Roland xv-5080

ive had the rack for a couple of months but ive been just using for the sound that came with it and it has other shit on ther but i not sure what i can do with it beside play the sounds via midi can some one help me out can i layer sound somtime i think i paid too much for it becuase the sounds aren't enuff?? what other stuff can i do with racks????

Rem wrote:ive had the rack for a couple of months but ive been just using for the sound that came with it and it has other **** on ther but i not sure what i can do with it beside play the sounds via midi can some one help me out can i layer sound somtime i think i paid too much for it becuase the sounds aren't enuff?? what other stuff can i do with racks????

I don't have the xv5080 I have the xv5050, but if I remember correctly the only differences is the xv5080 has 32 midi channels( xv5050 has 16), and a sampler, but anyway you should be able to do alot with it. It has 4 sound layer technology, like the proteus 2000, so you can combine different sounds together to make some interesting sounds. In my opinion the factory sounds( patches) are not really geared to hip hop but if you put in alittle time to make your on sounds( patches) then I think you will be very pleased. I mean if you think about it everyone's using the preset sounds, so to sound different you will have to make your own. Peace.

the 5080 is not a sampler in the traditional sense. it does a have a SCSI port which allows you to connect a SCSI CDROM drive for loading up Akai and Roland sample libraries though. you're not going to get the same amount of control as you would with a regular sampler but you should be able to playback just fine. btw, how much did you pay? i just saw a 5080 with max RAM and 2 SRX boards included for $999.

i payed 999 for it awhile back with no extras? anyone know of a good place i can get a tutorial for layering and creating new sounds with the 5080???

have you read the manual?

naw i gotta look for it