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Roland's Most Powerful Sound Module!

The XV-5080 synthesizer module is not only one of Roland's finest and most musical synthesizers, but it's one of the finest and most musical synths available. Tons of sounds, great sample playback, high-quality effects. . . we could go on and on, but suffice it to say the XV-5080 is one phenomenal machine. One of the things that makes it so cool is its ability to read a wide range of sounds. The XV-5080 might be the most powerful instrument Roland has ever produced. Combining a top-quality, high-performance synthesizer and sampler with some of the highest-quality effects ever on a sound module, the XV-5080 is like nothing you've ever experienced. The XV-5080 boasts 128-voice polyphony and 32 part multi-timbral. Out of the box it has 1024 patches and 64 megabytes of ROM sound data, including all the ROM sounds from both the acclaimed JV-2080 synthesizer module and the JD-990, plus a ton more. It has eight expansion slots plus room for 128 MB of sample data. You want expansion? You can add up to four SRX Series and four SR-JV80 Series boards. Fully expanded, the XV-5080 has 512MB of sounds on board! The XV-5080s synthesis power is unrivaled. It uses new stereo tones, Matrix Control Modulation, beat-loop sync, LFO Sync, and has some of the most powerful and best sounding effects ever on a synthesizer. Features:

• 128-voice synth module with extensive layering and multitimbral applications
• Massive internal wave memory includes incredible new sounds, plus all sounds from JV-2080 and a collection of waveforms from the JD-990 Super JD
• Reads Roland S-700/Akai S1000 CD-ROM's via SCSI port using optional SIMM memory (128MB max)
• Stereo playback capability per tone for amazing velocity switches and keyboard splits
• Powerful Matrix Control gives sounds an unprecedented level of nuance
• Studio-quality reverb and effects derived from Roland SRV-3030, V-Studios, RSS and COSM instruments
• "SRXpandable" via new SRX-Series 64MB wave expansion boards
• Compatible with SR-JV80-Series wave expansion boards and XP/JV-Series Patches***
• R-BUS port for 8-channel digital output to R-BUS-Ready devices and interfaces
• Patch Finder for quickly finding sounds sorted by type