Roland JD-800 Demo - Live Pads Piano Strings Organ Bass Leads roland jd 800 test

[vegunited06]

thanks for this, I hope to maybe get the rack version of this the 990

[dadduorp]

Yeah, I've changed my mind. Found several original books and manuals on this machine and it works perfectly! No dead switches/buttons and it sounds great! I bought this toward the end of my "gigging years" so the thing looks brand new since I've had it in my basement in a case for all these years. Btw, LOVE that pipe organ sound in the beginning. Where to get that?

[VisceralVoids]

@dadduorp That's an internet preset called "Cathedral Organ", it's in one of the user created internet banks that has all the patch names in capital letters. Even in a "basic" sound like that, the JD-800 has got plenty programming + fx going on underneath the hood to make it sound huge and alive (spectrum enhancer etc.) If you like the JD-800, then JD-990 is worth a look as well. Can be found very cheap locally and has a more mature synth engine, but still with that huge, clean, spacey JD sound.

[dadduorp]

I have one of these—actually have had it for over 20 years—but before I sell it, I'd like to know if it can replicate the classic Minimoog Jan Hammer sound? That would make me reconsider selling it (toward buying an actual Minimoog Voyager!)

[VisceralVoids]

@dadduorp You can create a lead like that on the JD, the built in distortion helps. But consider the following. JD uses waveforms so when you hit a key it plays the same raw sample associated from ROM. Minimoog Voyager uses real, free-running oscillators so there is always that slight imperfection in the sound. Hammer was also using Marshall amps, miking them to help get that sound. He may have added Oberheim SEMs into the signal too. So even with the same basic programming it won't sound exact.

[hormigueroparriba]

Do not sell it, becouse you will miss it next year for sure. We had ours though the keys got broken. It sound great!!

[rg2027x]

What's the name of the sound u play @ 2:53?

[VisceralVoids]

@rg2027x

Its called "Piano + Strings II" and it's from one of the sound banks you can d/l from the internet for the JD-800.

[rg2027x]

@VisceralVoids oh sweet! Thanks so much for the quick reply, appreciate it. I really like the JD800 sound wish Roland still made instruments like that.

[loderunner]

04:50 Kevin Moore's intro in Dream Theater's "Take the Time"!

[VisceralVoids]

@loderunner

Moore used a JD-800 all over that album. Back then he used a D50 and a Korg DSS-1, DW-8000. He used more String Ensemble card sounds on "Awake" from what I can tell, I could recognize some presets. On "Awake" he supposedly added a Kurz and a Akai sampler to change out the DSS-1.

Thanks for the comments everyone

[stuthomson]

Excellent demo! , thanks VV.

[AccentSlide]

One of the better JD800 videos on Youtube.