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1. ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 SOFTWARE
2. ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 PLUS
3. ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 SERIES

Seems like a no-brainer to me, if the price differences are as you say they are! That's down to perception- which is often wrong.

ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 PLUS

Plus it's much easier to programme than a 990 or a 1080, because the display is better than both The greater facilities, especially the COSM effects make the 5080 way better. I have a JV1080 and have used some XV5080. So I would be very sceptical of a review like that. Simply saying "it's a fact" doesn't count as proof. But my guess would be he can't prove it either. However I can't confirm his assertion about the 30Hz HPF because I don't own an XV5050 to check its bandwidth on a scope. All of those issues, if they're real, are solveable with a tiny amount of eq. IMO Don Solaris' statements about bandwidth and "sitting in a mix" don't make sense.

I wouldn't be concerned about the DA differences. Somehow I have the feeling you already made up your mind anyways, also about the rackspace. Personally, at this point, I would not be able to tell which filter is from which model if you would ask me, I think. There might be stores where they're just stacked up and sold for dirt cheap.Ĭomparison can only be done when you have both units together. If that is the case I would look around for a JD. I see in your signature that you are in Japan. My main argument now would be the small display but since you use an editor that argument can be swept off the table easily. But that was 20 years ago in a time where I also worked with the Korg M1 which had no resonance filter, meaning to say that I was of course more drawn to the JD because of that. I remember having more fun playing with those on the JD.

ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 SOFTWARE

I use Roland's own editor software for OSX 10.4 on Mac and that's a breeze. However the XV's have many effects on boardĪnd sound good too, although I hardly ever have it switched on anymore. You have probably read that the converters on the JD are better. I now have a XV-3080 with the Expansion board in it and I still like it. I have used the JD-990 and Vintage Expansion a lot during the 90's and I loved it. Does anyone have any experience with both of these? Can anyone give me any input? Well that's the perspective I'm looking at things from. The JD filter sounds good in the demos I've heard, but I can't find any demos of just the filter on a raw waveform. I assume the JD filter is completely different. I tried a Fantom in a shop once, and I didn't really like the filter. Most of the demos I've found of the XVs are typical rompler stuff and don't give me much of an idea of what they sound like when used how I'd use it.

ROLAND XV 5080 VS ROLAND JD 990 SERIES

I don't ever hear people rave about the sound of the XV series the way they do about the JD. However, all of that is irrelevant if it doesn't sound good. I think it's kind of similar to the choice I'm thinking about now. When my Wavestation AD LCD died, I replaced it with the Wavestation SR and was much happier. I usually use Midiquest, so I wouldn't program from the front panel much anyway. Also those big LCD displays always seem to die on me, and I don't want to get burned again. More polyphony and waveforms are nice too, but I imagine a lot of those waveforms are things I would never use, so for me the bigger appeal is less rack space taken up. For me, a one-space shallow rack unit is always better than a two-space deep rack unit. ( ) It seems like the XV-50 offer everything you get in the JD plus a lot more, if you don't mind the compression of the raw waveforms. However, after some googling, I cam across Don Solaris's page with a very in depth comparison of Rolands JD JV and XV synths. I don't have much interest in the pianos and organs etc. If I got the JD, I'd just use it for synth pads and effects and stuff like that.

I love them both, but I don't think either one sounds much like the JD, so it wouldn't be redundant in my setup. I already have several digital synths from around the same time period (K5000 and Wavestation) that are great for pads. I've never heard anyone ever say anything bad about this, and there are some amazing youtube demos. I've always been pretty interested in the JD-990 with vintage expansion board. I just moved, and I was thinking that since all my gear was already unracked anyway, it's a good chance to get rid of some of the stuff I don't use much and maybe get something new for the newly available rackspace.