I have been making music since 1992. I started with Amiga 500, 8-bit sampler and MIDI-keyboard. Soon I bought some synths and upgraded Amiga 500 to Amiga 1200. Also sampler got more bits (12-bits). So everything started with sampling and synth programming.
4-channel MODs are big influences (tracks, demos, intros, games), also C64 SID-tracks from 80's. In 90's I did DJ-gigs and also searched different electronic music styles. Even I did DJ-stuff, I have always been listening rock, pop, metal etc. Trash metal was big influence; Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Sepultura, Stone to name few. Also rock music like AC/DC, Dire Straits, Sting and many other are big influences. Since 1994 I have been big fan of prog metal and rock, later fusion jazz and more "complex" music. So I use to mix these different genres.
Check different projects from my homepage: Deadzonemusic.com
I had a V-synth for a week and I couldn't get any nice sounds from it, everything was somehow grainy and artifacty. This video demonstrates the same thing - grainy, as if everything is subjected to some weird lossy audio compression.
I swear, the JV-2080 is heavily slept on nowadays. It’s so worth the price for a module and some expansion boards, seeing as how you can do things like this. I have plenty of vintage modules in my home studio, and the JV-2080 is by far one of the best choices I made.
Still have it, marvelous machine! So many versatile possibilities, after all these years even today competitive in music production and sound creation.
I have a Gaia sh-01 since a month now and I love it. Would like to have these patches, are they for sale and can you play them without loading them into the user patches? Straight from usb?
Thank you for youre reply. I will check it out on Roland souncloud. I already have the Luftrum patches in the memory patches and don't want to lose them 😊
Great example of how to make sounds from this box that are not like what most of the demos (including from Roland at launch) sound like. Incredibly versatile.
How did you go about sequencing and recording this? Do you have each track built in the daw and then record each part using midi? Super impressive demo, kudos!
👍 I play one track to midi and record it audio or record realtime playing straight to the audio. Then I usually pick up next patch and play next demotrack with same method or somerimes multitrack earlier if it somehow fits. There is single patches or multitracked parts. With P08 you can also layer or split sounds.
I have the Verselab MV-1 since 3 months and I like it a lot. Very easy to make songs. I bought a M-Audio Oxygen Pro mini to accompany my MV-1. The faders and knobs of the Pro Mini can be used to change the synth sounds of the Verselab when live playing.
This box seems to have been overlooked but it sounds excellent and packed with functionality for the price point. Can you edit the underlying synth engine via the app or is it basically a preset machine, albeit one with a huge selection?
I may remember wrong but you need subscription for more patches and editor. You can edit sounds from the synth. As you mentioned there is lots of sounds.
completely forgot this exists. strong catchy sound. unfortunately some other RU-vidr has it in his "groovebox tier list" as a sole box in a "basic AF" category, so probably not what most of us are looking for.
Ive had my JD-Xi for a few years now. I would never sell it. Lots of polyphony, great Roland sounds and Roland drum kits. Its a really good idea scratch pad for creating new songs. The only limitation that affected me was the seq section. Great demo bud..
Very nice composition. Even today, sound wise this card stands out against way more expensive libraries. I do have the entire Spitfire BBC Orchestra which offers more variations and intonations, but never the less this Roland Orchestral card is great value for the money!
With practice the JD-Xi can achieve anything. It's a swiss army knife. The sounds on this instrument are incredible. Years of fun & endless possibilities.
Any classic rackmounted digital synth should have a VST emulation. Tje manufacturers hold the copyrights to the original samples and waveforms. There are third parties that would do the actual work. Having an endless rack of synths is an experience you can't even get from the originals.
