All user reviews of 5/5 for the Roland JP-8080

East electronic, spacey sounds and fully editable.
Everything is editable and controllable via MIDI. Excellent!
Sounds, there are not tons but enough.
Effective basic connectivity.
Save it to the SmartMedia card not necessary unless to make the scene ...

The most that I have not explored is the vocoder section.
I had bought used for 500 mid-2004

UTILIZATION

I got it for 1 year, then I just tell you it's a very good material to learn synthse. Even for an amateur, it is clear that departing galley, and even without much have time to lean on I guarantee the resustats!
The manual is clear.

SOUNDS

What I prefer are the pad sounds, but it is the ideal .....

OVERALL OPINION

.... but for me the important thing is space saving, and that the expander is great for editing sounds, learn synthse but inconveniant is on the rack I do not know how many units!. ...
Otherwise go for it if you find

I've had a week.
I started to go all the features and first impressions are surprising as the quality of the sounds by using intuitive.
I had other Expanders (Korg M1R, Roland MV30 ..) and JP8080 really stands out compared to its sounds from elsewhere.
There are many high quality presets easily opened and edited (the layers are deep and beautiful).
The Voice Modulator is striking, it is possible to "talk" sounds with his own voice.
The ability to modify sounds thanks to the external audio inputs offers enormous potential.
Associated with a good arranger containing conventional sounds he can make a real complement to the personal component.

UTILIZATION

The arpeggiator is very good.
It allows you to ring the Rhythmic bass very groovy.

SOUNDS

I am delighted with this investment. I paid € 520 and I think it's worth it.

OVERALL OPINION

It is aesthetic fits perfectly in a home studio.
The manual is quite clear.

With a 4MB SmartMedia, it is possible to store about 2500 "Performance" (2500 = 2500 patches patches left + right)
As against these cards are very rare ...
Audio in to filter on all the commanders ...
A button for FX (distortion, phaser, chorue ...) + 3 buttons for reverb
Examples: http://303sans303.free.fr

UTILIZATION

No complaints

SOUNDS

I love, a way out of the sounds close to vangelis, klaus schulse, kraftwerk, jmj, Edgar Froese and re-clone TB! Different noises, not to mention strings and other strings ...

OVERALL OPINION

Sometimes one can attack and that aliasing clack ...

C modlisation a synth with 2 layers (2 layers by ocsillo).
It possde a Mic line, just to filter a sound or voice. The vocoder is quite mtalique and little changed (not a multiband c!).
Polyphony is limited but sufficient.

UTILIZATION

Super easy to ACCS with all its knobs in faade.
The manual is complete and ncessaire.

SOUNDS

We are not in the analog, but it will be very close, big ds prsence the mix.
I love the delay, the distortion is good trs my taste.
He paid gnral mdium, not so good for bass but lots of leads monstrous. The pad is also real.
Electronic music sounds kind of course ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years now and c as happy.

Seriously missing: more MIDI features: the machine is only 2 parts multitimbral - only 2 MIDI parts, and should have the capacity of 16 MIDI-parts (or at least 8). I really don't know why Roland made this machine with a lack MIDI parts... That makes the JP-80x0 alot weaker. Missing: more and/or better FX on board.

Price paid

$1.250

UTILIZATION

User interface: very good; lots of realtime tweakable knobs and sliders (40+) Manual: very good Missing: important lack of more MIDI parts (see above)

SOUNDS

Sound quality overall: good upto very good for any kind of analog-type sounds - especially focused on all kind of dance music. Some people are talking about some 'tick' or 'click' when using the filter, but I had no problems with that yet. Excellent for strings/pads/sweeps. I really love the great warm sweeps. FX: too less sound FX onboard, with less good quality

OVERALL OPINION

The JP-8080 is a very robust 6U rack, never had any problems with knobs nor sliders. No crackling. Clean inputs/outputs. Customer support: N/A

After buying, I was thinking I made a wrong choice (but I wanted a JP-80x0 'cause at that time everybody was using a JP-80x0...) But the longer I have my JP, the more I love it. Also used by William Orbit, Faithless, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, BT, Goldie, and many many more...

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: THM ( 4-, 2002)

The features are based around old analogue,but,there is a certain kind of eccentric fun about the fact that access virus and novation have more but,not nearly as closly honed to production and simplicity as the 8080. the midi is much of a let down on a system made by the guys who realy invented poly midi ,as the d-10 was for the synth generation of the 80's, it wasnt anywhere near the best at anything but just like the 8080 its the fun and sounds that kept its place in history

Price paid

£850

UTILIZATION

Incredible easy sythns are about mistakes and happy accidents when building patches,dont get me wrong this has great building presets,but who uses just presets?we all like to tweak to make the sound ares and,this is where the 8080 kiks ass u tweak then tweakthen set the motion control off and BAM tyhe sound is exactly like u hear in ur head!! Try doing a sound when ur drunk then listen to it when ur strait and u will get what im saying!!.the manuel is from roland(japanease into english direct tranlation)which means its useless unless u wanna know how to turn the unit on or off(otherwise get a good japanease language teacher!!)

this thing is made from solid steel ,the buttons might have well been made from heat ablative tiling the space shuttle uses ....U CANT BRAKE IT... but seriosly the build quality is fantastic!! c/s n/a

SOUNDS

The sound quality from the outs is(with balanced wires)eccelent ,i own a supernova2 and a trinity,and it beats them! noiseless with a crocuss of sound in synths pads thats genarally not there in other units plus i got a staight 80 hrz sine that nearly lost me my bowels ,clean and crisp highs aswell(ps its best 4 ambeint and dance)The effects are crap.sorry but they are when u compare them with nearly any other synths that are on the market but the distortion ripps like a bullet throu noisy mixes with a surprising quality!(roland usually do crap dist)

OVERALL OPINION

I own a supanovaII a trinity a mc-303 a d-10 a dx-7 a tb-303 tr909 but for some reason whatever my mood i can still spend 4/6 hours tweaking with the roloand jp8080 and NEVER GET BORED it is and always will be my friend and allie,it does exactly what it says it does and does it to perfection nearly everytime.think of it this way u could have a F-1 ferrari and love it for 1 hour...or get a mini cooper,its never gonna be as good as the f-1 but it wont brake down u cant snap it around audio bends and then crash it ....but its still there doing what it does and for no apparent reason u just love it it allways comes through... for me its the greatest runt of all time i LOVE it ,,....(mostly

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: Unknown (January 2-, 2003)