Just won a jd800 to go with my 990 off ebay

[allcentury]

JD990 is that old school roland digital sound right?

[Reptil]

yeah but the JD800 is kinda special. spaceship stuff. thumbsup
congrats on the score!

[MarcB]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Its going to be my control synth for the studio and to control the jd990 and to have an another synth. I love my hardware synths again. Anyone want to buy a Cs6x or Novation Supernova before i lob em on ebay ; )

Ben

damn I want a cs6r but dont have the room for a full size synth , how much are you talking for the 6x by the way and what part of uk are you ?

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by allcentury

JD990 is that old school roland digital sound right?

Yeh like a prophet 5 is that old skool 70's porn style sound

For pads and textures i love my 990 a lot. The 800 will give me more hands on control to both as well as having another slot for an expansion card. My 990 has the vintage card in there. Also it will be the main control jeyboard for the studio replacing my CS6X

I scored both for £500 which i think is a good buy really.

[Don Solaris]

Nice synth. But few points to say.....


From economical point, maybe not the best choice. Because you already have the whole JD-800 inside 990.

If you hope to program JD-990 via JD-800, you'll have to hold your horses. More than half of JD-990 features can't be reached from JD-800 (editing) which brings you back to direct edit on 990.

Luckily editing goes pretty fast thanks to large screen, shortcuts, multiselect and the magic Value knob - when pushed, gives x10 per tick that even Capt. Picard wouldn't be ashamed of.

As of "another slot for an expansion card" with JD-800 - actually, JD-990 can take that card too. There is a slot on the front side. It's a shame that JD-800 does not take the SR-JV expansion cards, but its own format with very small waveform ROM. AFAIK only useful JD-800 card is "Strings", but it scores for around $200+. It features the Strings and Pizzicato samples of which both are included in JD-990. Other JD-800 cards are drums, brass and piano.

Speaking of a keyboard controller. JD-800 is missing one crucial control source: modulation wheel. But, you'll notice that problem as soon as you'll try to tweak the cutoff on the JD-990 via "mod wheel" that isn't there.

[aeonlux]

For all those reasons and more I sold my Roland JD-800 and kept my Roland JD-990.

I'd sure keep that CS6x and program the hell out of it. It has some great synthesis options and effects - many killer tones to be had!


cheers,
Ian

[RobJB06]

Congrats i love the JD800..
They sell so cheap.. i dont understand why. Excellent sound, brilliant UI.

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by aeonlux

For all those reasons and more I sold my Roland JD-800 and kept my Roland JD-990.

I'd sure keep that CS6x and program the hell out of it. It has some great synthesis options and effects - many killer tones to be had!


cheers,
Ian

I loved the plg150 in the cs6x but there is no mac editor. The cs6x itself does not do it for me anymore. I love the 990 and £300 for an 800 is mad price really.

Didnt realise about the mod wheel though but hey ho,its more the full size keys for the studio and also being able to tweak some odf the 990 hands on although i have got pretty good at programming the 990 via the screen.

Ben

[Don Solaris]

Originally Posted by RobJB06

They sell so cheap.. i dont understand why.

This might explain:

Roland JD-990 vs JD-800

[aeonlux]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

The cs6x itself does not do it for me anymore.

Fair enough. I use a Yamaha A5000 that I like very much, so the idea of a synth with its filters and effects with a good selection of ROM waves sounds quite good to me. If I had some spare coin, I'd make you an offer. Good luck with your studio!


cheers,
Ian

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by aeonlux

Fair enough. I use a Yamaha A5000 that I like very much, so the idea of a synth with its filters and effects with a good selection of ROM waves sounds quite good to me. If I had some spare coin, I'd make you an offer. Good luck with your studio!


cheers,
Ian

Thanks mate. The CS6x is a great synth and my first big keyboard style synth but i've had my fill of it now.

