Trend price : 150€
First breed of the successful JV rompler series: successor of the D-70, last "D" model of the series D, then followed by upgraded 76 keys version model JV-90.
Overview
KEYBOARD (weight: 9 kg )
61 velocity keys with aftertouch. Main panel features a 2 x 40 lines display, 58 push buttons and 8 sliders for real-time parameter controch selector.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
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main out
- headphones out
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2 slots for PCM and data cards
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damp pedalswitch input
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2 assignable expression pedal inputs
Voice
CPU is based on a custom HD6434328f manages up to 28 voices polyphony or TONES.
A basic pacth is composed by 4 tones PCM samples with indipendent parameters:
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keyzone assignment
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pitch tuning
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pan
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delay start time
- crossmodulation FXM
Wavetable
4 Mb ROM holds 129 16-bits waves. The internal ROM offers a wide selection of bread and butters for all kind of music and tastes.
Performance
the JV engine manages up 7 parts (+1 drum) parts each with assignable:
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Midi channel
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zone assign
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volume / panning
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effect amount
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tuning
Filter
digital resonant TVF Time-Variant-Filter 2 modes: lowpass and highpass.
LFO
there are 2 oscillators that modulates filter and amplitude; they do provide 7 waveforms with adjustable symmetry:
Envelope
- EG1 AMP: segments + 3 times, 8 velocity curves + key follows option.
- EG2 FILTER: 4 segments + 4 times.
- EG3 PITCH: 4 segments + 4 times, Keyfollow + Random Pitch ratio.
Effect
- reverbs: 8 different presets 2 ROOM, 2 STAGE, 2 HALL and 2 DELAY
- chorus: 3 presets
of choruses/flanger with variable rate and depth
Expansion
the JV is expandable fitting 2 kind of expansions:
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PCM card inserted into the frontal slot
- SRJ-V board (usual size is 4 or 8 MB)
Memory
- RAM 64 patches
- RAM
16 performances
- RAM
1 rhythm set
- ROM 128 patches
- ROM 16
performances
- ROM
1 rhythm set
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: digital pads / srjv xp/ cheap
NOT : edit /display / obsolete
"sound nice like all JV, very affordable in these days. However the newer JV , XV Phantom, integra series are far more powerful with bigger wavetable, functions and DSP effect."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci