Do you mean the buttons aren't working for changing sounds (i.e. from piano to brass)? If that's the case, it's likely that the switches have worn out. My JV-1000 has a few buttons that are starting to be less responsive, so I've tried to be very gentle with it. I'll probably have to replace them eventually. This guy has a good video on that process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2Uaourfc5npZI

That depends whether you're wanting to save the actual sequence itself or if you're wanting to render an audio file of it instead. Saving the sequence to its current location in Pattern Mode would be the same process as in Song Mode. IIRC that's "Store->Yes" or something similar - it's been a hot minute. If you're wanting to render audio, you can use the built-in audio recording function to a USB stick, which will give you a .wav file.

I'm not set up to do that, but Roland Cloud has a JV-1080 plugin that covers many of the same sounds. I do think the JV-1000 sounds a bit different, but the basic sound is similar (it's more of an EQ/saturation difference, partly from the sample rate being 32kHz on the older JV's).

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Yes - there's space for one SR-JV expansion board in the JV-100/JV-90. I plan on adding the Session board to bring some of the sounds more up to date, but any of them work. There's also a slot for an SO-PCM1 card and a memory card for user patches.

You should be able to access your user samples via the USER banks in the Elements section of your voice editing. That's where you would integrate them. This video was about backing up your programmed voices more than it was about loading samples and such.

Hi. I've been trying for weeks to load samples I've created and saved to either flash or USB. I'm losing my marbles. I want to create my own samples to be called on for use in the sequencer. Any help would be greatly appreciated 😢😢

Are they not showing up on the USB drive? Make sure they follow the required specifications for the sample import. A lot of formats/sample rates will not work.

​@MaxThompsonMusic they show up when I save on either flash or USB. What specifications do u mean? I Want to make samples at 44.1khz , save them and use them in different patterns/songs. Do u know of any videos that describe this process?

See if any of the following help - it's been years now since I did sampling from my XF as it's now my studio board instead of the gig rig. As far as the specs, 16-bit and up to 44.1 works. faq.yamaha.com/usa/s/article/U0008515 faq.yamaha.com/usa/s/article/U0008522 forums.musicplayer.com/topic/169315-motif-xf-one-shot-samples/ ask.audio/articles/yamaha-motif-xf-part-4-integrated-sampling This is the video I followed when I did some basic sampling back in 2018. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXPKYX6YiculpKc

I believe I paid approximately $350 for the JV-1000 back in 2018.

The patches should be the same - I believe the JV-1000 just added the sequencer.

Hey! In my opinion, it really depends on what you're planning to use the keyboard for. It's not really a good choice if you're going to be performing piano/electric piano/acoustic sounds live, or honestly for much gigging use just due to its age. I use mine largely as a studio instrument for recording, for the old Roland sounds. What was your planned use case?

@@MaxThompsonMusic well i Well, I was thinking of using it live in my Church but it seems like it's not a very good idea.

Yes, for that use, I wouldn't recommend it now. It only has 28 voices of polyphony and so layering something like a piano and a pad will bring you down to around 7 voices total. I made a custom patch that got me up to 14 notes of polyphony available, but that isn't much at all, especially if you're using the sustain pedal.

@@MaxThompsonMusic thanks for your help

Love that patch - and it's survived all the way up to the current Fantom (2019) models.

Hi! The VTW organ engine was added with OS version 2.0. Anything before that will not have anything but the old PCM organs.

Awesome, thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

Hey! I actually just used a hardware rack module, a Roland Fantom XR. It's older but I really liked it. www.roland.com/global/products/fantom-xr/

@@MaxThompsonMusic Alright, thank you! What other good vsts can you recommend?

It depends on the styles of music and instruments you're going for! What are you looking for specifically or what genres of music do you work in?

