Monthly Archives: June 2020

Using Roland XV-5050 via USB MIDI on MacOS

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Grischa Ekart

If you want to use your XV-5050 with a newer version of MacOS, you don’t have to install a driver. The driver supplied by Roland in 2000 will not work, of course! We will use the generic class compliant USB … Continue reading →

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Roland XV-5050 Repair

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Grischa Ekart

I got a hold of a broken XV-5050. When switched on, it would only display a blank screen and that’s it, no sound, no reaction. After checking audio (no noise whatsoever), it soon became obvious that the device isn’t booting. … Continue reading →

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Roland XV5080, XV3080 Rotary Encoder Problem Fixed!

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Grischa Ekart

This week I received a nice second-hand XV3080. Everything worked fine, except the unit had the dreaded rotary encoder problem: Turning left, values decreased just fine, turning right and strange things happened. Sometimes values went up, sometimes they stayed put … Continue reading →

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