Features - Roland XV-5080. Owner's Manual

Features

128-Voice Polyphony and 32-
Part Multitimbrality
The XV-5080 is a 32-part multitimbral sound generator that
produces up to 128 simultaneous polyphonic voices. It provides
ample polyphony, even with Patches containing multiple Tones.
Create Amazingly Expressive
Tones
With Patches containing four stereo Tones, as well as four-Tone
instruments in Rhythm Sets—you can use up to a total of eight
wave types—the XV-5080 takes you the next step beyond
Roland's previous generation of JV-Series modules, providing
even more precise control and allowing you to create lusher,
more expressive sounds.
Powerful Internal Effects,
Including COSM Effects
The internal effects have been completely rethought and
improved. The reverb, the XV-5080's most central effect,
incorporates the high-quality SRV-3030 DSP, allowing the
instrument itself to give great spatial definition with superior,
clear sound.
In addition, the XV-5080 features Multi-effects (MFX) with 90
kinds of effects, including RSS and 3D Delay, Slicer, and
Formant Filter. What's more, the XV-5080 also features a variety
of combinations of different effects, such as the Guitar Amp
Simulator, made possible with COSM technology; Guitar Multi,
which lets you get just the right guitar, bass, and keyboard
sounds; Bass Multi, and Keyboard Multi, all of which let you
create even more powerful sounds. Furthermore, you can use
three different MFX systems when in Performance mode, and
use each MFX on any Part you select.
On top of all this, each output is supplied with two-band EQ.
Sample Playback Function Lets
You Add Waves
By expanding with SIMM (72-pin, 64/32/16 MB) memory
modules, you can add the sample playback function to the XV-
5080. With a CD-ROM drive connected to the SCSI connector,
you can then load Roland's S-700 Series and other CD-ROM
libraries. You of course can perform using existing sampled
tones just as they are, but you can also synthesize internal
Patches into a single Wave. Additionally, since you can also save
the wave data of loaded samples to SmartMedia cards, you can
easily take pre-existing samples for use in your live
performances, even with no CD-ROM drives or hard disks
connected.
Digital Out and R-BUS for
Complete Compatibility with
Digital Systems
The XV-5080's output systems not only include eight parallel
analog outs that can also be used as four stereo pairs, but also S/
P DIF digital outputs (optical and coaxial) and R-BUS digital out
as well. Using R-BUS lets you simply output eight analog
outputs as eight-channel digital audio. And you can connect the
XV-5080 to Roland's VM-3100Pro or VM-7000 Series with just
one cable.
Furthermore, the XV-5080 includes a Word Clock In as a
standard feature.
Supports General MIDI system
Level 2
The XV-5080 provides a mode compatible with General MIDI
System Level 2, the standard format for desktop music (DTM)
systems. The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 standards
pick up where the original General MIDI standard left off,
offering enhanced expressive capabilities and even greater
compatibility. You can play back commercially available General
MIDI-compatible song data.
Greater Expansion Possibilities
with the New-Format Wave
Expansion Boards
The XV-5080 accepts up to four of Roland's new-format Wave
Expansion Boards (SRX Series). In addition, you can add four
previous-generation Wave Expansion Boards (SR-JV Series).
All of this provides you unprecedented power in creating
sounds from a massive amount of waveform data.
Featuring the Patch Finder and
Phrase Preview Functions
The XV-5080 provides a Patch Finder function that allows you to
quickly find Patches of a specified type or category.
Press the XV-5080's [PHRASE PREVIEW] button to preview the
selected Patch with a musically appropriate Phrase.
Registering a Patch in the
FAVORITE LIST
You can keep the Patches that you like to use all in one place by
registering them on the Favorite List. The FAVORITE LIST gives
you immediate access to your favorite Patches, whether they are
in the XV-5080 itself, on Wave Expansion Boards, or on memory
cards. You can register up to 64 Patches in this list.
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