Trend price : 100€
The sound expansion series were budget version of SR-JV cards for JV expanders series like Jv-1080 or XP workstations like Xp-50.
The MVS1 is basically the equivalent of the Srjv-04 vintage card.
Company: Roland
Model: MVS-1
Class: Module Synthesizer
Weight: 2,6 kg
Dimensions:
482 (w) x 165 (d) x 44 (h) mm
Dates: 1995
Synthesis: PCM rompler
Resolution: 16 bits
Polyphony: 28
Multitimbric: 8 parts
Oscillator: 4
Filter: LPF / HPF / BPF
LFO: 2
Envelope: 3 EGs
Memory: 255 slots
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD : user Manual - Free Mellotron kontakt Bank sampled from MVS1 -
Overview
RACKMOUNT single unit basic design with 11 buttons and a simple 7 segments display.
terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
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main out
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signal line input (not processed)
- headphones
Sound
system manages 28 digital voice, a patch is composed by 1, 2, 3 or 4 PCM samples layers.
Wavetable
16 MB internal ROM contains 255 samples at 16-bits resolution. Some famous e.g like Jupiter 8 Saw, P5 square, OBX brass, Tron choir, TR-909, Vp-330 Choirs, Ob, Jp6 square and more.
Edit
MVS-1 is more like a preset machines: all sounds are ready to go and it is impossible to edit quite anything from panel. Most parameters can be changes only using an external Midi SYSEX generator.
Performance
up to 7 parts + 1 drum.
Envelope
each layer features 3 EGs:
- EG1 amplitude: 4 stages ADSR
- EG2 filter: 4 stages ADSR
- EG3 pitch: 4 stages ADSR
Filter
section is based on digital TVF -Time-Variant-Filter and 3 classic modes: lowpass, highpass and bandpass
LFO
there are 2 modulators, 7 waveforms and 2 possible destinations:
- LFO1 amplitude
- LFO 2 filter
Effects
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3 choruses
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8 reverbs
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2 delays
Memory
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17 performances
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255 patche
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8 rhythm sets
Review
OK: vintage sounds / cheap
NOT : display / memory / edit
"A LOT of good glorious sounds from the past in a single rack! Too bad it cannot be really edited, but a must buy if you want good preset sounds at fraction price."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
