Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

[Funkfingers]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

The Roland JV is entirely digital. Polite and slightly brittle. (The old S-series Emphasis curve at work, perhaps?) The JD is similarly digital but with better conversion chips. XV sounds somewhere between the other two. E-Mu Proteus 2000 is digital. I find these a bit more believably squelchy than the Nineties Roland gear. The Creamware ASB synthesizers are digital modelling BUT they throb convincingly. They also benefit massively from a full set of editing controls.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Rogue Music here in the city has a Proteus 2000 for a great price.

If I can only buy one, would you recommend the expansion card for the 1080 or the Proteus 2000?

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Depends on precisely which expansion boards are available to you and at what prices.

For the JV-1080, my top three in order would be 60s & 70s, Vintage Synth, Session.

For the Proteus, Techno Synth Construction Yard (Rob Papen!!!), Xtreme Lead, Protozoa 1 2 3.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Thanks!

 

[Mincer]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

There were 90s era Roland 1 spaced Romplers out there under the Sound Expansion title...Good sounds and I have seen some go for as little as $50.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Thanks!

 

[75lespaul]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

I actually just got a computer so that I can load a soft synth, lol. I never used one but I saw one I had to have, the OPX-PRO II. Basically an Oberheim OBX. I found a laptop at bestbuy that had a firewire connection, and I had a firewire tascam interface, so I pulled the plug got the laptop and soft synth. I also just got a Yamaha MX-49 that I love, and its perfect for the stuff my band does. They love the thing. I'm hoping that for my limited keyboard ability, that the Yamaha, the OPX-PRO II and my Kawai K-1 will do all I need for live and recording. That MX-49 and the MX-61 can both be had in the four and five hundred dollar range. A lot of people say they hear a difference in sound quality between these and the MOX6 or Motif, but to me, the difference is so minimal that I don't care. Live I mean.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

I have the OP-X on my PC, and used it a bit on my upcoming album. You can hear at the end of Part I,

 

[75lespaul]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

I have the OP-X on my PC, and used it a bit on my upcoming album. You can hear at the end of Part I,

Wow dude, I love your style of music. I don't wanna label it so I won't mention bands but I love the progressions and instrumentation.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Thanks so much!

We just tracked the vox for Part 2 on Tuesday, so a finished mix will be up soon! Watch this form for more info.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Just made another score today; Got the Orchestral II expansion card for the 1080 (the SRJV08-16), new still in the box, and an E-MU Classic Keys sound module for a very good price! Classic Keys has 2 sampled Oberheims, one of which is the OB-X.

Now I just need another rack and patch bay to house everything ...

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Orch II is all the odds 'n' ends that did not fit onto SR-JV80-02 Orchestral. These are mostly the old S-series sound library. You would find much overlap with the onboard presets and ROM cards for the Roland U-220, JV-80, D-70 family of ROMpler instruments.

As far as I recall, the E-Mu VK/CK sound library is more straightahead (excuse the pun) emulation than the factory patches found in the Proteus 2000 series of modules and expansion cards. I am certain that many of the actual multi-samples are the same.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Gave the expansion card and the Classic Keys a run through tonight. The E-mu is not as slick or intuitive an interface as the 1080, but the quality of the sounds is great.

At first I thought I had made a mistake in getting the Classic Keys, as the early patches are quite 'meh'. Dunno why E-mu thought those patches would be good up front, many of them are very weak. As I started getting into it, though, there were a lot of patches that are just outright brilliant. There is SOME overlap w the Roland, but very little.

The E-mu has the phattest synth brass patch I have come across to date! There are also several other patches that had me going on tangents ...

Overall, I feel I am about 90% of the way there -- the Wurlitzers are not great, and neither synth has a killer Clav.

I certainly have enough to get started with, though!! (I am also broke, which is a great motivator lol)

 

[CountFeedback]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

Roland JD-990 with Vintage Synth Card is amazing for: evolving pads, big string or brass poly synth sounds,sparkly metallic sounds.
I think most of the samples I like from Emu are in the original Proteus: Mellotron, Synclavier, & Emulator samples.

I haven't replaced everything with plug-ins as they all seem to be disposable, my computer is littered with soft synths that are no longer supported.
I think great music can be made with a Rompler module and an analog synth or two.
I wish Roland, Ableton, or someone would support a PC librarian & editor, I still mourn the death of sounddiver

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

IMO, the Roland JD-990 is the only place to install the SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth card. You get a heap of extra presets and its superior D/A chips give the necessary edge to be your stand-out lead instrument.

Meanwhile, fans of electro music may be interested in the new Roland System 1 gear. http://www.roland.co.uk/products/productlist.aspx?c=72

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Scored a JV-1080 -- suggestions on other sleeper synths wanted

The synth rack.