“The SR-JV80-10 Bass & Drums Wave Expansion Board contains cutting-edge bass and drum sounds meticulously sampled from renowned studio musicians, adding a high-powered rhythm section to your music“

The Bass & Drums Collection card includes:

• High-quality Bass & Drums sound expansion board for expandable Roland synthesizers (see compatibility guide below for details)
• Adds 241 waveforms, over 200 patches and 8 full rhythm sets for the JV-1080 plus others
• Samples from session bass players Marcus Miller, Abraham Laboriel Senior and John Patitucci
• Drum sounds from Abe Laboriel Junior and Bob Wilson
• Features single-note programs you can play from a keyboard
• Drum loops that can be sync’d to MIDI clock

This card was a joint project between Spectrasonics and Roland.  The sound samples are pretty impressive – the fretless bass, in particular, is excellent.

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The Vintage Synth expansion board contains expertly-sampled versions of the most popular & useable vintage synths such as the Mini Moog, classic Oberheim OB-series and others including the Wasp, Juno, JX3P, D50, MKS series, TB303, VP330, ARP 2600 and Solina, Memory Moog, Yamaha CS80 and PPG Wave

“A must-have board for every keyboardist interested in classic synthesizer patches, SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth focuses on a myriad of classic waveforms from all synthesizers ‘that count’ – including many from Roland’s own stable

On offer are lots of samples from such classics as Roland Jupiter and Super-Jupiter, SH series, Juno, VP-330, but also from other brands such as Oberheim OB series, Moog, ARP, Sequential Circuits, and many more

The sound quality of this collection is superb – the programmers were able to capture the analog feel of most of the samples, and treated them with expert programming to add even more authenticity to the static waveforms“

The Vintage Synth card is the most sought-after of the SR-JV expansion boards. It’s one of the stand-outs in a particularly good selection of samples from Roland

The Vintage Synth card includes:

• High quality Vintage Synth sounds for Roland synthesizers (see compatibility guide below)
• 255 waveforms
• 255 patches

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“The SR-JV80-02 board opens with one of the most beautiful string patches I’ve ever come across… there are beautiful renditions of all the instruments“

The Orchestral Collection card includes:

• High-quality Orchestral sound expansion board for expandable Roland synthesizers (see compatibility guide below)
• 174 waveforms
• 255 patches (see links below for details)
• Typical string, woodwind, brass and percussion instrument sounds
• Suitable for orchestral music, orchestra hits brass ensemble, etc

SR-JV-80 expansion boards are a great source of new sounds for your JV-based synth.  Each one adds hundreds of high-quality sounds

See our SR-JV80 page for more info on expansion cards & JV resources

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The MKS-7 is a multitimbral synth with four dedications sections: Chords, Bass, Melody and Drums. The first three are the same as in the Juno 106 sytnth and the drums come courtesy of the legendary TR-707

Juno patches can be uploaded to the MKS-7 and most JUno editors work with it

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Expansion boards for the JV-1080 are here

Roland claim the JV-1080 has been used on more recordings than any synth in history. According to Vintage Synth Explorer:

“The Roland JV-1080 was one of the hottest and most popular digital synthesizers ever to come from Roland. Incredible sound quality capable of emulating any instrument imaginable plus totally fat analog synth type sounds and loads of percussion! It has 64 voices of polyphony and 16 part multitimbral, it’s no wonder this is part of almost every Film Score Composers set-up as well as many more artists and hobbyists!”

“The JV1080, especially when fully stuffed, has an awesome timbral capability”

“Seems to have a remarkably clear, uncluttered sound, even with many parts playing simultaneously”

The JV-1080 is a 2U rack box in typical Roland style with a black, brushed aluminium front panel, LCD display, headphone socket with volume control and a pretty complete set of buttons & knobs. It has four sockets for SR-JV80 expansion boards plus two front panel card slots for a PCM card and a Data card. The JV-1080 has two stereo outputs (outputs 1 & 2) plus a stereo mix out.  It has onboard effects including chorus, delay and reverb. The effects can be enabled on a per-voice basis and stored as part of a preset

The features of the JV-1080, and its relationship to other JV / XV modules, are shown in this table

The JV-1080 is beautifully built and finished, the product of an era when keyboards were expensive and high quality was the norm. List price in 1994 was £1085

I have a selection of SR-JV expansion boards and other JV modules here

Refurbished with new battery, pots & encoders cleaned & lubricated and reset to factory settings. Tested & working 100%.  Photos show the synth for sale

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The Special FX expansion was created in collaboration with Spectrasonics

“The focus of this card is obviously on sound effects, ambient, nature, and all kinds of weird, hyper-processed sounds that evolve nicely, and mutate wildly with the use of aftertouch, sliders and wheels“

The Special FX Collection card includes:

• High-quality wave expansion board for expandable Roland synths (see compatibility guide)
• Adds 100 waveforms and 200 Patches
• Includes a variety of Synth-type effects, Ambient sounds, Noise and Rhythmic Hits
• Environmental sounds – rivers, ocean, birds, insects, weather, industrial, machines, city, etc

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The Pop board includes:

• CD-ROM-quality vocal sounds with stunning realism
• easy accessibility via expandable Roland synths (see compatibility list below)
• 224 Waveforms
• 145 Patches
• Rhythm sections, keyboards, bass, guitar, strings, brass, synth patches and more
• Perfect for pop, rock, fusion and jazz

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“This board is perfect if you write pop, ballads, new age, jazz, and classical – and any other genre that requires realistic piano and keyboard sounds“

The Piano Expansion Board includes:

• User-installable expansion board for expandable Roland synths (see compatibility guide below)
• World-class piano sounds: Adds 73 new waveforms and 111 patches
• Includes grand pianos, Rhodes, electric, SA pianos and lush stereo-sampled piano sounds

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“The Techno Collection features cutting-edge drum, synth and effects sounds meticulously collected from sources ranging from classic Roland synths to visionary young techno music pioneers. A must for dance music producers!“

The Techno Collection card includes:

• High-quality Dance/Techno expansion board for Roland synthesizers (see guide below)
• 255 waveforms
• More than 200 patches
• 8 full rhythm sets
• Classic Roland sounds (TB-303, TR-808 & TR-909, etc) plus bass, synth & rhythm sounds
• Sound effects including noise, hits and industrial sounds
• Cutting-edge phrase loops that can be sync’d to MIDI clock

See our SR-JV80 page for more info on expansion cards & JV resources

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