Legowelt explains to Future Music why he loves his Roland JV2080. Producer: Chris Barker Editor: Keir Doherty Videographer: Will Seelig Videographer: Keir Doherty
I love rack synths and analog sequencers! This is like my living room. Except I don't have a Jupiter 8. People will eventually appreciate how crazy the '90s rack synth arms race got. In 1989 E-Mu released the Proteus/1 with 32-voices and 16-part multitimbrality which really blew everything away, especially since it cost $995. Every composer/producer got one. Roland caught up about 1994 with the JV-1080. Then things got weird. The E-Mu Morpheus had 32 simultaneous 14-pole morphing filters - which is what made the crazy formant noise in Ginuwine's Pony. Then the Yamaha FS1R (1998) was like a Morpheus and a DX7. Then the Proteus 2000 (1999) had 128 voices and they actually added a 2nd MIDI interface to make it 32-part multitimbral. So the next year Roland released the XV-5080 and that added a 2nd MIDI interface, too! The thing that makes the E-Mu and Roland presets still sound good (although maybe recognizable) is that the E-Mus were full of all the pro sample libraries from the Emulator 3, and the Rolands were full of Spectrasonics sounds which was the guys who made the Zero G sample CDs. E-Mu was basically competing with Akai/Roland samplers (with a SCSI CD-ROM attached) using sample CDs that would have beat loops on them, so E-Mu started adding beats to the Orbit, etc. The thing that's really funny to see is the beats section on the XV-5050. Because Roland was competing with the Orbit and the Planet Phatt! Anyway these Rolands have 4 separate tones each with 2 LFOs and 3 separate AHDSR envelopes for pitch/filter/amp. And per-tone layered FX. And the XVs have 2 samples per tone. It's kinda easy to miss how powerful they are because people just use the presets. But there's apps like Patch Base and Midiquest, and I think Prodatum and the original Roland editors still work since it's just SysEx.
Just like the JV1080, very often these synths are described as cheesy or bread & butter synths. But as in many cases, people scroll through presets and have no clue about sound design. Well here is the proof. The JV10/2080 are very underrated synths that are able to produce some very nice, sometimes very bizzare and out of the world sounds.
I find it interesting that he uses the "rompler" to bring in something different than the common analog synths of today (which all sound so similar?). First, I don't know which sound he was referring to, but it is SO indicative of how circular the musical universe is. Nice imaginative sounds from the JV though. Thanks for posting!
Niiiice, yeah it's getting harder to find super cheap old gear at pawn shops because alot of shops are catching on that old equipment is coming back in style
I agree to some extent, but this is 18bit dacs and some very special rom waveforms and patches that I haven't heard Roland will release as soft synth any time soon. Korg is much more into making their synths as plugins (M1, Wavestation)
This is a great rackmount synth ! Korg triton also had one rackmout....also very nice...but you have to use a keyboard controller + midi.....or hands on into itself
The whole JV series has imo is keeper equiptment dhould you ever own one . Or even the JD990 if you want to step back a little further. Love unusual sound textures.
990 PCM waves are a little fuller. 1080 and beyond used a form of lossy compression on the waves. But the 990's resonance clips badly, something they fixed in the later units. The 990 is high price now, £800-900+, the 2080 about a third of that. I'm lucky I got my 990 well before this price rise.
Rompler my arse. You can start from scratch and can go in and manually set one to four sawtooths or whatever, maybe a sub, cutoff and res, reverb, filter env, amp env, keytrack etc And mostly per oscillator! The only 'rompler' aspect are the presets / patches.
For a digital synthesizer, you could play it to someone without telling them what it is, and they would swear it is an analog instrument. The filters have some sort of Mojo to them .. I think the Integra sounded a bit thin and glassy in comparison
He should get a Yamaha EX5, one of the best bang to buck synths as it has 5 synthesis engines. It has awm2, fdsp (notedependant dsp prosessor and physical modeling) , Analog modeling (2 voice version of the great An1x, virtual acoustic (from the VL1/7) and an inbuilt sampler.
LOL when you're surrounded by so many excellent analog greats I guess you get an itch for some digital programming from time to time. I want to hear what he can do with the Evolver though.