@@MaxThompsonMusic Mostly Christian contemporary

So as a general-purpose all-rounder that covers a lot of areas, I tend to suggest the basic Kontakt set (the paid version of Kontakt 7, as the "Komplete Start" free version is missing most of the better sounds in the factory library). While none of the included sounds are necessarily top-notch, I find there's enough there to cover your basic keys needs (especially if you include the other free sounds from Native Instruments). For organs, I like IK's B-3X, and I'm a fan of NI Session Strings for pop strings. Otherwise I tend to have specific VSTs for different sounds I need - for pianos, check out Sampletekk and AcousticSamples. For electric pianos, Purgatory Creek's soundsets for Kontakt are top-notch. For orchestral needs, I have had good luck with EastWest Opus. But again, I tend to have specific sample sets for certain instruments, like a dedicated cello library, for example.

I believe it should be pretty much the reverse process.

I do not have that app, but how can I help you? Another great resource is the MPN Keyboard Corner forum at forums.musicplayer.com.

You will need a midi interface or combination midi/audio interface to connect the JV-1000 to FL Studio/your computer. It is far too old to have USB Midi and doesn't have any drivers either. You will need to use the 5-pin midi via an interface, and use that interface's drivers.

Yes, I made sure to do that, but it didn't fix the issue. There was no sustain pedal connected when the issues reoccurred with the second unit either unfortunately.

Roland Cloud has a JV-1080 vst and a JD-800 vst. I'm not aware of a plugin that specifically duplicates the JV-1000.

@@MaxThompsonMusic I found! it is a .bin bank that has the JV 1000 patches

Sweet! Do you mind sharing where you found that? Could be useful for other folks!

Only the two piano sounds shown in this video, Piano 1 and Piano 2. Neither sounds anything close to a real acoustic piano - this is FM synthesis and acoustic piano replication is not its strong suit.

@@MaxThompsonMusic than ks

I find the PC4 to be less fatiguing and faster than the Hammer 88 Pro. I found the Hammer 88 Pro's action to be rather heavy (and it had sharp edges), but not necessarily in a bad way.

Hey Al, I don't recall if that is something I remember or not - I'm away at college and the JV-1000 is back home, but I will be home next month for a few days and will try to check that out for you. Congrats on overhauling the board!

Thanks. By the way, I love these videos you have posted here on YT not to mention that you are very talented

I checked my JV-1000 yesterday when I was back home - I do not hear any sort of a hum around the power supply area or anywhere else. Is the floppy drive running by chance? That's the only other thing I could think of.

@@MaxThompsonMusic ok thanks… as I may have said, the hum is very slight. It’s more noticeable in a very quiet room. If you out your ear very close to the top of the synth new the power switch are you certain you don’t hear anything? Anyway, I think I became fixated on it whereby it became more noticeable but now I am just enjoying using it so it’s not something I concern myself with. Question…did your synth exhibit the problem with the red glue? Again as mentioned I spent about three days disassembling the synth to remove the keyboard chassis, remove all the keys and soak them in the lye solution. Once all the weights were removed and the keys were spotless, I glued all the weights back and reassembled the synth. It plays well and sounds great. It was installed with a voice expansion module for free when I purchase it, but like anything else, the manuals are somewhat difficult to decipher. Once again, I appreciate the feedback. By the way, I am a drummer but a very novice keyboard player. I like dissecting pop tunes by finding the chords on line and then using different chord forms to hear the various voicings if that makes any sense

Hey Al, I did actually put my ear up to the PSU area and there was no noise whatsoever. My unit didn't have the red glue issue to my knowledge - however, I bought it used in 2018 at Music Go Round and it is entirely possible that a previous owner redid the keys/gluing long before I got the board. My JV also has a VE-GS1 board installed (that and the VE-JV1 were the expansion modules available) - it's something of a pain to work with but I don't use the sequencing side of things much on that particular board, so I will just dial up a sound or two off of the GS1 board occasionally for recording or such. I haven't tried to integrate it in a multimbral capacity with Performance mode, as I've just stuck with the regular soundset for that.

Boa noite, Tudo bem , amigo? Comprei um. Poderia me ajudar a salvar timbres de piano e metais? queria montar um banco.

Hey Daniel, unfortunately I don't recall and don't have access to the PC3 right now.

2 questions, which SOUND EDITOR should be used after installing both extensions (KORE+GERMAN)? And could you prescribe a way how to record sounds from PC3 into a PC. The BIG BLACK BOOK never reveals the information about it. Thanks a Lot.

