i wanted a good all-rounder sound module that is also portable. the roland xv-2020 is a little too expensive for me right now and the kurzweil me-1 is hard to find any may also lack some types of voices.
i've settled on the older jv-1010, which has all the patches of the jv-1080/2080 plus all from something called the Sessions Card. Over 1000 patches in all.
i've read that the audio quality of the 1010 may not quite match that of the 1080/2080. i've not found any facts or specs to back this up. what i think some people may mean by this comparison is that the 1080/2080 have more outputs, which potentially would mean you can get a more optimised output quality than you could using just the 1010's L&R outputs. if anyone has audio comparison samples or experience with both the 1010 and 1080/2080 then do chime in.
so it just arrived and i hooked it up to my 2-octave keyboard controller (m-audio oxygen 8) which has knobs, allowing for easy filter control. not that interested in editing the patches right now, but i do have the pc software to do that for later (can send it to anyone who also needs it).
the audio file here is my first playing about with the presets, with some filter sweeps. a bit limited with just the 2 octaves, but this little demo is just about getting an idea of what some presets sound like. i'll make a more interesting one at some point.
