A few cool Roland JV-1080 patches

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Patch names added in the Description box

[@europlane77]

I really need to get my 1080 out again.

[@longlivethesecondplaceice2736]

Hi if you have I little time please can you tell me what sound or instrument do the use in this tracks here am searching non stop and can't find any source am not I familiar with music history m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmW6nIennspra80 And m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4LYYWCJpJ2DgLc I will be greatfull ❤

[@dosgos]

The Japanese were really on their game with the 1080. Don't need huge samples or analogue for some great sounds.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Agree- the mid-90s were definitely a cool era for synths development

[@Eksimilio]

Actually the sounds were developed and designed by an american, not japanese.

[@RobBob555]

@@Eksimilio utter shit

[@steveintentionallyleftblan3398]

@@RobBob555 A simple google search shows that it isn't "utter shit'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_JV-1080 So while not all of them were developed by an American, most of the well-known presets were.

[@Allenbass7]

Music is a universal language

[@zeproo]

What amaze me over and over again is how you invent a melody on the spot on every patch in that synth.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you

[@chezchezchezchez]

Yup. He's just GOOD!

[@oupahens9219]

It's in the fingers. Automatic. But the issue I will ask: How can U call at 4:20 'PWM Strings' and at 5:25 'Pulse Pad'? After the D50 there was no real PWM anymore, because these necessary "virtual analog" waves from the D50 were just sampled fakes. You can still do a lot with them though, but no PWM. Get real.

[@mattsynth]

Still one of the best sounding synths ever made.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

I just played mine for about 6 straight hours. There's just so many sounds. It's really neat to stumble across sounds on it that you recognize from other places. This thing is all over Goldeneye 64.

[@BenKirb]

IKR!

[@saibot20194]

Goldeneye was made with an Emu Proteus 1.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

@@saibot20194 Actually, as per Grant Kirkhope himself, it was made with a JV1080 and a Proteus II. Nice try though.

[@saibot20194]

The fun fact is that I own those two modules and I can tell you for a fact that he used more the Emu Proteus on the soundtrack more than anything else, have a good day. ;)

[@thebreakfastmenu]

@@saibot20194 The fun fact is Grant Kirkhope has publicly stated what he used lol

[@xnonsuchx]

I was rather impressed by the JV-1080 just as a GM source. When I didn't have time to really look into it, I set it to GM mode and played some MIDI files through it and found it quite amazing.

[@FrankNFurter1000]

For video game music fans out there, the patch 'Pure Tibet' is prominently used in the Playstation 1 game 'Exhumed' for the levels called 'Amun Mines, Cavern of Peril, and Sunken Palace of Knuhm.' :)

[@FrankNFurter1000]

@@shawnmuench It's one of the many reasons I purchased a JV1080 earlier this year!! The soundscape of my childhood in a box.

[@benhunter5896]

legend of dragoon vibes

[@PatrickDiAngelo]

While it has a lot of patches,and it has been used as a preset machine, it's a very good synth, with the 10 structures (algorithms which combines the parts-samples used in a patch..), with Ring modulation, booster, fxm,(kinda cross modulation but, well..heh;), in a form of synthesis that reminds the LA structures, it's a deep machine, giving you total control with hundrends parametres and if you study the manual and give some time on the machine, you can come up with almost amazing sounds, as Don Solaris and other people have shown... Well, the marketing of course prefer us to buy the cards-expansion boards, but Don Solaris made some unbelievable analog sounding patches using mostly the saw, pulse, triangle etc. simple sampled synth waveforms, prooving just one more time that it's the man-operator that counts and not so the machine... just sayin..:)...

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, it's a synthesizer, you can make it sound any way you want.

[@donaldfreeman3433]

The JV 1080 is the best synth module for the money!

[@wobblebits]

1:12 B12 - "Gimp" off of the seminal "Time Tourist" album from 1996. That was a very lush sound to these teenaged ears and it still hits all these years later.

[@squishmusic]

ha I also just spotted that as the Tibet pad came in..top album

[@McN4styFilth]

Awesome! I’ve got one of these and an XV-5080 with SRX 07 installed. So much fun to just experiment.

[@TMcR92]

I heard that these sounded good, but you really put some feel into these demos. Thank you so much for this video, I’m currently waiting for one of these to ship to my place!

[@Exitstance78]

Love the 1080! I use it on most tracks and it is my favorite bread and butter synth. Nice video!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@gmartworks]

I bought this module years ago stuffed with 4x expension boards and endless fun with it! Also got his little brother JV1010 ;)

[@jockojohn3294]

Very nice. Really nice sounds.......and it turns out, I'm looking for one of these right now.....how strange that your video came along at this time. You always have great stuff @ the right time :)

[@ItsJustAdrean]

I might have lied to you -- I was looking for the JV-1080 and managed to find some samples, but I don't think I could get the full banks. The Proteus though I did find

[@kek23k]

Man, now you got me wanting to fire up my old JV-2080 :D

[@williamtrahan4717]

This sort of video is why I love your channel. Made me buy a Roland JV-1080 Hah!

[@davidm3569]

A great trip down memory lane, those sounds still have power and emotion in them. Thanks for sharing. David

[@bradleylinemihler]

the greatest synths of all time JV/XP's

[@skaneverdies]

So much love for the JV line. I had a JV-90 for a while but sold it to pick up the 1010 which has so many (all?) of these amazing patches in a module that is the size of a paperback book.

[@AgentXXSmith]

Thanks for this! My cousin gifted me one of these things, and I had no clue what to do with it. This points me in some interesting directions to start.

[@wafflestoast5228]

Dawn 2 Dusk is so beautiful

[@imaginator6548]

This is the background pad sound in ENIGMA's "Third Of Its Kind" from their third album.

[@1stcircletube]

sounds amazing~ your hand is gold!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you like it!

[@paulgrundman4685]

I loved this synth so much alongside the JD-800 I got in 91 , Pats GR-300 (forgot if that was on an expansion card ) I used shamelessly front and center on some productions secretly wishing I could play one of those too . It really kept you at the keys for hours and hours . An Inspiration station. Thanks for bringing us down memory lane … there were some huge pads I think I played till I fell asleep countless nights lol

[@alanmaxwell4945]

You should check out the JV-1080 available through Roland Cloud it sounds excellent. I have been using it on lots of my recent tracks as the sounds work so well layered in a mix.

[@CoriMusic97]

Great demo! Do you have to be online and connected to the internet while using this vst?

[@tannera.3359]

There's an awesome amount of old game sounds in here.

[@su4691]

Is there a 61 key midi keyboard controller which you can map and be able to switch patches when playing live and tweak filters with ?

[@Handarimasta]

Novation SL mkiii 61

[@cymonalex]

Beautiful pads..👍

[@rm2kmidi]

I've had the XP-30 for about 16 years now. It has all these patches. Great line of synths.

[@GLENLYNAS]

Me too...I love my XP30 and despite the fact I've got Korg and Kurzweil keyboards too..this is my "go to" keyboard

[@Aurum1977]

Do you happen to recon anything like the JD800 Deep Breath Pad in this rack? I think it was preset 47

[@cancer202]

Are the Patches all included in the JV 1080? Or do you also need Expansion Boards?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

No expansion boards - these are all factory patches.

[@h.hholmes3118]

I have a question, if my 2 Akai 3000Xl are assigned to C1 & C2 on my 88 key midi keyboard, can i set keyzone for the roland?

[@safuraify]

This JV1080 is in excellent condition, congratulations! What is the amplification and speakers used in this demo?

[@thelifeproductions1]

Sounds so smooth -ready to fit in a mix right off the board

[@johntammaro]

Another great video. Loving these sounds. 5.46 great house piano

[@GordonBraicks]

Nice sounds and the device is probably able to play 16 or more different sounds at once instead of only one. I dumped my mc-909 a while back because of broken pads and huge repair costs. Hearing this brings me back to he thought of buying a Roland again.

[@SomewhereDownThere]

Nice! Bought one of these a month or so ago, need to start spending some time with it. ps - congrats on the Craigie Knowes record!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks! I'll have a vocal version coming out too

[@orlinstoyanov652]

Do you know how to save patches in a USER bank so that sounds are in the order you want them to be in? I have a similar module, JV880 but don't know how to re-arrange the sounds....would not want to scroll forever from sound to sound....

[@atarirob]

Pure Tibet is breathtaking. Might just have to snag one of these.

[@bd594]

Just bought a JV-1080 in mint condition for $190 :)

[@woabeatz9717]

Where?

[@mrchedda]

My cousin handed it over to me at no cost. Great upgrade from the 880.

[@lucabeckr]

Actually the theme of *Who wants to be a Millionaire* was produced using this machine.

[@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN]

Flying Waltz preset! It's on the Tame Impala song 'Gossip' as well.

[@NegativeReferral]

@@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN It's on quite a few Tame Impala tracks, including much of Currents!

[@hibbiea8841]

The Composers are Keith and Matthew Strachan who used the Flying Waltz soundpatch

[@hibbiea8841]

@@OHHnoYOUdidntMAN Proteus 2 uses the Harp for Final Answer and Whos Was Correct

[@aidancampbell78]

I have the Roland Cloud plugin of this now. What are your thoughts on it?

[@morrisman64-22]

One of my favorite you-tube channels

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you very much, Morrisman64-2

[@4EV3R_01]

2:58 sounds like that synth used in those Nintendo 64 Ps1 Ps2 and Sonic games from the 90s and 2000s

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

I was waiting for some Assault on Precinct 13 riffs man!

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Sweet! I love the 1080. :) You are so talented. I love listening to your demos. :) Keep up the great work. Sam in Japan.

[@hispanochino]

Machiwoomiapoo Hi there I am trying to get some synths from Japan. I am in China. Do you recommend any website that can ship overseas?

[@kilevox]

Paolo is the patch ''Fantasy Vox'' nearly the same as the ''Arr1 vox'' from your Fairlight CMI? Can you do a bit of comparison or just your opinion please? Is the Roland version of Fairlight vox on your W-30 the same as this on JV-1080?

[@greganderson5972]

Ha! Those are all done so great. You play them like they were intended to be played. Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@funkyurn]

I still have and use my JV-1010, the little brother. Excellent synthesisers!

[@Pan6888]

Totally usable till today, actually the1080 is the only synth i used to record a full album with "Orchestral 1/2" expansions, its a real workhorse that can be inspiring even today.

[@LB-pp7pu]

Ciao Paolo, credi che tra il JV1080 ed il JV880 ci sia molta differenza? Si trovano più o meno allo stesso prezzo

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Il JV-1080 e' molto meglio dell'880.

[@LB-pp7pu]

@@SynthManiaDotCom Grazie mille! Di te mi fido

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

@@LB-pp7pu Beh, non e' che devi fidarti di me... e' molto meglio in dati di fatto: quattro slots per le espansioni invece di una, ROM molto piu' grande; piu' effetti, etc.

[@LB-pp7pu]

@@SynthManiaDotCom Si quello lo avevo letto ma sai a volte succede che alcune macchine inferiori sulla carta hanno comunque una sonoritá "migliore" diciamo, quindi chiedevo un parere

[@CrookedHillSound]

In practical terms, likely the most widely used synth module of all time. Brings the studio to the stage.

[@peterpitcard]

so great, the first melody makes me wanna fight orcs and dragons!

[@BenKirb]

Did you use external effects or not?

[@BenKirb]

It does have internal effects!

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Hey, is it okay if I use a minute or two of this video and some of your other JV-1080/JV-2080 ones in one of mine? I'm currently working on a video review of the Roland SC-88 Pro and need some video of the JVs for the intro of the video where I talk about the synths the 88 pro is based on. You'll be credited in the video description with a thanks and a link to your channel, and in the video it self in a text bubble. Please let me know if that's okay - if not, I understand.Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Sure, that's fine

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Cool, thanks a ton! :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yw!

[@SpeedySPCFan]

Hey, thanks for letting me use your video again! I just got the video finished :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX2UoKGelMhmo6c

[@SpeedySPCFan]

@@SynthManiaDotCom Just a heads up, I may have to rely on some of your videos again. Your demos convinced me to buy one of these things (an XP-30 specifically, absolutely loving it!) and now I'm doing a full review/retrospective on it and by extension, a lot of the JV models. If it's fine with you, I'll be using some JV-1080, JV-2080, and Korg Triton clips since I don't own any of those (sadly :( ) but still need video of them. As before I'll give you credit in the video with text, and in the description. If there's any issues with that then please let me know - I know you said it's okay before, but I don't want to go ahead and assume things, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Thank you!

[@camobanana1]

Such an awesome demo! I had a question, on 0:22, what genre of music is that? Are there any musicians you recommend for that style of playing?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Wes Montgomery for start

[@camobanana1]

@@SynthManiaDotCom thank you so much for the reply!

[@supernonkey]

How would one go about designing the Pure Tibet pad at 1:12?

