The XV5080 remains the flagship of the XV range, sporting the maximum amount of everything. The series continues with the arrival of the newest XV to hit the streets - the XV5050 module. This has produced the XV5080, XV3080, and XV88 keyboard so far, as well as the recent keyboard spin-offs RS5, RS9, and Fantom.
The time was right to reveal their next-generation multitimbral S+S synth, and so the XV-series was born. The JV10 modules soon became industry standards, and at that point it must have been clear to Roland that they were on to a winner (or several). Roland's JV/XP-series took many forms the JV80, 90, 880, 1000, 1080, 2080, 1010, XP10, 30, 60, and 80 all spring to mind, not to mention the M-series of dedicated 'Expansion Board' models. It would be reasonable to speculate that the number of ways a manufacturer decides to repackage a particular synthesizer design is a fair measure of its success. Roland's latest module provides the most affordable way yet to access the company's fine XV soundset, albeit with reduced polyphony and a less intuitive user interface compared to the more expensive XV5080.
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