Do you think the Roland Fantom (2019) with it's Jd800 and D50 can have such a good sound ? i always thought the preamp and perhaps converters and maybe some sort of exciter contributed to the sound. You do say it in the video about the converters but i wondered if you had compared it yourself ? Ps: maybe one of Roland last great digital synths and the analog kind of sounds are so good ...
Yeah I think you're right. There's definitely something in the output stage of the early Roland digital synths that made them sound 'richer' and more dynamic than their later digital synths. I bought the JV-80 synthesizer in 1992, which had a very similar synth engine to the JD-800, but with different samples more suitable for multi-timbral use. It had a 'presence' slider on it that gave it a more pronounced high-end and bass. I think it was more than just a simple EQ. After a key broke I switched to the XP-50 synthesizer that had just come out then (which has the same synth engine as the JV-1080 module). Although this had most of the same samples and sounds from the JV-80, I didn't find it sounding quite as rich and dynamic as the JV-80 did.
Old digital synths are great - but they are easier to replicate than analog synths - but I do like the fact that the synth switches on & plays - where as i had the Wavestation as a virtual synth - but had to pay £300 when I upgraded the Mac then when I upgraded again - I went & bought the stand alone unit - 2nd hand for £400! - Guess what - 2 years later - it still works!
Still annoyed about the sequencer because wen you want to do your own stuff the . Grunts. Keep coming in. So I use midi it aturia b step .. it’s definitely a no buy. But I’ve already bought it
