Trend price : 400€
XP flagship: 76 keys workstation with sequence based on acclaimed JV1080 synthesis rompler engine.
Overview
76 velocity semi-weighted keys Channel Aftertouch sensitive. Main panel features a 320 x 80 backlit display, 7 sliders, a data encoder and a pitch bender.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
- main out + 2 aux
- 4 AUX assignable pedal expression
- sustain input pedalswitch
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click out + volume knob.
Voice
polyphony: 64 voices or TONES. A basic pacth is composed by 4 tones PCM samples
Wavetable
8 Mb ROM holds 448 PCM at 16-bits waves split in 2 families:
- 193 PCM percussive and chromatic one-shot
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255 PCM instruments
XP80 can be expanded using SR-JV cards into the available 4 slots.
Structure
the tones can be combined in 10 different signal paths or structures inspired from D50 synthesizer technology These are pre-fixed audio patch that connects the 2 pair of tones into variable setups mixed with audio elements such as amplifier, filter and digital processes.
Filter
TVF Time-Variant Filter offers 4 modes: lowpass, bandpass, highpass and peaking
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LFO
2 LFO oscillators, they provide 7 waveforms with adjustable symmetry
Envelope
- EG1 amplitude: 4 segments + 3 times, 8 velocity curves + key follows option
- EG2 filter : 4 segments + 4 times.
- EG3 pitch 4 segments + 4 times, keyfollow + random pitch
SEQUENCER a 16 tracks sequencer at 96 PPQN with grid/groove/shuffle quantisize.
SYNC internal tempo from 10 to 250 BPM or syncable to external midi device.
ARPEGGIATOR: 33 preset patterns.
Memory
- 512 ROM preset
- 128 RAM patches
- 64 ROM performances
- 64 RAM performances
- 60.000 notes
- 99 songs.
Data can be stored to built-in 3.5" Disk drive to either 720 Kb or 1.44 Mb density.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: classic digital
NOT : JV sounds are getting boring
"a good workhorse with many sounds. Still same JV / XP sounds."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci