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JV 50

Roland
Manufacturer
Roland
Type
Synthesizers
Production
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Document Library

Manuals

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System Components

Manufacturer

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Specifications

LFO
2 per tone, with eight waveforms
Dates
1994–2000
Filter
1 12dB/octave TVF (Time Variant Filter) per tone, with resonance and its own envelope
Keyboard
none
Polyphony
64 voices/64 oscillators
Attenuator
1 TVA (Time Variant Amplifier) per tone
Oscillator
64 total/4 or fewer ("tones") per voice
Timbrality
16-part multitimbral
Manufacturer
Roland
Synthesis type
Sample-based synthesis
External control
MIDI(In, Out, Thru)

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