Roland JP-8000 still a killer synth 

I once had a Roland JP 8000. But I sold it back then, among other things, to buy an Alesis Andromeda A6. Today I have a Roland JP 8080. I love it and will no longer sell it. For me, these synthesizers are also a good introduction for synthesizer newcomers. You can easily learn the structure and functionality of a synthesizer here without having to constantly go to sub-menus. Very nice presentation. Thanks for that! Greetings from Bergisch Gladbach Germany.

*JP-8000 is a legend that ushered music into a new era. He is the father of electronic dance music, especially Trance (with all its subgenres). If you like quality, bright and full-bodied, fat electronic dance music, you owe it to him.* _Note: This king has only one flaw. These are chronic motherboard problems that occur after 20 years of use. This does not happen in all of them, but these problems are seen in many of them. Symptoms: leaks in filters or modulators, parameter jumps in the audio, weakness in the main audio output, and so on. If diagnosed early and taken to a doctor, you can save his life with a few capacitors and a rotary/slide pot. A Repair Recap Kit is sold for this purpose. They will work for you._ Thanks for the review, Gleen. *With love from Türkiye.*

I’ve had the JP8000 for over 20 years and never really delved into dawless stuff. Recently I bought quite a few new things, such as the Circuit Tracks, Roland S-1 and the Yamaha Reface CP. Decided to make some Donna Summer - I Feel Love inspired techno and I couldn’t get the JP8000 to sit in the mix nicely as pads or strings. I finally ran it through the AC Noises bit crusher/reverb which gave it more character and it fit slightly better. Feeling a bit down about the keyboard, but your enthusiasm about it cheered me up. I have used it really successfully for bass and the Stargate pad can work nicely in the right context so… I suppose its trial and error, I’m still learning. It was the filter cutoff slider and Last Emperor patch that made me fall in love with it in the shop. Your keyboard knowledge made the strings sound nice. I was thinking one of the newer and smaller VA synths might have a fuller sound now

One of my favorite synths as well. The JP8000 can sound really warm and slunds are great to edit with all the knobs and gaders🙌🏻😊

Great demo, Glenn!! What a wonderful synth!

what a nice review! thanks man, awesome synth!

I have and love both of them. MY JP8080 in my studio B and my JP8000 in Studio A. In Studio A I also use an AN1X which I find was so underated back in the days, I think till now. Great Synth also. Hope Roland will make a plug in of the JP80X0 for JupiterX and Fantom Series like Yamaha has done for the new montage with the ANX Engine

oh yes. I love my JP-8000 and I'm happy to see it getting some love in 2023. Unfortunately it's suffering from the low output volume problem but I've sourced a reputable guy to fix it, going to sort that out in the next week or so.

Most of the presets that come with the JP8000 are so cheesy. It's possible to make much more interesting and atmospheric pads, huge angry leads and massive sub basses without any additional processing outside of the synth. The feedback osc hardly gets mentioned and can produce much more interesting sounds than the supersaw. It's a great synth, and one of the few that I've managed to keep in my arsenal from back in the day.

As usual great demos!

my fav synth of all time!

🥰🤗Oh yeah! These sound programs are soooo familiar to me - just played around all of them and my own sounds couple of the days ago. One of my favs default programs are: 1979!, Last emperor, Debussy, Eliptical, Cream lead, Feedback lead, Massive Pad, The fat guy, Soaring mini, Jupiter pad, MKS80 Bell, Comb strings .... Oh yes, the analog-like sounds on the JP-8000 are totally sublime! Really like this samurai in a blue =)

Nice!!

I remember worshiping this as a kid. Always wanted one, and an AN1x. Grew up, bought real analog stuff, including andromeda, prophet5,obxa,etc, eventually bought both jp8000/an1x, and was not disappointed by the JP8000. AN1x however, was in my "don't meet your heroes" camp. Could have really used a JP8000 as a kid. It still seems useful, although I hear some have issues. I have a hard time believing the one in your video has any issues. It's in very good condition, hard to find ones without white scuffs all over.

Mine I bought new ca 1997ish had a heart attack a couple of years ago. I’ve never encountered a synth I’ve liked quite as much.

Great video

Awesome synth

This should be a VST on Roland Cloud by now.

It's a cool synth. I think if I was going to get one, I'd go for the desktop version, the JP-8080, as I don't need the keys (have several other keyboards), but the sounds are really good. It's not a synth I'd be in the market for right now, but at some point in the future, I would probably consider either a JP-8080 or an Access Virus Rack for those big, hard hitting trance sounds.

Roland could release this as a perfect emulation in softsynth form, I mean it already ais a softsynth isn't it? Can't wait to finally see this in the cloud :)

I can't speak for the JP-8000 but I had an JP-8080 and I'm still kicking myself for selling it.

Big fan of your channel, I really like the subtle approach and relaxed style compared to others explaning the tech specs that we all already know. I went to the music shop and tried them all and fell in love with the juno-x. Having had the juno 60 I wanted to hate the juno X but then realised I was being irrational, I've now ordered one. One thing is, the SH-201 I wanted to get because I love the feedback osc and would like to know what it is, where else it is etc without having to buy the original keyboard, can it be done on the juno-x?

You bet, get it serviced Glenn it is a keeper for sure, If I lived in Norway I would service it for free for you as I really enjoy your musical contributions, cheers from New Zealand.

I still have and love mine would never part with it. Its a beast if you sit down and work with it

nice !😊😊👌👌

Bien le bonjour de France je lai se clavier JP 8000 Roland et je adore je créer toujours avec dans mon studio cordialement Daniel

Are all those sounds basic presets that Roland installed into the JP8000? There are some lovely pads in there. This video has been a great tribute to the JP8000 I’d like you to do a part 2 please.

Shout out, Glenn.

thank you for sharing :D I have the jp8080, the keyboard on the 8000 makes it more complete though.

Outdated, sold mine not long ago and I don’t miss it at all …..great show tho Cheers

"To synthfinity and beyond!"

Hi ,very beautiful video,I bought one JP8000,but everytime I can't Save(Write)the patch , if I turn off the Synth,and turn on,the patch is back to the empty,(I already changed a battery) pls help me,thank you very much!

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍👍

Don't ask me how or why, but I have 3 JP-8080. I just got an Access Virus Ti2 as well, and as great as that synth is, some sounds on the JP just absolutely rip.

Yes, the sound on all of them dies. I've heard it's the capicitors on the output board. All their output capacitors have a limited lifespan of twenty-something years. It's an easy fix if you have access to a repair person, or are trained in electronics.

I see you have multiple speaker setup, what type of setup is it? surround?

Chariots of frire

00:06:51 haha my old JX3P did this too

Uea im temped to buy one.

That’s what i call a real men cafe

Surely it is, but it's very limited. The new Fantom EX is a monster all in one machine...

where supersaw demo?

Every JP unit has lost its output or will lose it soon due to faulty capacitors on the main board. All aluminum capacitors need to be replaced with new, high-quality ones. It is advisable to seek professional assistance for this repair, as it involves soldering\de-soldering SMD capacitors because the main board is highly sensitive.

Thank you for the video. Sorry to say so, but you have a terrible buzz-ground-loop in your line feed. check it out. get rid of it. Drives me nuts.