Synths ⇝ Roland ⇝ Roland XV-5080

The Roland XV-5080 was the rackmounted flagship of the JV/XP/XV series of synthesizers. It contains the same sound set as the XV-3080 rack module, which also includes the sounds of the JV-1080 and JV-2080. In addition to waveform playback, it also supported playing samples in Roland S-700 or Akai format and could be expanded with up to 128MB of sample RAM.

Like the XV-3080, it supports two types of expansion boards. It can be expanded with up to 4 SR-JV80 expansion boards and up to 4 SRX expansion boards.

The XV-5080 supports General MIDI Level 2.

Specifications

Year Released: 2000

Polyphony: 128 notes

Multitimbral: 32 parts

Preset Patches: 1252

User Patches: 128

Preset Performances: 64

User Performances: 64

Preset Drum Kits: 21

User Drum Kits: 4

ROM: 64MB (1083 waveforms)

Effects: 3 multi-effects processors with 90 types of effect plus 4 types of reverb and 2 types of chorus, 2-band EQ

Screen: 320 x 80 pixel backlit LCD

Outputs: 1/4" stereo pair plus 6 individual 1/4" outputs

Power Consumption: 25 watts

Dimensions: 482 mm x 281 mm x 88 mm

Weight: 4.9 kg

This is a 2-space rack unit.

User Demo Videos

Rating

File Downloads

Roland XV-5080 Manual

Roland XV-5080 Service Notes

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Roland XV-5080 ($891.46)

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Roland XV-5080 128-Voice Synthesizer Module 2000 - 2004 - Black + 7 cards ($2,368.49)

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Roland SR-JV80-07 Super Sound Set Expansion Board JV XP XV 1080 2080 3080 5080 ($129.99)

Roland SR-JV80-01 Pop Expansion Board JV XP XV 1080 2080 3080 5080 ($89.99)

Roland SR-JV80-05 World Expansion Board JV XP XV 1080 2080 3080 5080 ($85)

Roland AE-7000 R-BUS to AES/EBU Interface for XV-5080 ($416.57)

Roland Solo Strings Vol.1 1993 sample CD-Rom S 700 series format - S-770 S-750 S-760 SP-700 XV-5080 Fantom XR etc. ($34.39)

Roland SR-JV80-01 Pop Expansion Board JV XP XV 1080 2080 3080 5080 ($129.99)

Roland SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth Expansion Board JV XP XV 1080 2080 3080 5080 ($229.99)

Roland SRX-04 Symphonique Strings Expansion Board 2000s XV-88, XV-3080, XV-5080, FA-76, XV-5050, XV-2020, Fantom, SonicCell ($115)

Roland SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth Expansion Board 1990s JV-1000, JV-90, JV-80, JV-880, JD-990, JV-1010, XV-88, JV-1080, XP-80, XP-60, XP-50, XV-5080, XV-3080, XP-30, JV-2080 ($190)