What we can clearly see is that not only they are identical but they both go all the way up to 22kHz, which clearly indicates 44.1k playback.īenefits of XV over JD is that the filter on XV has a greater dynamic range. We will now take a look at a waveform spectra of a White Noise sample as played from JD-990 and XV-5080. There were some rumors on various forums that XV-5080 is 32kHz (thus being able to play only up to 16kHz). On JD-990 it goes from 0 to 99 while on 5050 it is 0 to 127. Only difference is the filter cutoff numeration system. There is a whole article on this subject available on this website. Block B can be emulated with Chorus/Delay and Reverb.
ROLAND XV 5080 SIMILAR PATCH
However it would be possible to convert (manually) a patch from JD-990 into 5050 since Roland implemented the whole “Effects Block A” section from JD into 5050 (available as EFX called JD Mlt). Patch conversion JD into XV is directly not possible. More on that in one of the chapters below. There is no such compression on JD series.
ROLAND XV 5080 SIMILAR SERIES
It should be said that on along the Adaptive DPCM waveform compression, I always suspected (but never got it 100% confirmed) XV series have extra (destructive?) form of compression on top, similar to mp3 and it can be spotted visually with most simple analyzer. Some of the waveforms have been renamed, but they are there. With XV-3080 being 32k and XV-5080 and XV-5050 with original 44.1kHz JD set. XV series contain the whole JD-990 waveform set. It’s day night difference in favor of 5080. In fact if you have both units, just load it and hear the difference for yourself. I particularly remember one preset called Letter From Pat. For the above reasons 1080 definitely sounds more soft and gentle.Īs of XV-5080, i tested it side by side against XP-30 on the same patches and the difference was quite noticeable in what appears to be a far greater stereo field and definitely superior sonic quality of 5080 effects. And for dance music, you would go 5050 since it delivers that straight – in your face sound – right out of the box, without need to work on dynamics. For movie/TV scores you would probably want more dynamics going on, hence the 1080. This can be good or bad, depending what kind of sound you need. While the same patch on 1080 will produce more differences in volume, on 5050 it is more constant. This is most obvious on layered sounds that have a lot of phasing between oscillators going on.
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As a result, some of the patches have less dynamics going on in them. For some reason it seems that 5050 has some sort of compressor at its output. One thing that is very different on 5050 vs 1080 is the dynamics. This is what i always suspected, however since 5080 can set its clock to 48 kHz when loading S series samples we can’t say they sound 100% identical, simply because 5080 can produce more high freq content in ‘S-760 mode’.
ROLAND XV 5080 SIMILAR UPDATE
FAQ UPDATE according to Joe (from comments below) the 5080 seems to have the same high pass filter going on like 5050 and they seem to sound identical.
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Especially when you start using the digital output and route it directly into DAW, it’s a no match in crystal clear sound. But the high freq response is just spectacular if compared to something like a JV-1080. It should be worth mentioning that 5050 has some sort of permanent HPF filter at about 30 Hz, so you’ll definitely get a little bit less bass. You will find some waveforms more hi fi sounding in XV when compared to Super JV series. 5050 is more hi-fi and has that extra sheen while 1080 is more darker and is a bit more mix friendly when it comes to frequency and EQ. This is a fact that i’ve verified myself. Patches played on 10 side by side will sound different. Because of 44.1k sample content, some energy has been “lost” due to wider frequency coverage. There is some truth in that but what i can tell in reply is that 5050 sounds more hi-fi.
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Some users started complaining about the XV-5050 sounding a bit “thin”.
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I will focus now on XV-5050 and compare it with JV-1080. (though some web pages list it as 32kHz ROM only, but this is not true). XV-5080 is mixed content 32kHz and 44.1 kHz. Following the JV/XP series were Roland’s XV series: 5080, 50.