I love rack synths and analog sequencers! This is like my living room. Except I don't have a Jupiter 8.
People will eventually appreciate how crazy the '90s rack synth arms race got. In 1989 E-Mu released the Proteus/1 with 32-voices and 16-part multitimbrality which really blew everything away, especially since it cost $995. Every composer/producer got one. Roland caught up about 1994 with the JV-1080. Then things got weird. The E-Mu Morpheus had 32 simultaneous 14-pole morphing filters - which is what made the crazy formant noise in Ginuwine's Pony. Then the Yamaha FS1R (1998) was like a Morpheus and a DX7. Then the Proteus 2000 (1999) had 128 voices and they actually added a 2nd MIDI interface to make it 32-part multitimbral. So the next year Roland released the XV-5080 and that added a 2nd MIDI interface, too!
The thing that makes the E-Mu and Roland presets still sound good (although maybe recognizable) is that the E-Mus were full of all the pro sample libraries from the Emulator 3, and the Rolands were full of Spectrasonics sounds which was the guys who made the Zero G sample CDs. E-Mu was basically competing with Akai/Roland samplers (with a SCSI CD-ROM attached) using sample CDs that would have beat loops on them, so E-Mu started adding beats to the Orbit, etc. The thing that's really funny to see is the beats section on the XV-5050. Because Roland was competing with the Orbit and the Planet Phatt!
Anyway these Rolands have 4 separate tones each with 2 LFOs and 3 separate AHDSR envelopes for pitch/filter/amp. And per-tone layered FX. And the XVs have 2 samples per tone. It's kinda easy to miss how powerful they are because people just use the presets. But there's apps like Patch Base and Midiquest, and I think Prodatum and the original Roland editors still work since it's just SysEx.
Thanks for this really nice lesson
I dont know much about music but i love to watch danny , he knows where this music comes from and the importance of mysticism !! WOLFERS !!
luv this dude, talented and really generous.
Just like the JV1080, very often these synths are described as cheesy or bread & butter synths. But as in many cases, people scroll through presets and have no clue about sound design. Well here is the proof. The JV10/2080 are very underrated synths that are able to produce some very nice, sometimes very bizzare and out of the world sounds.
bcs well editing presets is cancer on them. luckily its much easier in the virtual version.
I find it interesting that he uses the "rompler" to bring in something different than the common analog synths of today (which all sound so similar?). First, I don't know which sound he was referring to, but it is SO indicative of how circular the musical universe is. Nice imaginative sounds from the JV though. Thanks for posting!
This guy has some of the BEST classics synths I would love to go shopping in his studio :)
So true
Hmmm modern analog sequencer controlling vintage digital synth. The world has turned upside down lol
MORE LEGOWELT PLEASE. This guy is a legend, and nobody gives a shit about him in Holland, god knows why.
That is incorrect. Legowelt is higly respected over here. Perhaps not by the mainstream, but that's a different story
Marcusmiller same here .
I'm trying hard to get everyone to know this man
Not even screwed it into the rack, what a wildman!
Great stuff. Love his Age of Candy music to. Retro ambient soundtrack coolness.
Nice this one is going up in price on marktplaats.
just got one of these with 2 expansions for 100 bucks at a pawn shop.... JUST WOW
Niiiice, yeah it's getting harder to find super cheap old gear at pawn shops because alot of shops are catching on that old equipment is coming back in style
3:00 sounds amazing
hail to the king, half-man half-synth
Shiynth
His voice is soooooothing
Why i love my "Mouse" Because i can click it and scroll up and down :) If i click a loop it will play that loop...YAY!
That's what Avicii's "Why I Love My" would be!
Haha
I saw this coming. The romplers being the new hip "euroracks" :)
Yeah, but really, only the "cream of the crop" ones... those which costed loads of cash back then :)
they're cheap right now and have all sort of that wonderfully digital 90s shit going for them.
I foresee the use of old groove boxes for entire tracks. Korg och Yamaha 16step seqs with 90's sound pallette. Remember where you read it first :)
there's no point in buying the actual hardware...you can fully emulate these 90s 12bit synths with software..unlike with analog oscillators..
