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JV-880

Roland JV-880

JV-880
JV-880 (image courtesy of Roland)

Released: 1992

MSRP: $899US

Synopsis:

Rack JV-80 with an extra stereo output. Architecture Class: Rompler.

Ebay Description:

The Roland JV-880 is a 1U rack (aftertouch and velocity sensitive), 7-28 voice (4|8-part multimbral), digital synthesizer, featuring 1-4 oscillators (129 samples with FM) per patch (192 patches, 64 editable), resonant low|high|band pass filter, dedicated (4-stage) pitch, filter, and amp envelopes, dual LFOs (sine, triangle, saw-up|down, square, random, peak-hold with offset and attack|decay), portamento, reverb/chorus, PCM and program card slots, 1 rhythm set, dual stereo outputs, and MIDI.

Physical

Form Factor Dimensions Weight Audio Input Audio Output Communication Port Control Input Control Output Switch Input Power
1U rack W:482mm(19in) D:358mm(14.125in) H:45mm(1.8125in) 4.2kg(9.25lbs) no stereo:2 MIDI IN/OUT/THRU MIDI MIDI no 16W AC

Interface

Compatibility Multitimbral Memory Program Memory External Storage External Programming UI Input UI Output
JV-80 JV-880 JV-90 JV-1000 W-50 preset-performance:32 user-performance:16 card:same preset-patches:128 user-patches:64 rhythm-set:1 card:same MIDI-SysEx Program-card:M-256E PCM-card:SO-PCM1 MIDI-SysEx menu based LCD display

Architecture

Multitimbral Polyphony Unison Architecture
4|8 28|14|7 (tones:1|2|4) no PCM->DCF->DCA

Output

Effects Pan Modulator Volume Modulator Headphone
reverb chorus key MIDI-CC10 aftertouch MIDI-CC LFO1/2 key MIDI-CC7 A-ENV velocity yes

Control

Arpeggiator Arpeggiator External Sequencer Sequencer Memory Sequencer External Continuous Program Change
no N/A no N/A N/A MIDI-CC1 MIDI-CC5 MIDI-CC6 MIDI-CC7 MIDI-CC10 MIDI-CC11 MIDI-CC38 MIDI-CC91 MIDI-CC93 MIDI-CC100 MIDI-CC101 MIDI

Keyboard

Key Pressure Chord Memory External Control External Sustain Key Scaling Velocity Curves
channel no MIDI-SysEx MIDI variable 7

Sample

Stereo Sample Depth Sample Rate Sample RAM Sample ROM Sample Points Sample Trigger Sample Loop Sample Edit
no 16bit ? no ? N/A N/A N/A no

Source

Name Signal Class Waveform Octave Range Amplitude Modulator Harmonics Modulator Pitch Modulator Wave Assign Modulator
Sample digital sample:129 - no FM aftertouch MIDI-CC LFO1/2 MIDI-PitchBend P-EG portamento no

Filter

Name Signal Class IC Resonant Shape Frequency Modulator Resonance Modulator Shape Modulator
TVF digital ? yes low|band|high pass aftertouch MIDI-CC key LFO1/2 F-EG velocity aftertouch MIDI-CC no

Envelope

Name Level Rate Loop Polarity Trigger Level Modulator Rate Modulator
P-EG 4 4 no yes no velocity key velocity
F-EG 4 4 no yes no velocity key velocity
A-EG 3 4 no no no no key velocity

LFO

Name Waveform Delay Polarity Sync Delay Modulator Level Modulator Rate Modulator
LFO1 sine saw square random1 random2 (with offset) attack|decay no key key aftertouch MIDI-CC aftertouch MIDI-CC
LFO2 sine triangle saw-up saw-down square random peak-hold (with offset) attack|decay no key key aftertouch MIDI-CC aftertouch MIDI-CC
Rompler Models
D-50 D-550 D-10 D-20 D-110 D-5 U-110 U-20
U-220 D-70 MT-32 MT-100 LAPC-I CM-32L CM-32P CM-64
SC-55 MT-120 CM-300 CM-500 SC-155 SC-33 SC-55MKII SC-50
MT-120S MT-200 SC-88 SC-88VL SC-55ST SC-88ST SC-88Pro SC-88STPro
SC-880 SC-8850 SC-8820 MC-303 MC-505 JX-305 MC-307 JD-800
JD-990 JX-1 JV-80 JV-880 JW-50 JV-30 JV-35 JV-50
W-50 JV-90 JV-1000 JV-1080 XP-50 XP-10 JV-2080 JP-8000
JP-8080 XP-60 XP-80 XP-30 JV-1010 M-DC1 M-OC1 M-SE1
M-VS1 M-BD1