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Roland • JP-8000

The JP-8000 Music Synthesizer has been designed using a first-of-its-kind Roland Analog Modeling sound source, combining the fat, powerful sounds associated with vintage analog synths with the flexibility of digital technology and MIDI. Like the classic Roland analog synths of the past, the JP-8000 sports a collection of 38 front-panel knobs and sliders for powerful real-time control, opening a brand new world of sonic possibilities. Innovative "Motion Control" feature memorizes all sequential slider and knob movements, ensuring that a great real-time "tweak" will not be lost. "Analog" synth functions like oscillator sync, ring modulation, -12/-24 dB filtering, cross modulation, an assignable ribbon controller and powerful pitch bend/modulation lever make the JP-8000 a very powerful synthesizer for live and studio use!

The JP-8000 is excellent for use in any music where classic synth sounds are needed. For techno, dance, drum&bass, hiphop, film scoring, synth pop and more! It is used by the Crystal Method, BT, Orbital, Ken Ishii, Vince Clarke, Goldie, Dave Holmes, Prodigy, Groove Armada, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, ATB, Überzone, Faithless, Gary Numan, Scooter, Konflict, William Ørbit, Paul Van Dyk, Groove Armada, and Garbage.

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Shawn

Posted 25 days ago

My partner and I used this synth almost exclusively during the making of our album Reaction Theory "Afterlife." This synth is extremely flexible. Modifying the factory sounds is simple and so the sonic possibilities are almost endless. Great arpeggiator and some amazing sounds. In all likelihood we will use this synth again on the next album.

nick

Posted 107 days ago

Played this quite a bit. Crazy sounds, works best for modern electronic dance music. Soundtrack production too. I love the arpeggiators. But they don't sent those signals out through the MIDI, it just triggers the local tone generators.

iProg

Posted 117 days ago

Easily the best Virtual Analog synth ever. Flexible, reliable and easy to program for a great street price. Good for any synth sound except classic electromechanical stuff (organs and rhodes etc.)

Dajebus

Posted 129 days ago

A lot of fun but the filters are total crap. If you like those nice big filter sweeps, avoid this.

It looks cool in a studio tho!

viva6581

Posted 151 days ago

I bought this from a friend of mine for 400 EUR. I'm going to completely ignore the trancesaw part since everyone knows it already. Polite sounding as others have said, but also capable of some wilder and darker sounds. Feedback oscilator rules, pity it puts the device into mono mode. Very easy to program, I myself like the slider aproach a lot. Ribbon controller is great. The arpeggiator is pretty flexible and some of the arp patterns are very groovy. No wonder this thing became so massive in the dance scene so to say. On the other hand some of the arp patterns are kind of weird (I like weird), allowing for some creative audio technology research. Haven't tried RPS yet but the previous owner had made a preset with these funny looping space shooter melodies using RPS. I don't know if it's more of a gimmick than something that's really needed. Overall I would say that this synth was worth the money.

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