Re: JV 1010 or XV 2020
first of all what do you want to get out of it
they are a different series, XV is more expencive because it is newer and still in production
to to-host serial port on the JV is replaced with a USB port on the XV, if that interests you. personly i prefer to stick with MIDI rather than bother with extra USB devices but i have more MIDI ports than i know what to do with
with these modules alot of the better quality sounds are on the expansion boards. the JV also has the 'session' set onboard with is nice and the JV boards can be had dirt cheep but you are limited to 1 in the 1010. i picked up one direct from roland for $99AUD the retail on them is like $600AUD. the XV uses the newer SRX boards which have some better sound and a wider range but being newer im not sure what you can get them for.
i would also look at more vintage modules many sound great and can be had dirt cheep or prehaps something like a JV1080. i often pick sounds in my U-110 or S-50 over the JV-1010
be carfull of rolands polyphony, while it is 64 voices a single patch can use upto 4 voices and you can suddenly be a bit short
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