Roland XV-5050, Brief Audio Tour / Subtitled

[@RandomButBeautiful]

enjoying the great playing on the piano section at the end. proper musician. :)

[@musicaldracula2017]

Cool and thanks :)

[@oldtimer1294]

My extra Sound bank!!!

[@oupahens9219]

Nice and so smooth.

[@musicaldracula2017]

glad that you enjoyed it :)

[@geoffk777]

This sounds really nice here. I had one of these for a while, but gave it to a friend because I have an Integra7 that includes all of the sounds on it. In fact, the XV5080 VST also has all of these sounds, so it's hard to justify the hardware except on stage. This system was generally very well-built and gave me no trouble despite its age. But the orange display has a very narrow viewing angle. If you're not looking at it straight on, it quickly becomes unreadable. In fact, from your keyboard, I doubt that you could have read the display. The other downsides are that it has less polyphony than an XV5080 and that programming or tweaking sounds with the tiny display and panel are a chore.

[@musicaldracula2017]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Cheers :)

[@johnb2044]

did have one but got a whole host of roland gear i let this go when moved onto a Fantom XR , my collection of Roland rack's include 2 X JV-880's, 2X 2080's ,2X JD 990's ,Integra , v-synth XT ,fantom XR

[@musicaldracula2017]

Once I had Fantom XR but it is bulky comparing 5050 and the front panel buttons are made of a kinda rubber which I do not like to touch. By the way, the internal sound sets of XR and 5050 are not the same as you know. Cheers

[@johnb2044]

@@musicaldracula2017 there both 1U and the XR can take 4 SRX cards the XV-5050 only one? i think but both units have an awesome amount of sounds for such compact units

[@musicaldracula2017]

@@johnb2044 Hi John. Actually XR takes 6 SRX cards and 5050 takes 2 ones. By the way, yes, XR is a 1U unit as well but pretty heavier and deeper than 5050. Both are great units in the end :) Cheers

[@ZenithMusicNet]

Great sound module for value! Lots of upgraded JV presets for every genre, and it accepts SRX card as well. Downside is the tiny display, but luckily there is digital audio output and USB connectivity.

[@musicaldracula2017]

As you said, this module almost has all kinds of high quality sounds for anyone. I think the overall package is great.

[@ucupi]

commpare to vst version?

[@musicaldracula2017]

Hi. No.

[@pepinillosazucarados6743]

@@musicaldracula2017why !!!

[@musicaldracula2017]

@@pepinillosazucarados6743 I do not own/use any VST programs. Cheers

[@oupahens9219]

@@musicaldracula2017 Get a live inside a box, man. Outside it is getting cold now. Iglo, Iglo, it. I do appreciate your effort to present sounds from units as far away as 1080, which are still the base of all JV's. And the base of the 1080 was the D50. Not a lot of samples there yet, but Roland worked on that issue until now. I do like ancient stuff as well. But, when I see the whole Korg collection on my iPad, and it sounds the same as the "real" stuff, and the "Wavestation" occupies less space than the "M1" there, I just want to through up. All these Korg synths in a space that is just like the panel on a fully fledged Motherboard? No more need for a rack version. And it works with finger touch. Cheap as well. Go iPad. Go Elon Muss.