Roland JD-XA - Programming a Custom Patch 

Dejes engañar ese sinte esta conectado a un programa de compuadora y a una base de pads

Well said, my thoughts exactly!

Many thanks, you kindly gave me the idea for this video.

@@audienceimaginary The programming appears to be pretty straight forward! Its like layering sounds in an Ableton Instrument Rack and modifying the layers to create an overall awesomeness! 😎👍 I did not even realize the process on this machine was so simple. I thought it was more complicated but never saw anyone doing complicated things...so I thought I was missing something. Your video helped me realize just how much of a win this board really is. Thank you so much for doing this video!

Yeah I would say it’s definetely an underrated instrument. Keep in mind too that this is quite a basic patch, the JD-XA is designed in such a way that you can create patches with 16 parts. Each of the four digital parts has three partials, so I could actually have programmed those three digital parts as just one part utilising the three partials (to be more efficient), if I really wanted to stack it up. It’s also got a very effective Low Frequency Oscillator section which I didn’t touch here, as well as pitch envelope etc. I think I will certainly do more of these type videos.

@@audienceimaginary any videos from your side will be appreciated for XA. I learned dividing keyboard into splits and amp volume is for partials. I didnt know these two. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback. Just to clarify, the amp is for adjusting the volume of all parts including the partials.

6eodude FACTS!!!!!!!

Agree

What if he is jexus🤷‍♂️🤣

It's the raw sound of the xa, although there is a chain worth mentioning. Here I was running two guitar cables (one from each of the xa's stereo outputs) into an audio interface (Steinberg UR44). From here the audio interface is connected via USB into a PC. On the PC I was using Cubase 9 Pro at the time, and within that I simply used a stereo in channel. It's a very clean path, I actually had some issues soon after this with a groundloop hum/buzz (due to several other instruments being connected into the path), and it turns out that balanced cables fixed the issue. From what I've experienced, the xa could sound worse than this with lower quality cables (mine are Klotz), a USB directly into PC or laptop, a poor soundcard (if not using an audio interface), the wrong settings in a DAW, a computer with lower processing speed (I found upgrading to an i78700 significantly improved the sound of all my instruments when they are running into the PC), poor headphones, poor speakers etc.

Been a while since I did the patch, but from memory there is some standard reverb (on certain parts not all), and a form of delay (one of several within the xa) in the part effects section (again, only on select parts, just the analogue pad and the shimmer pad not even the strings).

I would say it comes down to personal preference. I installed all 256 1.5 patches then reverted to the original 64. Though the original patches have been controversial or sometimes hated, I feel that (while not a well rounded batch) they provide a glimpse into each of the far flung corners of JD-XAs possibilities. What I would certainly recommend is installing some of the Axial sound sets such as Modulations 1 and 2, as well as Celestial Spheres.

Imaginary Audience thanks for reply I subscribed to you, what I was hoping was to be able to combing presets so say a pad preset with a lead preset . Also how do you split the keyboard with differing sounds I can’t find it anywhere?? Thanks for replying

@@dazdavison1 Splitting the keyboard I show in this video at 10:28. With your other question, yes this is possible but a little hard to explain. There are functions to copy a whole patch and insert or save the whole thing onto a new init patch. Now, you can't do this with two whole patches inclusive of all their parts and partials. So the solution is that there is another function where you can copy individual parts and transfer these into other inits or patches that you are working on (probably best to refer to the manual for this, if you have trouble I might show it in another video at some stage). To merge a preset pad with a preset lead you would have to transfer several of the parts from the pad patch (to another new init patch, then save 'write' that patch), then transfer individual parts from the lead patch acorss to that new patch. Depending how many parts these two presets used, you might not be able to merge the entirety of both patches (for example if the lead used all analog and digital parts, and the pad did the same you couldnt fit 32 parts on 1 new patch). But presuming you wanted to transfer a manageable number of individual parts from both preset patches, this could be done. The structure and polyphony should easily allow for a solid 4 parts for a lead to be merged with at least four parts for a pad sound. I hope this makes some sense.

Imaginary Audience Thankyou buddy, video would be great I do love this synth

When you create a fresh sound from in it patch can you at same time go through preset sounds and poach parts that you like to create a hybrid of a preset plus your own sounds ?

It sounds like that because there is some decay dialled in. Decay will make the signal ring regardless of release. I was also using a hold pedal, but the effect happened regardless of that.

You can save them. Hold down ‘write’ and it can save to whatever slot you want

I have sold a few yes, I've got all patches that I've designed stashed away somewhere, plus some great banks of all my favourite pads and atmospheres from all the Axial sound sets.

@@audienceimaginary I am a producer of urban music and I am interested in some for genres such as Trap, Drill, Hiphop and R&B, I am interested. let's do business.

@@RLoupe yep can do. email me what sorts of sounds you require audienceimaginary@gmail.com

I haven't got a video on it yet, but feel free to email me im happy to explain it audienceimaginary@gmail.com

Yes indeed synths just beg us to spend money! I'm afraid a video I'm posting this afternoon will make you want this more.

@@audienceimaginary I'll wait for it! :P