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At LONG last, I have finally got one of these :) Had to go to ebay as they stopped making them a while ago! (Around the time I finally decided to buy one!!)
When the unit turned up it all worked fine, but I noticed
major issues with the value dial. I have since fixed this, see below.
Stolen from the
official
page:
| JV 5080 parameters |
| New
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 |
| 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. |
..umm yes. and
it's got really
pretty buttons :)
The screen makes a big difference on things because much more
info is shown but in a way I find its hampering things a little because
there is so much more to learn! The 1080 only had, say 3 bits of info
on the screen at a time, yet with the 5080 I find myself staring at
times trying to work out what I was in the menu for in the first place!
I'm sure this will be ok once I'm used to it.
ard.
Updated here soon...
I have recently bought my first SRX card for the XV - SRX-09 World
Collection.
Patch list here.
This is a compilation containing waves and patches from three
SR-JV-80 cards, namely:
SR-JV80-05 “World,”
SR-JV80-14 “Asia”
SR-JV80-18 “Latin”
However, the actual card
does not contain all the patches, just a selection of them and all of
the waveforms as there is not room for them all!
I have heard that the
SRX-09
card is shipped with a CD containing sys-ex data with these patches,
but I didn't get one as my card was second hand and the previous owner
lost it!
I have now got hold of the files for the SRX-06 - SRX-09 cards
but am unsure if I am allowed to post them on this site. Let me know if
you have an SRX card without the CD...
Migration from a JV1080 to an XV5080
..so it's as easy as moving the sr-jv cards and loading some sys-ex, right?
Not quite!
Updated here soon...
Faulty Value Dial
When the unit turned up it all worked fine, but I noticed
major
issues with the value dial. You turned it up and the value wouldn't go
up 1 (or 10) at a time but many and sometimes backwards as well. It was
a fine art to get it to do almost anything resembling normality,
although the push button in the middle worked fine. This made it
completely unusable and if you use on of the Jv/XV devices you will
know its kind of important! All I knew is the previous owner had "not
used it for a long time".
Below is what I did to fix the problem. If you are going to
try this, do so at your own risk. Do take all static precautions and
make
sure you are electronically competent first :) You don't want to
further break your lovely XV now do you. :)
 |
Remove the top and then the front panel Note the 3 screws on top (and below)treat with care and ensure button pushers stay put |
| The dodgy encoder knob and its PCB are now visible. | |
| Unfortunately half the front switch PCB has to be removed to get to the encoder. Note the 4 screws | |
| This is the rear of the encoder board. Note where the 4 wires go on the motherboard and carefully pull connector | |
| Under front PCB you can see the hex nut. Carefully undo with a suitable wrench etc. | |
| The
board comes loose. Remember where washer went also cable stays
attached;the plug is on the main board |
|
| I de-soldered the encoder carefully yet
there was no markings on it apart from ALPS, the manufacturer. |
At this stage I was a little stuck as I was pretty sure the
device was at fault but did not know what a replacement would be. I
tried the encoder from the JV1080 but although it had the same number
of connections the connector was different and I kind of lost the
bottle! Maybe that would have worked OK.
Looking at the ALPS site my best guess would be
http://www.potentiometers.com/alpsencoder.cfm. The device is metal
shaft, has 36 detents implementing a 2 bit "Grey code" with push button
and horiz mounting. Possibly similar to model EN11. There are 3 pins
for the Grey code (another 5 or so have been removed) and 2 for the
switch. Finally there are 2 large chassis mounting pins. Refer to this.
In the end I took the actual encoder apart (don't try unless
you are really confident) and put a couple of drops of magical
electrical contact cleaner right on the complex sliding disks and arms
assembly inside, put it all back together and it works just fine!
I can only conclude that there was some corrosion or dust
which was in just the wrong place (probably from sitting out of use for
so long) and this procedure has fixed the issue. All ok so far at least
:)
Let me know if you have any problems like this...
Tracked by dancecrave";
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