[@trump-1-win]

Hi , In your opinion which has a phatter analog sound , 1080 or 2080 ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

880

[@DavidBoura]

My only synth has been the XP-80 and i can tell you, once you turn it on, say bye bye to Time (but not Space) ^^

[@eldontyrellcorp]

David Boura same for me. Even though the sounds are now outdated (and new synths are using way better samples than the xp80), I keep using this synth. It has a competent sequencer, extensive programming abilities, 4 slots for additional sounds (world, vintage, orchestral 1 & 2 in my case). So all in all, it does everything I need and even more. And it does for a good controller keyboard as well ;)

[@DavidBoura]

Absolutely, the keys are quality. The sequencer in its V1 is buggy though, and just having a snare fitting well was tricky for me, but it is powerful and quite easy to learn and use. I disagree about the "outdated" sounds though, you're telling this a man who loves the mellotron, as an example ^^

[@eldontyrellcorp]

David Boura excepted the analogue synths, all the synths get outdated one day ;) and yes I also like the mellotron ;)

[@dannymolns3573]

Are these available for purchase? Or are they factory sounds

[@LittleRichard1988]

They are all factory patches in the user bank.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

1:12 I love the ambient sounds like this one

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

That's a famous JV patch called "Pure Tibet" that was used a lot, back in the day, in ambient / new age music.

[@bushdada]

Still so very cool sounding. I have 5 synths with this engine.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I have a few myself - in the '90s the 2080 was my bread and butter synth. I still like them a lot

[@davidkain9046]

most sounds very specific. drums is plastic what synthesizer is Roland your favorite?

[@triplebacon1]

What a wonderful piece of kit!

[@papelmidi5154]

The first patch sounds like a "castle theme" for a JRPG on the SNES, very cool

[@nickwallette6201]

I was immediately reminded of the WarCraft II soundtrack.

[@LiveInThatSound]

Awesome demo! Was surprised that you didn’t superimpose the patch names as you typically do so us JV-1080/2080 XV-5080 owners can follow along at home. Is this something you would consider updating the video with? Cheers!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Updated

[@LiveInThatSound]

Awesome, thank you! Your videos are so inspiring and breathe new life into older and (sometimes) forgotten gear. I love to “follow along at home” with my own gear. Heck, I even bought an Eventide H3000 based on your demo with the Matrix 12. Thanks again!

[@reybarr8670]

I still have my JV-1080. I have had some good moments with it. Is there more that can be done with it with sound design?

[@Philippe44]

You can make your own patches from the faceplate, or get a MIDI interface and a software editor

[@oskarhulter2123]

Check out Don Solaris! Amazing patches can be found, but takes some programming - editors are really helpful.

[@stanleyassor3172]

This vs the XV 5080, which would you advise?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

@@stanleyassor3172 The 5080.

[@waynesworld1]

Which do you prefer 1080 or 2080?

[@paolopiunti9380]

jv1080

[@waynepayne864]

hell of a demo

[@mtjproducer2008]

is 2:53 the same sound that's in the intro of Nsync's Bye Bye Bye???

[@Petsublak]

Hi, great video. I have a jv 80, how do I connect it to the jv 1080? Many thanks.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you - extremely simple - JV-80 MIDI Out to JV-1080 MIDI In.

[@HAZARDOUS88]

Brilliant sounds, thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks!

[@kennethmorton6669]

brilliant playing, but can you tell us the name of the double manual organ against the wall ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

That's a Hammond XK-3c

[@ミッドナイトクラブ熱狂者]

Can you do a video on the Korg Volca series? I feel like the FM, Bass, and keys combined have a lot more power than most 80s and 90s fm synths for the same price.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes - I have done several Volca videos in the past, if you search on the channel. Going to do more soon.

[@TooSlowTube]

FWIW, I've hooked up my Volca Keys to my small collection of modular gear. I just took audio out from the Keys to the modular VCA (Doepfer A-131), and fed the same MIDI to the Keys and the modular MIDI interface (Doepfer A-190-2), then used an envelope generator module (Doepfer A-140 ADSR) to control the VCA, instead of the one in the Keys, which I don't like much. The attack of the Keys envelope cuts off the previous note dead, so if you set a long attack, you have to wait for each note to get started. With a proper analog envelope generator, it picks up where the previous note left off, i.e. the volume levels starts from there, and builds, rather than having to start each note from zero amplitude. I could have taken audio from the Keys before its own VCA, but I just set a short attack, long decay and release, high sustain envelope instead - which the modular one then chops. I could go furrther and involve more modules, e.g. a different filter, but it's the envelope that bothers me most. The rest of it is pretty good. The Volca Bass begs to have the separate outputs put through a mixer - six levels; three for saw and three for square. One day I will, but then everything after that will have to be modular, so it will just be three oscillators.

[@rogerbaker5112]

If I plugged in an 88 key midi controller, would the entire range play noises?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yea.

