Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Roland JV-2080, released in 1997, is an expanded and updated version of the popular JV-1080. Based on a sample + synthesis architecture, the JV-2080 provided a rich library of on-board sample material and a strong semi-modular synthesis engine in a commercially viable mass-market product.Used by hundreds of artists and producers in many genres, the JV-1080 and JV-2080 are workhorses of the synthesizer world.The JV-2080 ("2080") is a sample+synthesis synthesizer with support for 768 internal patches, including General MIDI. In addition to the synthesizer, it also include a multi effects module, with 40 effect types, of which three can be used simultaneously in conjunction with a master reverberation effect and a master chorus effect.