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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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Dave

Posted 36 days ago

I own several synths and workstations,and although I am a crap player,I love to play with these expensive toys.The cheapest one I own is the JP8000,the dearest a Voyager Electric Blue.The JP8000 is a joy to play so easy to get great sounds and for the price now on E-Bay takes a lot of beating.Did own for a while a SH201 which is nowhere near as good.Shane it dose'nt have 61 keys.

tim

Posted 63 days ago

nick: You /can/ send the arpeggiator notes out over MIDI... also the RPS/arp. can be triggered via MIDI, using the Remote Ctrl Channel. Just check the various configuration options...

joe

Posted 79 days ago

i would say the jp 8000 and the jp 8080 are the beast of trance tecno and every other dance field and would not ever say that when i bought it for
1 thousand 8 hundred pounds i was upset i was more then happy to pay that . people that call this synth cant program it simple ?
if they could program it then they would yall over it``` all year long
its a beast and will never ever sell my Roland 8080 and the 8000
the hard part is knowing how to program it which i have now past any ability needed to produce very powerful analog >
this is also a synth that will gain in value in the near future >
just like the jupiter 8

no

Posted 111 days ago

Smooth sound, NICE looks, but filters and programming range are much better on Yamaha's very under-rated AN1x! (cheaper too)

Matt Young

Posted 115 days ago

Overall it's incredible, has it's weaknesses like they all do. You can get thundering basses and psychotic noises with ease. Some of the presets do sound thin but they should be starting points only. The filters have been questioned and I tend to agree they are not the best I've used. I personally prefer my Novation KS4's filters although the Mopho's analogue filters kills them both.
The arpeggiator is very funky lots of options and the RPS is fun.
To sum up if you can't get a decent sound out of this then there's no helping you.

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