KVR Audio

bill45 · Post by **bill45** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:29 pm

K-Bee, I think you will like any of these modules.They have a unique sound,
I just bought the 26 year old U220.

K-Bee · Post by **K-Bee** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:30 am

Ha ha I was looking at that too! I could get both a d110 and a u220 for 800 DKKR together. ($120/€107)

bill45 · Post by **bill45** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:19 pm

The D100 is good too.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:42 pm

Looks a bit inspired by the NanoSynth?

bill45 · Post by **bill45** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:13 pm

The XV2020 is hard to find.

K-Bee · Post by **K-Bee** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:05 pm

Yeah I've never seen one offered 2nd hand before over here.

She Changed Her Mind · Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:21 am

XV series have USB (except the XV-3080).

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:38 am

I've got an XV-5050 that unfortunately seems to have lost its ability to process MIDI; the patch previews work fine, nothing else seems broken- only no MIDI is recognized, whether USB or DIN cable... spent some time rooting through various fora etc. to see if there was a solution, but for now it sits in a box gathering dust.

She Changed Her Mind · Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:59 am

@ccDuckett

Have you tried a MIDI interface like MidiSport?
I just bought a XV-3080 (no USB) and I already wondered because I don't think the module will be recognized without a dedicated MIDI device.
Obviously this is just a guess, I don't have MIDI cables yet lol

https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=207437

There's also an XV editor:
http://www.roland.com/support/by_produc ... ivers/1750

SMF Player:
http://roland.com/support/article/?q=do ... d=63052812

FAQ:
http://roland.com/support/article/index ... 0&nstrw=21

XV/JV Masterclass:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov03/a ... rclass.htm

Besides, the XV-5080 uses 44.1 kHz sampling, the XV-3080 uses 32 kHz (8bit).
I think the original sounds are resampled in the XV-5080 and sound less subtle and a bit noisier due to the added high end. However, that's my personal opinion. I can't compare the XV-5050 though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq2jklgYeoY

ccDuckett · Post by **ccDuckett** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:32 am

Thanks for the reply and the links- I've had the editor since it was working; what I'm talking about is the poor thing won't work with even just good ol' DIN cables from a controller, let alone running it through the 'puter. It's actually my 2nd 5050, I'd replaced the one I bought new somewhen around '99- 2000 that'd croaked.

JJBiener · Post by **JJBiener** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:50 am

I have two Roland boxes, a JV880 and a JV1010. I love them both. I did some extensive programming on them years ago, and I still find myself going back to them when I want that specific quality that only these boxes can provide. I would love a VST to do what these do, but so far nothing has really come close.

Roland XV 2020