in the vsti area and Im sure that many people think the same as me.

Its clear for me that its needed a great synth engine to do that (not some 2D engine that some are using), but well, one just like the JV/Xv's would do the job and I think there are many developpers that have that type of engine and probably your company can do that engine seeing the one in the RMX.

And more clear for me its that there is need for a GOOD presets programming. Something where Im sure you are one of the best. And something MANY others have forget or simply cant do.

So when you will do the world a favour and do that?

PD: sorry to disturb a bit that thread but I cant resist to ask that to Eric.

sonicfire · Post by **sonicfire** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:30 pm

diverdee wrote:

beej · Post by **beej** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:37 pm

Yes, don't underestimate the talent of the voicing teams of companies like Roland, Korg & Yamaha - a good voicing team can make or break an instrument.

For the people that say things like "sack Roland's preset designers" are being a bit silly - they are just saying that the generic patches that come with it are not to their taste, which is fair enough - but at the same time, it's why these things are programmable...

Very few patch banks, even commercial ones have the attention to detail and quality control of the big stuff. It always irritates me when patches in a bank have widely differing volumes, lack of attention to controllers and other performance controls and tons of other stuff.

One of these days I'll sit down with my XV5080 and really devote some time to building up my own library - for now, the 30-odd banks of 128 presets each will do (and I haven't even got into expansion cards yet...)

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:00 pm

beej wrote:For the people that say things like "sack Roland's preset designers" are being a bit silly

You won't get any argument from me. I did basically say that myself.

But that is why it's programmable, yup, and that wasn't the point in the first place. I said I wouldn't recommend the JV/XP synths since he was planning on using it as a preset synth and I think the presets are largely unusable. It's only my opinion, people.

Actually, to be honest, if the presets weren't drenched in FX by default, and if there weren't so many weird and random things going on with them (random panning, weird stereo imaging, keyfollowing, etc.) I'd probably love them. That's why I love the Sound Canvas sounds so much. Sound Canvases take a no-bullshit approach to presets, and that's cool. You get all the Roland sound and none of the random panning and weirdness.

I really don't want to beat this point to death.

DevonB · Post by **DevonB** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:32 pm

krraqk wrote:Eric:

After many years of vsti's waiting for a REAL workstation killer (JV's, Xv's, etc) and after many failed attempts (there are even some with a lot of gigabytes which cant compete with the JV/XV's ) you are practically the only one in which I have hope to be able to do that in the vsti area and Im sure that many people think the same as me.

I have found only one true workstation killer; Colossus. It had made me seriously consider selling my 2080. That is only for natural instruments, though, sadly. Just love the guitars in it -

http://www.panicnow.net/~devonb/ColGuitar.mp3

I'd certainly be interested in a JV/XV in plugin format though.

Devon

Ildon · Post by **Ildon** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:38 pm

DevonB wrote:I'd certainly be interested in a JV/XV in plugin format though.

Oh yeah, me too. More than 128 user sounds and more than 2 user drumkits... something like Purity, but by Roland and with the JV/XP/XV sounds and engine... mmm... juicy. That's just wishful thinking, though.

I'm going to look into Colossus. I hear a lot of good things about it. Is it a CPU hog?

Is Roland JV1080 still worth buying?