They were programmed by henrik appelt, a danish sounddesigner. A71 communion a72 slide of hand a73 stratodreams a74 twinkling string a75 overtone swim a76 genesis a77 hydro pad a78 mellow brass pad. View and download roland jd800 owners manual online. The jd800 patch organizer from laurent lecatelier is there too. The synth interface is a work of art making what would have been a complicated synth to edit into one which begs to be tweaked. A54 solosyy patch a55 space violin a56 one with the lot a57 oooohhhstinato a58 rich bottle blow. The jd800 thus became very popular with musicians who. The roland jd800 and the jd990 have strong sound features and the user manuals are a must have to anyone who wants to use in depth all resources and to learn about sound synthesis. Remove the 8 screws located under the roland logo on the back of the jd800.
Its rackmount design and impressive power and functionality within the studio paved way for the hugely successful jvseries rack modules which lead, ultimately, to the xvseries monstermodules. The jd800 is a digital synthesizer with a control panel containing a large array of sliders for patch editing. This is loaded with classic techno drum sounds like the tr808. A trial version of the pro edition can be downloaded for free. The jd800 is roland s answer to half a decade of hardtoprogram synthesizers.
Roland jd800 dance drums rom card set for the roland jd800 synthesizer and jd990 module. The jd990 contains 195 highquality waveforms derived from the jd800, an enormous number of parameters to edit, and a fast to use, intuitive display to program it. Nice bytes music nice bytes music is a german society fellbach which developed soundbanks and samples disks for several synthsampler models. Roland jd800 the 64 classic factory patches youtube. It is also an interesting and great sounding digital synth with incredible flexibility and control. The jd800 is rolands answer to half a decade of hardtoprogram synthesizers. Crystal rhodes is the electric piano heard in songs like beauty and the beast from peabo bryson or kenny g sentimental. Roland jd800 vs jd990 vintage synth explorer forums. This synth has so much depth it seems like you have to be an engineer to fully realize its power. The classic roland jd800, from an era the early 90s when the analog revival had already started, and roland implemented a digital synthesizer with analogstyle controls.
Crystal rhodes is the electric piano heard in songs like beauty and the beast. The roland jd800 is a digital synthesizer that was manufactured between 1991 and 1996. Make sure you have backed up any data you wish to keep before performing these procedures. Many of these procedures will erase all memory in the unit. With the exception of the top c note on the 61note keyboards, all keys from octave to octave are identical, and all black keys within a given style are identical. It is also a great tool for learning because any change in status of a slider, button or knob creates. Despite this interesting approach, the jd800 was commercial failure and limited to a short production, then replaced by the enhanced module roland jd990. Covered in sliders that act as dedicated editors just like a classic analog synth, the jd800 is an extremely programmable and handson digital synthesizer. Hi just got one of these off ebay in near mint condition. The jd800 can be expanded with the sljd80 expansion cards it is also available in rackmount form with a larger sound rom as the roland jd990 specifications. Roland jd800 for sale working perfectly tone tweakers.
The first one can be a saw wave, the second one a voxchoir wave, the third one a marimbapluck and the fourth one a white noise wave. Easy to use all digital synthesizer with lots of sliders and knobs, analogsounding filters and over 100 internal waveforms. If you have a midi patch utility like midi yoke, you can put midi translator between the computers midi input and your software synth, turning the jd800 into a 276control midi slider box. Roland jd800 synthesizer sample kit infomercial by. Roland jd800 rackmount version of the keyboard synthesizer with great enhancements but sacrifying the realtime controls galore. The jd800 synth is, most probably, the most hands on digital synth roland produced. There are very good professional software supporting the roland jd800 and jd990, but if you want a nonpay choice, this are the best. Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free pdf downloads.
If this is the case, you will need to calibrate the unit. Heres a very quick guide to sorting out the infamous roland jd800 sticky key problem as you are only allowed 10 images, im sorry if it is not too clear. The sound is classic late 80searly 90s roland crystalline, powerful, with quality effects. Rolands cult classic jd800 digital synthesizer from 1991. Roland jd800 synthesizer see below for the roland mvs1 vintage synth module. Professionally serviced and working perfectly, unlike most. It is a rompler with internal waveshapes or samples stackable upon each other, so that you can have a patch made of four sounds. One of the most powerful and tactile synthesizers ever made. You are covered by the ebay money back guarantee if you receive an item that is not as described in the listing. Info on tech repair, aftertouch modification, etc and a bunch of free patch banks available for download. Legowelt has released roland jd800 sample kit, a free sound pack featuring 350 wav samples recorded from the legendary roland jd800 synthesizer. Roland jd800 massive sound patches banks sysex huge. Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team.
The synthesizer features many knobs and sliders for patch editing and performance control features that some manufacturers, including roland, had been omitting in the name of streamlining since the inception of the yamaha dx7. I have a lot of synths 80 years and i must say the jd800 pales next to my d50 or my m1, im not talking about factory sounds of synths mentioned above but the sounds created a to z the jd800 may be just right for some ground but thats it, the d50 for example, has an. The roland jd800 owners manual, patch book, and service manual along with another pile of documents. Roland jd800 jd 800 jd800 keyboard synth synthesizer m. Roland jd800 keybed repair i recently purchased a jd800 which had experienced the dreaded roland red glue meltdown. The jd800 patch organizer created by laurent lecatelierdudec france, was released as freeware in 24041999 date in original author. There are several different types of keys used on the roland keyboards, so you will need to make sure you order the correct style click on the link for your keyboard below. The palette screen allows to see all tones of a parameter at the same time, and its extremely easy and intuitive to jump from screen to screen as needed. The synthesizer features many knobs and sliders for patch editing and.
Check out the roland jd800 technical specifications page at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. It also was when roland started to add more internal effects to its synths and the jds effect section had a good selection including reverb, delay, chorus, phaser, distortion and even a 3 band eq. The roland jd800 has a patch called crystal rhodes. Rom card set comes in original manufacturer packaging along with patch list fold out sheet. Was the main place to jd800 owners talk and share info, but become flooded by spammers. If a unit is not listed here, it does not have an initialization procedure that is userexecutable. At the heart of the jd800 is rolands latestgeneration digital filter, as.
It gathered programmations created by several sounddesigners who worked for roland. Idem utilization idem sounds so in terms of synth sounds, well, nothing special. Enter the legowelt roland jd800 sample kit 350 wav samples from rolands 1992 flagship monster synth colossal juicy thick basses, bizarre unearthly pads, uncanny strings, mystifying effects, entrancing chords and lots. View and download roland jd800 service notes online. Roland jd800 1991 classic realtime digital synthesizer with total edit. Jd800 and jd990 updated the roland jd800 and the jd990 have strong sound features and the user manuals are a must have to anyone who wants to use in depth all resources and to learn about sound synthesis. A short demo of the sounds from a custom set i built up over the years. Structure a single jd patch is based on pure rompler system, composed by up to. The jd990 is an enhanced version of the jd800 and was the top o the line jdsynth. And, bearing in mind the possibilities for combining up to four sounds within a jd800 patch, there are source sounds wellsuited to adding a splash of highend digital shimmer to a patch. The jd has a solid 61 note keyboard which has velocity and after touch. Check out the roland jd800 creating a split patch page at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. Reviewed in the united states on february 14, 2014.
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