[@rogerbaker5112]

@@SynthManiaDotCom thanks. I was confused because I heard its a 64 voice module and I thought it means only 64 keys would work.

[@lorenzolamas534]

I have one since 1996 ^^ and i dont Want To sell it ! The patches are amazing and i can To creat a lot of oldies song ^^

[@Max10_B]

That harmonica is every videogame from my childhood

[@RosalvoParadella]

Os timbres da Roland são os melhores. Esse módulo em especial tem uma coleção de belos timbres preset. Obrigado Paolo !!

[@Willian_maciel]

Verdade! Excelentes timbres. Tenho um módulo desses. Meu xodó! 😁

[@MarshalArnold]

Fantastic demo of some of these classic patches! I was thinking.. at 4:07 I think that may have been used in the Halo Original Sound Track on the tune "Under Cover of Night" .. has me itching to may try a remix!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Marshal, thanks, I just read your email btw :-D sorry! I'll respond soon- That is the "Fantasy Vox" patch, Roland has made several of these types of patches over the years , not sure when that song was made, but could be

[@MarshalArnold]

Hey, no sweat Paolo! Yeah the track was made in 2001 roughly.. but the soundtrack has a bit of a 90's feel with some of the synth work.. was listening to it a few times, and it might be M1.. not sure.. what do you think? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eITUnmh_mZt7rZI

[@HazeAnderson]

I often found that people who played Halo never got to play the Half-Life. Too late and too little time to replay the classic, but you should check out the soundtrack for Half-Life sometime: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5K7pJVroLhmZ9U It is a MASTERPIECE, 1997 I think.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, maybe the Trinity / Triton too, by 2001 they were already out for a few years

[@MarshalArnold]

Yo Haze! Awesome thank you for the recommendation! I'll check it out!

[@spookypen]

1:14 Pretty sure this sound was used on the track "Who is Tyler Durden" on the Fight Club soundtrack.

[@Meridian-lk2fo]

Amazing ear...

[@RobBob555]

is there not software that can be midi keyboard controlled thats just as good now ?

[@RobBob555]

never mind just bought a JV-2080 :O)

[@gitcat8160]

Is it possible to layer sounds with this? I want a simple piano strings preset

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes

[@AveMcree]

I was thinking about selling mine but I'm having 2nd thoughts lmao

[@lauritarkiainen1858]

You made it sound so good. Damn i sold mine..

[@phia_sky_]

does anyone else have issues with this thing audibly crackling on patches that use stereo panning LFO? hoping this isn't some kind of weird power issue with my unit :/

[@steveswan5714]

Hi Paolo demo sounds great ! I have a JV80 Is this the same sounds ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

JV-80 came a bit before so it's not quite as "powerful" as the 1080. But yes, many of the waveforms are similar

[@l.aguirre5550]

HOla, podrias hacer tutorial de como combinar 2 sonidos en ese roland jv1080 ?? gracias tiene lindos sonidos

[@slammingsamples8855]

Great demo!

[@MacXpert74]

Your profile picture reminds me of something ;D

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thanks!

[@Navin-Kala]

Thanks for that, helped me to decide and buy one. Anyone knows if its possible to use an external arpeggiator via Midi? Let's say the one from the Korg R3.

[@arbiter8678]

7 months late, but I don't see why you couldn't use an external arpeggiator

[@iggypopshot]

Lovely stuff

[@gastank111]

iggypopshot ń

[@wyshwood]

Still using the XP50 for soundtracks etc. Have been for 30 years. With a few expansions, it's my go to synth.

[@deftcoleman0552]

2:59 sounds like the accordion from Banjo-Kazooie

[@Gothenburg85]

Donkey Kong Country for SNES too!

[@sharpsbeats]

I think "Chambers" at 7:15 was used for the strings on Destiny's Child's "Survivor"

[@janbayle2982]

does anyone know what the preset it at 5:42 the happy hardcore piano?

[@Focalors21]

2:58 I heard this exact harmonica in Wild Arms Alter Code F. Boy of Hope. Small world eh?

[@crieverytim]

@7:50 nutty lil sample. makes me think night slugs

[@karlhans6678]

Is there something that sounds like marimbas or xylophone?

[@thehammerbreake9885]

Yes, just find it.

[@gnardypascoski7]

The sound of harmonica on 3.00 is in the film "un povero ricco" with renato pozzetto.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

"Un Povero Ricco" is from the '80s.... this unit was made in the '90s.

[@gnardypascoski7]

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