IS A ROLAND XV 88 A CHEAP JUPITER 8

When I look at a Roland XV-88, I can't help but feel, it's one of the best older keyboards for the price.

128 voices, multiple onboard effects, sampled sounds, plus a synth engine with multiple resonant filters and so much more...

It's not without its faults. The real hammer-weighted action is my favorite, but the hammer-weights degrade over 15 -20 years and have to be replaced.

regardless, it's all metal construction, other than the under-carriage and it sounds great used for any era of music.

0:00 Intro
1:50 How good of a synthesizer is an XV-88
2:51 XV-88 advantages over a Jupiter-8
3:34 XV-88 voice architecture
4:42 Patch architecture (5 elements)
5:18 Patch elements 1 & 2 (Oscillators)
9:01 Patch element 3 (Filters)
13:17 Patch element 4 (Amplifiers)
16:37 Patch element 5 (LFOs)
18:51 Playing and editing sounds from my PC
20:10 Setting up the editor software
22.34 Main screen patch selection, loading, and saving
25:18 Effects toggles
26:21 Tone selection, control, and editing
28:55 Structure algorithms
30:46 Velocity, and key ranges (splits and layers)
33:14 Matrix control targets/destinations (modulating parameters)
34:21 Control switch for controllers (Very cool)
35:51 Patch scale tune - Alternate tunings
37:44 System and common settings
40:51 Wave Generator (aka by us as oscillator) and detailed mode
42:57 LFO editing and detailed mode
50:32 Filer editing and detailed mode
54:51 Amplifier editing and detailed mode
55:44 All the windows with parameters
56:55 Summing it, experience, prices, etc.
1:00:40 Closing remarks