Roland XV-5080 Voice Polyphony and 32- Part Multitimbrality, Create Amazingly Expressive Tones

Features

128-Voice Polyphony and 32- Part Multitimbrality

The XV-5080 is a 32-part multitimbral sound generator that produces up to 128 simultaneous polyphonic voices. It provides ample polyphony, even with Patches containing multiple Tones.

Create Amazingly Expressive Tones

With Patches containing four stereo Tones, as well as four-Tone instruments in Rhythm Sets—you can use up to a total of eight wave types—the XV-5080 takes you the next step beyond Roland’s previous generation of JV-Series modules, providing even more precise control and allowing you to create lusher, more expressive sounds.

Powerful Internal Effects, Including COSM Effects

The internal effects have been completely rethought and improved. The reverb, the XV-5080’s most central effect, incorporates the high-quality SRV-3030 DSP, allowing the instrument itself to give great spatial definition with superior, clear sound.

In addition, the XV-5080 features Multi-effects (MFX) with 90 kinds of effects, including RSS and 3D Delay, Slicer, and Formant Filter. What’s more, the XV-5080 also features a variety of combinations of different effects, such as the Guitar Amp Simulator, made possible with COSM technology; Guitar Multi, which lets you get just the right guitar, bass, and keyboard sounds; Bass Multi, and Keyboard Multi, all of which let you create even more powerful sounds. Furthermore, you can use three different MFX systems when in Performance mode, and use each MFX on any Part you select.

On top of all this, each output is supplied with two-band EQ.

Sample Playback Function Lets You Add Waves

By expanding with SIMM (72-pin, 64/32/16 MB) memory modules, you can add the sample playback function to the XV- 5080. With a CD-ROM drive connected to the SCSI connector, you can then load Roland’s S-700 Series and other CD-ROM libraries. You of course can perform using existing sampled tones just as they are, but you can also synthesize internal Patches into a single Wave. Additionally, since you can also save the wave data of loaded samples to SmartMedia cards, you can easily take pre-existing samples for use in your live performances, even with no CD-ROM drives or hard disks connected.

Digital Out and R-BUS for Complete Compatibility with Digital Systems

The XV-5080’s output systems not only include eight parallel analog outs that can also be used as four stereo pairs, but also S/ P DIF digital outputs (optical and coaxial) and R-BUS digital out as well. Using R-BUS lets you simply output eight analog outputs as eight-channel digital audio. And you can connect the XV-5080 to Roland’s VM-3100Pro or VM-7000 Series with just one cable.

Furthermore, the XV-5080 includes a Word Clock In as a standard feature.

Supports General MIDI system Level 2

The XV-5080 provides a mode compatible with General MIDI System Level 2, the standard format for desktop music (DTM) systems. The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 standards pick up where the original General MIDI standard left off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities and even greater compatibility. You can play back commercially available General MIDI-compatible song data.

Greater Expansion Possibilities with the New-Format Wave Expansion Boards

The XV-5080 accepts up to four of Roland’s new-format Wave Expansion Boards (SRX Series). In addition, you can add four previous-generation Wave Expansion Boards (SR-JV Series).

All of this provides you unprecedented power in creating sounds from a massive amount of waveform data.

Featuring the Patch Finder and Phrase Preview Functions

The XV-5080 provides a Patch Finder function that allows you to quickly find Patches of a specified type or category.

Press the XV-5080’s [PHRASE PREVIEW] button to preview the selected Patch with a musically appropriate Phrase.

Registering a Patch in the

FAVORITE LIST

You can keep the Patches that you like to use all in one place by registering them on the Favorite List. The FAVORITE LIST gives you immediate access to your favorite Patches, whether they are in the XV-5080 itself, on Wave Expansion Boards, or on memory cards. You can register up to 64 Patches in this list.

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