upgrading to SC...anyone who have owned SC and XV/JV?
Posted: 04:10, 11 January 2010
I've performed a search and haven't found some definite answer - so if my question belongs to some FAQ, I apologize in advance.
I've been a long time user of Roland JV/XV series as preset machines, and the all sound great. I could hear and mentally quantify the slight difference between the JV-1010 sound and the JV-2080 sound (both I used to own).
The XV-2020 was a small step ahead of the JV-2080, which I could also recognize by listening. I could also hear the tiny difference between the XV-3080 and an XV-2020, but not as much as what's between a 1010 and 2080.
However, I remember not being able to hear any difference at all, nor have formed any preference, between the XV-3080 and an XV-5080 which I don't own (I don't use COSM effects much, my music doesn't use guitars.)
So, my next question is - did hardware synths get so good that any synthesized acoustic instruments produced post-2001 sounded realistic enough, and that any preference is made due to personal taste? I'm thinking whether to upgrade to a Sonic Cell, given that there's no hope the XV is going to get Windows 7 support.
The SonicCell from what I read is sort of a table-top version of the Fantom-XR without sampling, with less outputs, no digital out (but I assume the digital audio can be recorded via USB, so it shouldn't be a big deal to me), but the synthesizer is still intact (so new patches can be created from waveforms) and with a USB ASIO 2.0 sound interface built-in. In a sense, it is not unlike what Roland had done before with the Edirol SC-D70.
Given that I'm mostly going to use it as a preset machine, am I going to hear a difference between an XV-3080 and a Sonic Cell? If so, how big is the gap? I haven't had a chance to run into any owner or a store that has it on display for me to compare side-by-side.
However, I doubt I'll recognize the difference very well given that the XV-5080 uses the same XV engine as the first Fantom, which I hear was rehashed 2 times and made its way into the Fantom-X.
Is my doubt unfounded? Thanks, especially if you have heard all of them - I want to hear from you!
I've been a long time user of Roland JV/XV series as preset machines, and the all sound great. I could hear and mentally quantify the slight difference between the JV-1010 sound and the JV-2080 sound (both I used to own).
The XV-2020 was a small step ahead of the JV-2080, which I could also recognize by listening. I could also hear the tiny difference between the XV-3080 and an XV-2020, but not as much as what's between a 1010 and 2080.
However, I remember not being able to hear any difference at all, nor have formed any preference, between the XV-3080 and an XV-5080 which I don't own (I don't use COSM effects much, my music doesn't use guitars.)
So, my next question is - did hardware synths get so good that any synthesized acoustic instruments produced post-2001 sounded realistic enough, and that any preference is made due to personal taste? I'm thinking whether to upgrade to a Sonic Cell, given that there's no hope the XV is going to get Windows 7 support.
The SonicCell from what I read is sort of a table-top version of the Fantom-XR without sampling, with less outputs, no digital out (but I assume the digital audio can be recorded via USB, so it shouldn't be a big deal to me), but the synthesizer is still intact (so new patches can be created from waveforms) and with a USB ASIO 2.0 sound interface built-in. In a sense, it is not unlike what Roland had done before with the Edirol SC-D70.
Given that I'm mostly going to use it as a preset machine, am I going to hear a difference between an XV-3080 and a Sonic Cell? If so, how big is the gap? I haven't had a chance to run into any owner or a store that has it on display for me to compare side-by-side.
However, I doubt I'll recognize the difference very well given that the XV-5080 uses the same XV engine as the first Fantom, which I hear was rehashed 2 times and made its way into the Fantom-X.
Is my doubt unfounded? Thanks, especially if you have heard all of them - I want to hear from you!