Synth Kitchen JD-Xi - How to make “Beatz”, aka a pattern sequence 

THIS is joy in making music 😎great demo guys love it!

This got to be one of those videos where simplicity and flow was awsome! Smile never left my face even after watching!

6:44 is the best surprise happened in a review in synth history!

thats how u know you got that hitter, background dancers come out of freakin nowhere!! Love the JD-XI, it has been in my peripherals for years, but I have been so consumed by the MPC Live this past year, I pretty much dropped everything else. Cut to last night, I saw the mighty JD-XI on Ebay, in mint condition, with original box/foam, manual , mic, the whole thang for just under $400. I didn't think twice, it gets here friday, and I doubt I will sleep until then. WAY TOO EXCITED. First track I make on it, what I am gonna call? "No Sleep Till Roland," gotta pay homage to Beastie Boys, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." Cannot wait, thank you for all the wonderful video content I can salivate to. Peace!

Just got my used JDXI..You have made a very helpful and fun vid. Big thank you guys..

JD-Xi is one of the best synthesizers I have ever purchased. Very nice. Thanks for the demo. Don't mind the racist hater troll comments.

Even after all these years why can't I double like this fire.

Sounds really great. Textures of the sounds have a great quality.

I added part fo to my beatz and no background dancers showed up. Any tips?

I miss those too... Had one myself. So easy to put together some really cool stuff quick..

That dude has some style! Grooving

thanks for the demo! appreciate it

That was fun bud, thanks!

Love the show! 😂😂😂😂

Damn, I just gave ya'll a big ol' bro hug. Funny as hell. And me want one of dee's :)

Nice work!

You guys can really have fun and show serious thinks at same time

That was dope

lmao dude on the left can feel his own cringe and dials down lmao

BEETZ WITH BEATS...THANKS FOR GREAT INFO THATS FUN AND LIVELY😎😎

UPDATE : Got lucky yesterday and got the LIMITED edition ( RED ) at guitar center Dallas. THIS THING IS AMAZING. :) Ed you gotta' come to Dallas :)

Cooking Beatz, Nice groove and getting down :)

Ed Diaz is a national treasure.

QUITE WELL DONE!!

I would love to see this jd xi midi to the tr 8 and the boutique sound module

amazing

So great rhythm BUT how do you alternate things for a full song if say using it along with another digital piano?

if i wanna add more effects and sounds what program you recommend me to use??

6:44 Aye! Baddie alert fellas! 😂🤣 Haha! I'm about to finally get that bad boy for my Birthday October 8th! Or should I say... Oct. 808! 😎

would you recommend this synth for studio production in mostly hiphop?i already have the rs-70,gaia,system 1,mm-6,mininova and mini brute

I paid like $450 for this at a Pawn Shop almost a year ago. It has the absolute BEST drums out of all the synths that i have. You could totally make a hit record with this board. I have a Roland Tr505, a Zoom 249 Street beat and an Akai XR20. But this lil joint here shines brighter and hit extra hard.

Nice 🎹👍

This suddenly became a turquoise jeep video 😂

Style 🎶✅

how do your separate the tracks to track out to your DAW?

Supa Dope

2:44 "This is Rock n' Roll"

i am coming from Tracker Music but this is great, thx :)

very nice synth, i make my official music with roland jdxi

you'd just record them in as solos I guess, I don't think it outputs multi over usb, but I know it does stereo mix over usb at least

with the sequenceur is it possible to ...overdub ? recording over a recording without erasing ? if yes that s mean 4 track can go 8 tracks ?

thanks dudes :)

Unlimited patterns for each song? Also, how many songs??

Awesome! Can the parts be exported via midi?

can i use this to make beats in maschine ??????

Can you mute and have volume control with the 4 tracks?

hmm what would the carrots be musically? and the peas and the mashed potatoes...:)

if i create a beat with some layers, how can i mute one of them during the play mode? or if added the layer, i must play it all the time?

Kinda reminds me of Passion Pit

Sorry but this is absolutely not HIP HOP Beatzzzzzzz but more a REGGAETON style ;) Anyway, you guyzzzz are really fun (i'm french but i understand your jokes with subtitles) and i'm really happy to see some humor in a Roland présentation ! Great demo btw, drum machine sounds are powerful and the analog bass is so moogie !

I have tried to follow. The complete start with the clicking does not work. When I press the play button in addition to the record button it does play all the time the pre-loaded standard music. And this is where it stops everything.

i have seen one dude using a 4 measure, only he ajust the number of notes per measure and turn down the tempo to make 8 measures, something like that. i dont speak inglish

it's a cool little keyboard this was just a demo just to show you how to use it you can come up with your own shit of course

Right out the box , when i press record, then play , a pre made song plays, and I dont know how to stop it ARRRRG! dang does anybody know what I'm talking about?

HA, HA, HA! HE SAY, "WHICH ONE YOU, CROCKETT OR TUBBS? OH, WAIT, I JUST FIGURE IT OUT! NOW GET TO STEPPIN', BIATCH!"

Can the sequencer parts be saved as individual wav files?

Dug that bassline

Why use the metronom after you make the drums ?

i wrote Roland Support about this 2 JDXI units i purchased from Roland, both with same defects. the 1st unit was purchased in 2016 and it became defective within 1 year. i drove it to Roland/Boss repair ctr 50 miles paid $100 for repairs each time, never fixed. the unit's circuitry is defective for both Tempo & Master Volume knobs, causing the unit to slow down /speed up tempo while playing, despite the tempo settings preset in the Program parameters. Volume control slowly fades too. I bought the 2nd unit in November 2019, now it has developed the exact same problem. JDXI needs to admit its defective engineering on this device.

Can someone tell me how to save these patterns?

A 4(4-Pattern-Machine -number..xyz..😁✝✝

Can you really only up to 4 measures? Can you do 8 or more? I need to know cuz I'm thinking of gettin' one o these babies! Roland could you make groove boxes again? I miss the old groovebox as according to the Roland websites the MC-909 & MC-808 are listed as "Discontinued"

Haha you guys are funny. Mami was sexy though

When I try to do a pad it just records it like one note instead of the sustained sound a pad is supposed to be. I'm pressing the keys the way I want it to sound but it doesn't record (or save) that way. Anyone help?

What`s frigging foe? Oh, I see four.

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!

These hip guys have the JIVE style down, just like the king of JIVE Guy Fieri on Diners, Drive-ins and JIVE!!!

Too bad the machine doesn't allow muting and unmuting the separate drum parts.

that's sounds somali music.

Feel like an 80s hip hop beat 🤣

Tutta sta pippa per quattro suoni

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That beat sounds so old and out of style... Bleh. Sounds like something that would be on an old cell phone ringtone. I like the jd xi though:)

That beat is about as whack as those 1982 corny sitcom jokes that you two were awkwardly trying to tell! Where's Warren Harris, AKA Hanna, when you need him? Now that brotha knew how to get down with the gear.

never say "beatz"

do they go out of their way to be This corny on purpose? or does it just come natural?

the gaia is pretty forgettable. you can tell they work for Roland if they are praising that thing. Not an awful synth, but compared to other VA synths like the VIRUS TI, its lacking

holy crap that demo is awful

so that's really how black people pronounce their words

the dude on the right is very annoying. Cant you just let him do his thing ?

Wow, wasn't expecting this to be that lame.

The way you say Beatz made me think you’re really gonna make some trap music or somethin like that. Kinda disappointed to be honest.. 🥲

probably he worst demo ever...

P:S I'm black.... No disrespect Doesn't mean your black & look like T-Pain you can make a beat,.. terrible presentation

these guys are amateurs