[Popbott]

Originally Posted by Don Solaris

...Luckily editing goes pretty fast thanks to large screen, shortcuts, multiselect and the magic Value knob - when pushed, gives x10 per tick that even Capt. Picard wouldn't be ashamed of...

[Eric J]

Well I'm joining the club. I just won a JD 800 of of eBay as well. It'll be my first vintage hardware synthesizer. I'm coming from the software world, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do. Any advice?

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by Eric J

Well I'm joining the club. I just won a JD 800 of of eBay as well. It'll be my first vintage hardware synthesizer. I'm coming from the software world, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do. Any advice?

Yeh dont get it from the person i did.

Why why why whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy do people conact you until you pay them or they win your item then they amazingly vanish into thin air then give a crap excuse a week later like i won the item but was in outer mongolia via gprs or some stupid excuse.

My bloke emailed and we were going to meet in London save posting and then he's just vanished. I've emailed all week with no response.. It proper pisses me off when people do this.

[Don Solaris]

It's a providence telling you: "don't take it - you don't need it - invest elsewhere".

[RobJB06]

But don..
You can still do so much with the JD800, even without all the JD990 features.
The UI is just incredible on the JD800..

Think of the Microwave VS the Waldorf Wave.

Same sounds. I know because i have both (wave and microwave)
But the Wave has a fantastic UI and thats why people pay so much for them.

If you look at the JD800 VS JD990, im just suprised with all those lovely sliders and great UI that they are not worth at least £600-700.

Its one of my favourite synths regardless of price. The others are Waldorf Wave again mostly for the UI and also the Access Virus TI..

The JD990 is easier to program than a microwave, but its still a pain.
(I have a JD800 and JD990 with vintage)

Originally Posted by Don Solaris

This might explain:

Roland JD-990 vs JD-800

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by RobJB06

But don..
You can still do so much with the JD800, even without all the JD990 features.
The UI is just incredible on the JD800..

Think of the Microwave VS the Waldorf Wave.

Same sounds. I know because i have both (wave and microwave)
But the Wave has a fantastic UI and thats why people pay so much for them.

If you look at the JD800 VS JD990, im just suprised with all those lovely sliders and great UI that they are not worth at least £600-700.

Its one of my favourite synths regardless of price. The others are Waldorf Wave again mostly for the UI and also the Access Virus TI..

The JD990 is easier to program than a microwave, but its still a pain.
(I have a JD800 and JD990 with vintage)

Do you realise at this very point you have 303 posts very apt

[Eric J]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

Yeh dont get it from the person i did.

Why why why whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy do people conact you until you pay them or they win your item then they amazingly vanish into thin air then give a crap excuse a week later like i won the item but was in outer mongolia via gprs or some stupid excuse.

My bloke emailed and we were going to meet in London save posting and then he's just vanished. I've emailed all week with no response.. It proper pisses me off when people do this.

Dude, that sux. What was his eBay name?

[Reptil]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

Do you realise at this very point you have 303 posts very apt

yeh don't post anymore or post 303 times really fast.

I was in a music store (boring digital pianos everywhere) in 92 but in the corner there it was.
It looked like a control panel from the death star. thumbsup
Let's all buy one and invent a secret handshake.
eehm

[Popbott]

Originally Posted by Eric J

Well I'm joining the club. I just won a JD 800 of of eBay as well. It'll be my first vintage hardware synthesizer. I'm coming from the software world, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it can do. Any advice?

Funny, calling this synth "vintage", I remember buying it new in 1990. Has it been that long? Dang. It's almost 20 yrs old!

For me, it was the first synth I owned where I could open and close the cutoff envelope using velocity or aftertouch. I got a lot of use from the Dance Drum card, programming/editing drum sounds from the front panel. The distortion effect can make for some very interesting sounds in single mode and pushing the pitch stick up does do some modulation. Portamento parameter is very useful. Dual LFO parameters assignable to four different waveforms also make for some interesting possibilities. Until recently, I always used mine in multi-mode so I could get more sounds out of it at one time when sequencing and the other two outs come in handy when using a mixer. When in this mode, listening to the waveforms in their raw state without effects can make programming a bit easier.

