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This module is so powerful... It easely emulates almost any sort of instrument, really. Professionnal from end to end, and the user interface is a model of what an UI should be. I mean it DOES matter a lot. The quicker you go configuring/programming, the closer you can stick to the musical concept you're after, when sequencing, for instance. As a player's instrument, nothing to say, it has a great feel and a great interactivity. The 'category' functions is worth its weight of gold, also, and crucial when you're dealing with so many sounds. If you use old memory card for XP/JV1080 series, they of course don't implement that function and then you realize how you miss it (happened to me !). Effects are very good, even though the 'global reverb' doesn't sound extraordinary (still better than D50, anyway!!). I can't think of any obvious boundaries with that machine, it's clearly on of the best buy I've ever made, a real time-proof investment. Anyway high-end stuff usually doesn't let you down 2 years later..I got the 2080 it when it just came out, so once in a while, sound browsing will freeze... maybe due to early OS revision, don't have a clue.
Of course the 'analog head' will be a bit frustrated because it's simply not as warm as, say, a Juno. It's a fact. I've been programming a *lot* of sounds on the JV, and you definitely can't get the fantastic burning basses I get from my ATC1 or Jupiter4, or even Juno1. Which wont stop you from making _killer_ basses, but they just sound a bit different. Anyway it's simply not the real purpose of that machine... All in all one of the best modules from the previous millenium.
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