An old friend is back in the studio - Roland JP-8000 

Oh I wish I could buy this beast asap , I'm not employed yetttt

You made the wrong choice buddy! Just kidding, but at least you now have a JP8080, which is even better I think.

would be very down to trade my near mint jp8000 for the 8080

Love is fleeting synths are for life!

U willing to sell it?😁😁

My first Pro Synth was the Casio VZ-1 Still have today.. Just used it yesterday!

@@5argetech56 Congratulations On Still Having A Casio VZ-1 And Not Getting Rid Of It . I Have One Myself . Great Synth ! Don't Ever Let It Go . I'm Sure You Won't .

Me to dude, still have and use it to this day. Love it

Me too but mine is dead...

VietNAMM?

.. again. They've done exactly what you just said several times over.

The new Jupiter X is pretty incredible , it’s my favorite Roland of all time so far .

Still have some early HardTrance X-plosion Volumes. There isn't a single track without the acid 303 sound in it, lol

Have they aged well in sound ?

@@colinodea3192 they are timeless. if you like fat analog synths this will rock your world.

@@zosxavius i have a modx at the minute as my main synth but adding to it all the time. So this might be my next purchase.

@@colinodea3192 depends. they have a signature supersaw trance sound that doesn't sound like anything else, hitting a certain high register that's similar to 303, yet decidely not. 303 lines are mono and piercing, but JP supersaw lines are thicker, yet sweeter. Arguably the best example of its sound (and effect on music) can be heard in Darude's "Sandstorm" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y6120QOlsfU.html which is lierally named after the JP patch that made it (from the manual "P2:11 (001) Sand Storm"). It's a sound that is kind of not "in" right now, but any sound that's was ever as popular as that sound (and it was) was popular for a reason, so when used right it still gets that brain candy effect. it's not the best emulation of an analog anymore, but real analogs are cheap now anyway (which defeats the whole point of VA anyway), so the JP now stands as an awesomely programmable supersaw trance machine that sounds a bit digital, and that's one of the reasons it cuts through the mix. another good example of its sound: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UQn31Z_8syY.html If I could draw an anolgy as to its "datedness" (or not), i'd point out how "dated" a DX (FM) sounds...until people recently redicovered how awesome it is at bass/glitch sounds and suddenly its all over the charts again. The JP supersaw sound never did and never will go away. It is what it is.

@@colinodea3192 I came here from a Roland System 1 Supersaw demo that sounded quite convincing. What are other peoples opinions of the different Roland synths with Supersaw ? As someone with a JP8000 and a Korg Radias which I don't have room to set up, I would love to get a single 6 octave keyboard that replaces them all but always end up back at demos like this.

Yes, together with the Hoover Sound. Both from Roland.

@@tmengucor And Acid tb-303 :P

@@OProject. I didn't mentioned it because it includes a wide range of variants but yes, the TB-303 acid sound is legendary. Roland rules!

Detest super saw and everything ‘trance’

Sam, thank you!

Shhhh! Hush! I eyed a JP-8080 last week, not super cheap but still feasible. Don't give them ideas :))))

I wish... Many people wanting Trance to come back to its roots. Maybe playing more with Supersaw can add that extra inspiration and quality nowadays

Thank you, we gotta have both the new and the old :D

Enjoy it

What did you replace it with ? I could sell all the synths I have in storage and buy something like a Yamaha Tyros, Montage or Korg Kronos but I have yet to hear a demo that convinces me to do it.

@@MrDuncl Hi I actually had bought a Deepmind12 before the JP8000 went south, but it basically replaces it as it does a great job at those 'Roland' type sounds.

Steven, thank you!

Theodore, thank you!

Thanks, Pizza Gogo!

@@SynthManiaDotCom oh yes, should have said...please do more trance:-o

Glad you enjoyed it!

As a completely unskilled Keyboard Player who owns a JP8000 I would say go for it. Trance is quite easy to fake with a Synth like the JP8000 as the "Wall of Sound" covers many mistakes. As Synthmania shows at 9:57 you don't even need to use those pesky black notes :-)

@@MrDuncl Black keys are for jazz musicians

@@nitbot haha. Genius! 😁

agreed

Are there any songs from '96 or '97 that use this sound?

Thank you, Sonicwave!

Thanks!

Thank you, Doctodatronic!

My JP-8000 shares a stand with an MS2000, and an Alesis Micron (Pretty much the Ion in a smaller package). All three of them are absolute beasts in their own right and make powerful trifecta of tone!

Thank you, Rik! I plan to get all the original VAs for a comparison, including the AN1x

If you like the MS2000 you should check out the Korg Radias

Actually it was during their third album, Witching Hour. Ladytron used to give those synths names (Cleopatra, Babylon, Gloria, Ulysses).

@@Mindphaser1 Thanks for the correction! It was definitely when they named them!

@devontodetroit the 2000B came out in 2003. It's very dark grey instead of the very dark blue of the first version.

@devontodetroit Because you realised that it didn't sound as good as it looked?!

@devontodetroit In fairness, there was nothing much wrong with the MS2000 and even allowing for the step sequencer buttons, I think it's amongst the better looking synths ever made. What price would a Yamaha AN1x go for nowadays if it had the looks and user interface of an MS2000 or even a Nord Lead, I wonder?