Description
Refurbished with new battery. Pots & encoders cleaned & lubricated. Reset to factory settings. Tested & ready to go
Expansion boards for the JV-2080 are here
The JV-2080 is the successor to the legendary JV-1080, the synth used on more recordings than any other. Vintage Synth Explorer:
“The JV-2080 is everything you could expect from a modern sound module, but more! A massive 64 voice multitimbral performance module that strives to offer the best all-around features for creating new and vintage sounds for any musical style. Excellent acoustic sounds of all instruments both common and ethnic. A massive amount of techno sounds complete with pulses, blips, sweeps, and the ever popular LFO, VCF and VCA type controls for patch editing and real-time editing“
The JV-2080 represents a significant upgrade from the JV-1080, with more patches, more outputs and more expansion slots (eight rather than four). It has a larger display and easier patch editing. Sonically, it’s virtually identical to the JV-1080, but it has additional effect options
The main differences between the JV-880, JV-1080, JV-2080 (in this auction) and later models are summarised in this table
| Feature | JV-880 | JV-1080 | JV-2080 | JV-1010 | XV-3080 | XV-5080 |
| Polyphony | 28 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 128 | 128 |
| SR-JV expansion slots | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| SRX expansion slots | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Other expansion slots | Data + PCM | Data + PCM | Data | Smart Media | Smart Media | |
| Outputs | 4 (two stereo) | 4 (two stereo) | 6 (three stereo) | 2 | 6 | 8 + SP/DIF |
| Effects | Chorus, reverb | Chorus, reverb, EFX – 1 x 40 | EFX – 3 x 40 | EFX | Studio quality | Studio quality |
| Preset Performances | 32 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | |
| Preset Patches | 320 | 512 | 640 | 895 | 1152 | 1152 |
| Preset Rhythm Sets | 2 | 23 | 23 | |||
| User Performances | 16 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 | |
| User Patches | 64 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 | 128 |
| User Rhythm Sets | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Modulation | Matrix | Matrix | ||||
| Sample playback | yes | |||||
| Display | Small, two lines | Medium | 320 x 80 pixel | Very small | Large | 320 x 80 pixel |
| Format | 1U | 2U | 2U | 1/2U | 2U | 2U |
| Production date | 1992 | 1994-2001 | 1997-2001 | 1999 | 2000 | 2000 |
| © 2018 bn1studio | ||||||
The JV-2080 continues the typical Roland 2U rack style with a black, brushed aluminium front panel, large LCD display, headphone socket with volume control, data entry dial and a number of dedicated buttons. It has eight sockets for SR-JV80 expansion boards (JV-1080: four) plus a front panel card slot for a Data card. The Data card can be used for playback of sounds & samples or as a means of saving setups. Data dumps via Sysex are available too
The JV-2080 has three stereo outputs and upgraded onboard effects, EFX, Chorus & Reverb, each of which has a dedicated on/off button. The effects can be enabled on a per-voice basis and stored as part of a preset
If you use synth modules to play presets, a fully-expanded JV-2080 might give you every sound you ever need. The SR-JV80 expansion boards cover a very broad range of instruments, styles & genres and some, like Bass & Drums, Vintage Keys and the Vocal Collection, are awe-inspiring in the quality of the sounds & programming
If you like to edit sounds, tweak filters and create sounds to fit your mood, the JV-2080 offers easier editing than the JV-1080 thanks to a bigger display, dedicated function keys and a revised front-panel layout. Everything you know from the JV-1080 will transfer – the basics, the way expansion boards fit & operate and the tone / patch / performance structure remain as before
The JV-2080 is beautifully built and finished, the product of an era when keyboards were expensive and high quality was the norm
In very good used condition. Refurbished with new battery. Pots & encoders cleaned & lubricated. Reset to factory settings. Tested & ready to go. Photos show a JV-2080 sold previously
