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SR-JV80 Expansion Boards. The Roland XP and JV synths can be expanded using Roland's SR-JV80 8 megabyte expansion boards. The XP-50/60/80/JV-1080 can accept up to four SR-JV80 series wave expansion boards at one time, to significantly boost the internal memory to a total of 40 megabytes.
Contents.Features The JV-1080 features a 64-Voice Polyphony, as well as 16-part Multi-timbral capabilities. From the factory, the JV-1080 comes with hundreds of patches, and several rhythm kits (8 megabytes total). It can be expanded with up to 4 SR-JV80 expansion cards, as well as a PCM and Data card, to provide up to 42 megabytes.Factory Sounds The core sampled waveforms of the JV-1080 were developed by Roland R&D-LA in Culver City, California.Many of the most well-known Factory presets and Xpansion board sounds of the JV-series were created by of and Ace Yukawa.Popularity and longevity. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( May 2014) The JV-1080 has been used on more recordings than any other module in history. Its rock-solid construction and durability has allowed the JV-1080 to still be widely used to this date. Typically, they are sold on eBay for around $150–300 , making them a very affordable choice for beginners, and musicians with not a lot of money to work with.Notable users.