I believe the regular PC3/K Sound Editor should work (available on the Kurzweil website), but I have avoided the editors primarily because they can be buggy and I didn't really see a real advantage over the onboard programming unfortunately. By recording sounds, do you mean recording audio or saving patches/programs to the computer?

@@MaxThompsonMusic Firstly thanks for your comment. I mean in general how to get the Work Station-and PC3 is one in did-connected externally to a PC or MAC in order to store/record what you’re playing in WAVE and MIDI Formats as well as to have a possibility to adit it. The issue is that according to the BLACK BOOK you may see a general statement that the storage into an USB thumb is possible without to show you the way there in concreto, isn’t it so?

Okay sure - from what I remember, the PC3 will show up as a regular hard drive when you connect it to the computer (by the USB type B port). You can drag and drop files back and forth there I think. I don't believe you can record audio from the PC3 via USB - you can record midi via USB to your DAW program but not audio. I do believe it's a class-compliant system without additional drivers. You can always just use the 1/4" outputs to an audio interface to record audio or the 5-pin MIDI connection instead of USB MIDI, but the USB MIDI/computer drive connection seemed to work fine for me. My PC3 didn't have the ability to use a USB thumb drive but rather an XD card (the USB upgrade was added with the PC3K/A), so I'm not 100% sure what the procedure would be for that for you.

I didn't think about doing much on the DAW side until after I had shipped both units back, since it wasn't even on the radar for my use case. It's also possible that it was a 5-pin-specific problem and wouldn't occur over USB, depending on how they did the firmware. It also may no longer be an issue, which would be excellent. Good luck!

@@MaxThompsonMusic my notes started hanging in less than 3 days. Bummer! Will have to return it.

That sucks, sorry to hear it! It has so much potential but that issue defeats the purpose of such a great design.

Yea I tried it in a DAW and stand-alone and it has the issues in both

I see them as serving different purposes in a sense - the Hammer 88 Pro is really geared towards people wanting a lot of controller features and a piano-like feel. I would say that a better choice would be the Studiologic SL88 Grand with the SL Mixface controller module, if the budget fits. But the Akai MPK-261 is a great controller. I like to have nine faders vs 8 because I play a good amount of organ, but aside from that, I would say you will be better served long-term with the Akai model you just bought, *unless* you are wanting 88 keys and a hammer action.

I went with a Kurzweil PC4; of course that has a lot of very good internal sounds, but I determined that the PC4 and the discontinued Viscount K4-EX were the only two self-contained units on the market that could do everything I needed for the rack midi setup (if you only needed 4 zones, the Kawai MP7SE is a contender as well). There are several other ways to achieve the same result, using outboard midi gear with virtually any keyboard, but at the time that was more expensive and more pieces to deal with. There's lots of info on the options in this thread: forums.musicplayer.com/topic/178967-any-capable-88-key-controllerskeyboards-im-overlooking/

@@MaxThompsonMusic Thanks.

Hello! I'm attending college full-time these days several hundred miles from home, so I haven't had a lot of time to work on the Conn. It's still set up but I haven't gotten the internal Leslie to work yet. I wish I had more time but I just don't for now.

@@MaxThompsonMusic Oh I see! So if I may ask what is your age? I'm 22. I admire your playing. I wish I can play like you. You're highly skilled. Good luck with college. I'm also in college. Just two weeks ago my dream came true and I found a Conn organ. A Conn Theatrette 552. I'm very excited about the organ but also a bit worried because it's not properly functional and playable. I hope it can be fixed. My organ technician is not too positive about it. It's been my dream to find a Conn, especially a 552. I then thought about this video and wondered how your Conn is doing. I really hope I can get mine up and running 100%. My organ sometimes has intermittent weird things going on. I'm praying that it is only huge amounts of dust causing this. The organ technician will be coming on Friday. I keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the reply. It's good to be in contact again.

I'm 20 currently. I had actually planned to use the pipes that came with this 465 with a 552 that was local to me, but that 552 had way too many issues so I ended up not getting it. Good luck with the technician; a lot of things can be fixed by a good tech with electrical knowledge. That said, if it's keying rods that are the issue, that's a bit of a different situation.