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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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woodIe

Posted 9 days ago

I love this synth it has ATB sounds cool.

nodrog

Posted 27 days ago

Had this before i bought a jupiter 8. Wasn't superfilious when i had the mks80 (layer them). Bit of a joke agains the jp8. However shouldn't be considered as an analog synth, rather an excellent digital synth. Great interface.

cjbonecollecter

Posted 29 days ago

Im sorry but i disagree with a lot of the comments about the jp8000/jp8080. True, your not going to get as much warmth as a jupiter 8, but for the purpose of making dance music i still think it rocks!!.It takes some time to program and isnt as flexable as a virus or sn2, but for a va synth this model has a great richness(esp that supersaw wave, sweet!!), and for the price they go for now second hand(not the est value on here!!ehh?)you'd be a fool not to at least try it!!.

jx

Posted 33 days ago

@Wich > I agree, and the JX-8P may be more 'basic' but it sounds so much nicer/thicker/warmer. A much better synth. When will Roland return to making amazing synths instead of following the groove/trance crowd? Toys all of them, bring back the days of the Jupiter, JX and D-50 - real hardware built to last and still useful now!

If you must get VA look at Supernova II, Virus or even AN1x all sound better and are deeper than this overated piece.

Bjorn Larsen

Posted 49 days ago

This is a superb VA-synth and much more versatile than any vintage analog board. It can sound very close to old Roland stuff when programmed from scratch (don't care much for most of the presets, which are of 90'/ dance type sounds). I have the rack version JP-8080.

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