I agree to some extent, but this is 18bit dacs and some very special rom waveforms and patches that I haven't heard Roland will release as soft synth any time soon. Korg is much more into making their synths as plugins (M1, Wavestation)
Doepfer dark time sequencer is such a fun piece of kit.
my boy welt!!!!
😂🤣
I have one of these in Mint condition and that sucker is fully loaded with 8 cards. Combine it with Yamaha MOXF and DAW and I love my home studio.
This is a great rackmount synth !
Korg triton also had one rackmout....also very nice...but you have to use a keyboard controller + midi.....or hands on into itself
Legowelt, could you do a video where you explain the oscillators and filters? You can't see the screen when you're manipulating them in this video.
Will this be the next Boutique?
The whole JV series has imo is keeper equiptment dhould you ever own one . Or even the JD990 if you want to step back a little further. Love unusual sound textures.
990 PCM waves are a little fuller. 1080 and beyond used a form of lossy compression on the waves. But the 990's resonance clips badly, something they fixed in the later units. The 990 is high price now, £800-900+, the 2080 about a third of that. I'm lucky I got my 990 well before this price rise.
was mucking around w mine 2 days ago, it really does surprise you
Rompler my arse.
You can start from scratch and can go in and manually set one to four sawtooths or whatever, maybe a sub, cutoff and res, reverb, filter env, amp env, keytrack etc
And mostly per oscillator!
The only 'rompler' aspect are the presets / patches.
Peter Walker It’s a rompler because the oscillator waveforms are sample based.
Legowelt rules :)
For a digital synthesizer, you could play it to someone without telling them what it is, and they would swear it is an analog instrument. The filters have some sort of Mojo to them .. I think the Integra sounded a bit thin and glassy in comparison
Shit it does sound nice though ... Kinda like wave table synths / ensoniq fizmo
Anybody know what the the Akai unit to his left might be? 01 something?
The Akai SG01V
I’m guessing he has the vintage card in there.
That side-eye ;)
He should get a Yamaha EX5, one of the best bang to buck synths as it has 5 synthesis engines. It has awm2, fdsp (notedependant dsp prosessor and physical modeling) , Analog modeling (2 voice version of the great An1x, virtual acoustic (from the VL1/7) and an inbuilt sampler.
No
Gold digital watch !!! boss
Sounds nice I like it
I'm just now, in 2018, discovering my XV5080 that's been in my rack since 2000.
what is he growing in the corner?
Bamboo bro
***** the dutch love bamboo ;-)
Astral Brain Tentacles We smokin' Big Bamboo here in Oregon also!
Danny needs a Wavestation!
he had the rackmount sr model but did not use it much do to its cold \ bright sound
Terrible interfacr
Do you think JV2080 has "warmer" sound than Roland Integra?
Greeeaat!!
ahhh the syn-tesizer guy
LOL when you're surrounded by so many excellent analog greats I guess you get an itch for some digital programming from time to time. I want to hear what he can do with the Evolver though.
The monitors were mounted in the wrong way, the reflex should be on the outside, it must have been a nightmare to mix with them mounted like that.
Well the album sounds great, so I guess it didn't matter.
@@user82938 Maybe some phase correction had to occur in some part of the process.
I guess he masters his own stuff
Vaya frikazo el tio jaja, se sale!
"GV".....? That's what he said.
Blatend Crude: Well, his first language is not English. You know what he means though.
synth hero
synt-e-tizer xD
SINTHYSISAAA!!!
he is self employed?
I'm Self Employed
sick afx reference
Smoke much?!
Flayxz come one man, he's Dutch... Of course he smokes a lot
i just want to shave that fuzz off his face
Danny lose the coke nail dude
I think i have a jv1080 in my attic somewhere if anyone wants to trade
I'll trade you a Maschine mikro mk2 for it if it's still fully functional
100 euros mate ? izzarompler in the end... just jokng don't take me seriously. :)
such creepy
This guy sounds like Andy Kaufman's character Latka....
He's just being an anti analog poser?
As I posted on Synthopia. looks like a mad professor with a golden Rolex. Still cool though. At least he made that rompler sound interesting!
at 3.52 you see that it's just a cheap casio watch dude! Haa