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ukcoolat
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Yeah, they're PCM (S&S) synths go back a long way...
There was the T10 - which was never released - This paved the way for the release of the D50 - which mothered smaller keyboards such as the D10 and D20 (the D110 also being available in a rack format). The MT32 technology came from these keyboards and made the souidns available at a low price (albeit in a totally useless package). Soon, came the U110, which was quickly supersceeded by the U220 - a keyboard version of this was released - the U70 - or at least it would have been called that if Roland didn't cash in on the success of the D50, and therefore decide to call it the D70. Aaaaaanyway - The JV80 appeared in the fairly early nineties, with its rack-version brother - the JV880 (whoop). Then the JV1080 was born and gave hail to the JV2080, which has now been begat by the XV3080 (also in keyboard form as the XV88), begat by the XV5080. Phew!
So where did the JD880 come in? Well that was their sideline of making a synth with knobs on to make programming it fun again. They gave it a wicked VA engine and flogged it as the JD880. They subsequently produced a rack version (with upgrades) called the JD990.
I need a stiff drink.
There was the T10 - which was never released - This paved the way for the release of the D50 - which mothered smaller keyboards such as the D10 and D20 (the D110 also being available in a rack format). The MT32 technology came from these keyboards and made the souidns available at a low price (albeit in a totally useless package). Soon, came the U110, which was quickly supersceeded by the U220 - a keyboard version of this was released - the U70 - or at least it would have been called that if Roland didn't cash in on the success of the D50, and therefore decide to call it the D70. Aaaaaanyway - The JV80 appeared in the fairly early nineties, with its rack-version brother - the JV880 (whoop). Then the JV1080 was born and gave hail to the JV2080, which has now been begat by the XV3080 (also in keyboard form as the XV88), begat by the XV5080. Phew!
So where did the JD880 come in? Well that was their sideline of making a synth with knobs on to make programming it fun again. They gave it a wicked VA engine and flogged it as the JD880. They subsequently produced a rack version (with upgrades) called the JD990.
I need a stiff drink.