KVR Audio

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:04 pm

I still have a 1010. It was my introduction to MIDI (which I am still an idiot at, 15 years later). The sounds were quite decent, but I was using a midi only version of Cubasis, which I was unable to get functioning normally. I had to put in a region at the beginning of each track with the correct bank/preset parameters, otherwise it would forget what patch it was using every time I booted it up. When I moved to Logic a few years ago (I was using a Roland VS-1680), I couldn't get Logic to control it. Someone from LogicProHelp commandeered my computer to set it up for me. It worked fine, but with softsynths, my JV1010 sits in a box. I decided the less cables and wires around the better.

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:30 pm

It's worth noting that this is a revival of a thread that's over two years old.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:33 pm

Teh Zombie threadz! Funny enough, I was looking through Thomann's online catalog recently, and found that hardware sound modules seem to be going the way of the dodo bird. There was an expensive Roland (forget the model #), a couple of others, but that was it. Maybe it was just Thomann, but there seems to have been a paradigm shift toward softsynths in the last decade or so.

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:40 pm

You're definitely right about the death of the market for modules. Personally, I like the convenience factor, but it's hard to beat a laptop which can be upgraded and is far more versatile.

I'm a JV 1010 owner as well.

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:34 pm

JV1010 owner here too (2080 as well). I've mainly kept mine because it didn't seem worth it to sell for what felt like a significant loss compared to what I originally paid for them!

But there's something to be said for not always having to be tied to a computer. The 1010 especially makes for a nice backup unit when playing live (if the computer were to go down).

But yeah... a laptop is far more versatile.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:59 pm

Never owned one of the JV racks but had a JV-90 keyboard and a XV-3080 rack later which sounded great indeed. If i think about it now i would like to own them still today, same about the D-50 (maybe will get a D-50 again or at least a D-550 sometimes in the future...).
The JV-90 was also great as a controller keyboard and had the Vintage expansion board for it. AFAIK the JV modules came after the JV-90 keyboard.

Ingo

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:31 pm

I'm pretty sure you're correct re the keyboard, but I'm not entirely certain. Personally, I would go for the D-550 over the D-50. Also check out the programmer if you come across one. Can be kind of hard to find, but well worth it, imo.

MFXxx · Post by **MFXxx** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:49 pm

Still got my JV1080. Turn it on once in a while, but never really incorporate it. Somehow can't seem to part with it. Only ever got 1 expansion card the SR-JV80-06 Dance card.

May sling it on ebay with a reserve not sure if I should sell together or seperate and sell each independently. Thoughts?

On th other hand I like the pads and several of the moee unique sounds, the basses are above average. The drum kits are very usable.

beely · Post by **beely** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:14 pm

If you really don't use it, then it's pointless to keep it.

If you do use it, even once in a while, the amount of money they go for means imo it's fairly pointless to get rid of it, especially as they really can't be completely replaced by software (if you like Roland's rompler smooth, polished sound and the small multisamples don't annoy you)...

MFXxx · Post by **MFXxx** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:25 pm

beely wrote:If you really don't use it, then it's pointless to keep it.

If you do use it, even once in a while, the amount of money they go for means imo it's fairly pointless to get rid of it, especially as they really can't be completely replaced by software

That is spot on my dilema

cocoazenith · Post by **cocoazenith** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:35 pm

I am a fan of the JV and XV series, but at the moment I can't afford one. So I turned to eBay and bought a collection of XV-5080 Kontakt multisample patches.
I use them a lot and they still sound better than my softsynths.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:10 am

I just bought an Alesis Quadrasynth S4 Plus rack unit for $80. Cheaper than a lot of plugins. I've picked up several older hardware units over the last couple of years but I have to admit that trying to program them without Editor software really takes a lot of the the fun out of owning them. Even back in the day I had Editor/Librarians for all my hardware synths on the Atari ST platform.........I miss a similar affordable solution on the PC.

SayersWeb · Post by **SayersWeb** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:39 am

ferdik wrote:Remember had it back in the days - or the the keyboard version XP50. So many clean and good and useful sounds!

Will it be any software or perhaps sample library released?

Omnisphere may suit the OP well... It costs about as much as a romper, but offers a huge library and a great synth engine as well. Eric Persing, who is behind Omnisphere, designed many of the factory sounds for the Roland romplers.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:15 am

The 1080 has been on my list for a while now, just never pressed the buy button.... they seem to be a constant £150 min on ebay, usually more. Hoping a bargain will pop up.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:17 am

beely wrote:If you really don't use it, then it's pointless to keep it.

I am one of those weirdos who thinks that getting $50.00 for something I paid close to $600.00 for isn't in my interests. $50.00 gets me a movie and a pizza with my wife. I also paid about $4,500.00 for my VS-1680, and I still have that, too, because I am not willing to part with it for a pittance. If anything, I'll give them away to some deserving kid without the resources to pay for them him/herself.

Roland JV 1080