Petrus HilariusNov 19, 2024

Alright, that tiresome Roland fanboi in me struck again and got himself an old XV-2020 for early Christmas. Why? I want to compare it to the JV-1010 I have already and then keep only one of those.

Technically the JV-1010 has more presets BUT the XV-2020 supposedly sounds better AND it can take SRX expansions. One of those called "Ultimate Keys" contains most (if not all) of the older "Vintage" and "Keyboards of the 60s & 70s" SR expansions and would presumably be my choice for sonic awesomeness. Since I proudly self-identify as a "bleeps and bloops" kinda person.

And if despite expectations it turns out that the XV-2020 is shite... Well... The average price in Germany seems to be 220 Euros and this one only was 189 Euros. So... 🀷

#roland #jv1010 #xv2020 #sr #srx #xmas #synth

Petrus HilariusJun 3, 2023
I've been annoyed as all heck by my #mc707 not sending proper bank select MIDI on clip changes. Turns out that they simply reversed what MSB and LSB mean in the #mc707 clip settings tab. The #jv1010 manual says, for example, "MSB 81 LSB 3" to select some bank but if you put "MSB 81 LSB 3" into the clip settings that will NOT send the correct bank select. Only if you put "MSB 3 LSB 81" (the exact WRONG thing) will this shit actually work. Yes, latest 1.81 firmware. Hey #roland maybe fix that?
Petrus HilariusMay 7, 2023
The other day I actually ran into voice stealing on the #mc707 and it wasn't pretty. I had to edit a bunch of sounds to remove some partials/voices and to pick a less expensive filter type. Trying to compensate for that I just ordered myself one of those ancient #jv1010 expanders. I hope that playing big pad/string chords from that and the rest from the #mc707 will solve my issues for the foreseeable future. Also now I can hunt in earnest for the old "Asia" expansion card... πŸ˜„