[A6] OT: JP8000 comments required

[José Sogo Flores]

Hi.

The JP-8000 is very different from the A6. When I got mine second hand, I
thought it had plastic feeling and plastic sound. After some time I find
myself loving the Roland. The user interface is for my taste very good. Osc
sync, ring and crossmosulation (all three at the same time, if you like so)
give you some strange sounds. There is no hidden parameters and even if the
keyboard doesn't have aftertouch, the easy way to asignate multiple
modulations destinations to velocity and ribbon controller can make the
sound very alive. Layering two sounds is also very easy, but then you are
stuck with 4 notes polyphony. Some unique features: supersaw for those lush
strings. And the monophonic feedback oscillator is great fun to play and
sounds almost like a distorted electric guitar, but still remaining the
synth flavour. The overall sound of the JP-8000 is really Roland-like. The
Andromeda with 2 filters, 3 lfo's and 3 envelopes and the modulation
routings is almost like a polyphonic modular synth. You have to learn how to
programm it. The Roland is almost self-explanatory. I won't discuss the
sound. We all know the JP is no real analog. But it is easy to understand,
have enough lights, knobs and sliders to make your analog heart happy and
the sounds you get are definetively usable.

Regards

Jose



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ra" <groups at sanyama.com>
To: <a6 at code404.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:10 PM
Subject: [A6] OT: JP8000 comments required


> Hi folks,
>
> Just wondering if anyone had comments on the Roland JP8000.
> What special feature or sound capability is better than the A6?
> Is it worth getting one? Or would the A6 cover pretty much everything it
> does?
>
> Also Sioux, pretty good work on that tune...keeps up our interest in the
A6
> :)
>
> Take care,
> Rahul
>
> http://www.sanyama.com - Music for the Mind
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