[Eric J]

Originally Posted by Popbott

Funny, calling this synth "vintage", I remember buying it new in 1990. Has it been that long? Dang. It's almost 20 yrs old!

Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm not sure at what age "vintage" begins, but I think its somewhere around 20 years. I'm sure there are people out there who remember buying their first Minimoog Model D.

[Eric J]

CHeck this out:

I found a Flikr site where some guy had his JD-800 refinished in white with the SH series fonts.

roland jd 800 - a set on Flickr

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by Eric J

Dude, that sux. What was his eBay name?

I wont say mate,hes come back this afternoon to apologise (bad couple of days mess up with courier etc etc )

I have to give him the benefit of the doubt you know, hes got 100% feedback so i dont want to ruin it for him if it really was a bad week and accidental

That white jd looks wicked!!!

[Eric J]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

I wont say mate,hes come back this afternoon to apologise (bad couple of days mess up with courier etc etc )

I have to give him the benefit of the doubt you know, hes got 100% feedback so i dont want to ruin it for him if it really was a bad week and accidental

That white jd looks wicked!!!

No worries. I hope it works out for you man. I hate to see anyone get ripped off.

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by Eric J

No worries. I hope it works out for you man. I hate to see anyone get ripped off.

So have you got yours yet ??

Even when i get mine my house extension isnt finished so cant even plug it in as studio is plasterless for another week. Most important thing is to get my kids and partner back in before xmas and its very very very cloooooooooooseeeeee to going very wrong so studio is looking like new year now

In fact im typing this whilst eating my crap processed food from tescos and then im back to putting the chip board floors down on the 1st floor.

gotta love living on your own in dust for 3 months with no kids or partner and all the house upside down

roll on 2009 i say going to be a goooooooood one

[Don Solaris]

Originally Posted by RobJB06

But don..
You can still do so much with the JD800, even without all the JD990 features.

I almost bought JD-800 from a friend even when i had JD-990. The thing looks too good.

But i couldn't stand the lack of Pan (per tone) which meant i had to forgot all the lush stereo pads and textures and the overall "wide sound" of JD-990. Because on 990 each of 4 tones inside a patch has its own stereo position which is crucial when 4 tones are enabled. By panning them individually, the content is preserved and distinguishable, as opposed to fixed central pan position that can hardly accept more than 2 tones, without turning them into a mud.

[Popbott]

Originally Posted by Eric J

CHeck this out:

I found a Flikr site where some guy had his JD-800 refinished in white with the SH series fonts.

roland jd 800 - a set on Flickr

I want a white JD800 now, damn it.

[Eric J]

Originally Posted by digital 1010

So have you got yours yet ??

Even when i get mine my house extension isnt finished so cant even plug it in as studio is plasterless for another week. Most important thing is to get my kids and partner back in before xmas and its very very very cloooooooooooseeeeee to going very wrong so studio is looking like new year now

In fact im typing this whilst eating my crap processed food from tescos and then im back to putting the chip board floors down on the 1st floor.

gotta love living on your own in dust for 3 months with no kids or partner and all the house upside down

roll on 2009 i say going to be a goooooooood one

Nah, I just won it yesterday. I expect it next week.

[digital 1010]

Originally Posted by Don Solaris

I almost bought JD-800 from a friend even when i had JD-990. The thing looks too good.

But i couldn't stand the lack of Pan (per tone) which meant i had to forgot all the lush stereo pads and textures and the overall "wide sound" of JD-990. Because on 990 each of 4 tones inside a patch has its own stereo position which is crucial when 4 tones are enabled. By panning them individually, the content is preserved and distinguishable, as opposed to fixed central pan position that can hardly accept more than 2 tones, without turning them into a mud.

I'm just greedy having both although will be fun to control a fair few of the 990s parameters from the 800