Roland JV-2080

The rack-mount sibling of my XP-80, with more effects, expansion slots and outputs. Specs, Roland’s ROM demo songs, and links to compatible patches and the synth-engine guide.

On the XP-80 pagePatchesThe JV-2080 plays the same patches as the XP-80, so this goes to my patches on the XP-80 page.On the XP-80 pageSynth-engine guideThe JV-2080 uses the same Super JV synth engine as the XP-80, so this goes to the guide on the XP-80 page.ReferenceSpecificationsPolyphony, effects, memory, expansion slots and every connection, from Roland’s manual.roland.comOwner’s ManualRoland’s JV-2080 Owner’s Manual, on Roland’s support site.

ROM demo songs

The three demo songs built into the JV-2080, playable from its ROM Play button.

TimepeaceScott Tibbs · © 1996 Roland Corporation USM4A · 4.5 MB
DenkiRyeland Allison · © 1996 Silver Outlet Music BMIM4A · 3.9 MB
Short CutsYuki Kato (Music Brains Inc.) · © 1996 Roland CorporationM4A · 3.9 MB

All recordings are the property of their composers, as listed here and in each file’s tags, and are provided for educational and informational purposes only.

Music made with it

A Very Mellow Christmas2017

Peace2011

On Peace it plays on “Moving On” and “Persistence of Time (2011)”. On A Very Mellow Christmas it filled in around Logic Pro’s software instruments.

About the JV-2080

The JV-2080 is essentially the rack-mount version of the XP-80. It has the same Super JV synth engine and sounds, but adds two more EFX processors (three different effects can run at once in Performance mode), four more SR-JV80 expansion slots for eight in all, two pairs of direct outputs alongside the main mix outputs, and a DATA card slot for storing patches, rhythm sets and performances. Being a module, it has no keyboard, and it leaves out the XP-80’s sequencer, arpeggiator and floppy drive. Roland released it in 1997 as the successor to the JV-1080.

I got mine in 2009, when I realised I missed some of the sounds the XP-80 made. It’s on my album Peace and on A Very Mellow Christmas, and I used it to record the XP-80 demo songs on this site.