Bad Gear - Ri-di-cu-lous

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland JD-08. Is this digital synthesizer, member of the Roland Boutique family and miniscule version of the somewhat legendary Roland JD-800 a worthwhile alternative to the 1991 original? Did they emulate the red glue too? Is this synth just ri-di-cu-lous ?
Thanks to Klangfarbe for helping me out with one of their Roland JD08 :
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I carpe diemed the hell out of Beeple's public domain VJ loops in the finale:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:07 Overview Roland Boutique JD-08
01:45 Palette Faders
01:54 Displays, Menus, Differences to the Original
02:21 Polyphony, Engine, Tone Layers, Multitimbrality
03:03 Waveforms, ROM expansions (or lack thereof)
03:27 Filter (Roland Zenology)
03:52 Envelopes
04:19 LFOs, Additional Features
04:35 FX Section
04:52 Patches (Sound Examples)
05:22 Sequencer
05:45 Arpeggiator, Clock Input
05:53 What else??? (Noise Issues, Rear Panel, Pricing, Thanks)
06:22 Hate
06:47 Jam 1
07:40 Jam 2
08:41 Finale
09:16 Verdict

[@AudioPilz]

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[@jamestillman5247]

"You have to proceed with caution when using the resonance." then proceeds to deafen us with ice picks to the ears. Thanks man!

[@DIYTAO]

Kinda sad that only decent priced synths with multi stage envelopes are either semi-toy botiques or decades old original digital rolands, yamahas ans Casios. Even the most basic CZ-101 had better envelopes than whats available as new.

[@2visiondigital]

@@DIYTAO ha ! My 1st keyboard synth was CZ 101, kinda regret selling it. It had character.

[@scottnelle]

"Nothing is more 80s than the early 90s" Truer words were never spoken.

[@RodBeauvex]

The 90s began in 1988 but the 80s didn't end until 1993.

[@scottnelle]

@@RodBeauvex 100% accurate.

[@RodBeauvex]

@@scottnelle Looking back, though, I would argue the 90s were pretty much over by 1998.

[@MeriaDuck]

I could actually listen to an entire album of this (born in 1975, probably explains 🤔🤣)

[@superultramega77]

The 90s emded in 2007

[@DJ_TideWave]

I laughed so hard when I heard the pan flute sound while blowing in the cart appeared! 😂😂😂 Awesome episode! The JD-08 is is on my wish list. 😊

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@Eli_B3000]

It's great, I just got mine a few weeks ago. Great 3rd party presets available too.

[@julieblair7472]

Even with your spoiler, I wasn't ready. LOL

[@F0nkyNinja]

Was that the Red Mountain music from Bomberman 64 you played? sounded like it

[@mike.thomas]

I have one and love it despite the shade thrown its way. I mean all that functionality thrown into a tiny box for not crazy money? I love the synth engine too, and bought the editor. But I’m definitely building a TouchOSC performance control panel for certain aspects of the JD-08 at some point.

[@dumafuji]

The pan flute / nes cart blow is a perfectly executed joke 30 years in development. Unlimited props! First track sounded perfectly like Depeche a la Ultra.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

It was a snes cart you noob

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@DJ_TideWave]

No Friday without an episode of Bad Gear! 😊🎉

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah!!! Have a nice weekend!!!

[@christianvandalstrom8337]

So true. I haven't missed a single episode in like 2 years something.

[@bitbotrecords]

Hell yeah ❤ love this channel, thanks for all the work you put into it.

[@atetraxx]

How does he keep up tbh

[@Owoshima_]

Hella true 🤙🤙🤙

[@thelateraledge]

Roland really gunning for that "Smallest throw fader of the year" award

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's a PITA!!!

[@WarrenPostma]

I have toggle switches with more throw than these roland microfaders.

[@thelateraledge]

I just realised that a lot of these faders are both ( + & - ) values, which makes the distance even smaller. I imagine like much of Roland gear, that down the line when fader jitter inevitable develops, the user will have a wild randomise turned on 24/7

[@Jason75913]

ridiculously tiny faders, may as well have used encoders like Modal synths

[@makipri]

@@thelateraledge I wonder if there is a notch in the middle of the fader range. Might get tricky to get precise motions.

[@Area51Resort]

Easily one of the funniest Bad Gear episodes since the Roland T8 one! "Fridge magnet version" and "Vintage time bomb contraption" represent some of your finest descriptive writing to date. You have created one of the very best channels on KZbin, congratulations! Keep up the amazing work!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@michaelmoore1697]

The genius of Roland Boutique is just tapping into the impulse of humans to want to own a complete set of things.

[@AudioPilz]

🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@6pin66]

Poke-synth in a few ways

[@BadvisionStudios]

Goddam... Your right! 😜 I still HAVE a JD-800 with all the carts, and I STILL want this to go along the JX-08 Boutique I just got (solely because I had a JX-8P and still regret selling it 15 years ago...)

[@evetsnitram8866]

These synths inspire me to stick with my free vsts.

[@hevvyserve]

the third attempt jams always go so hard we need a full release

[@calculus77]

Yessir!😎

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! Full tracks, sample pacsk and extended jams can be found on Patreon (shameless plug;)

[@hevvyserve]

@@AudioPilz but like on a streaming service tho cuz realistically I dont even download audio files anymore.

[@mattsmith4599]

I can play the extended jams direct from the Patreon app, don’t need to download files. Much of the extra content is hosted on Vimeo.

[@oliverpilatiz5533]

I‘m not a musician, but this channel „ist einfach Kunst“! Weiter so Bro...🎉👍

[@AudioPilz]

Danke!!!

[@gaborb6577]

Ja genau

[@Vim-Wolf]

I was an early adopter of the JD-08 and wasn’t particularly knowledgeable of the original. While I did start to find some of the restrictions and was made aware of more as I started reading reviews, the thing that makes me not regret buying it is … it just sounds so good. Just hoping Roland will cave in and do a firmware update that provides sysex so we can control the thing with something with proper sized controls.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@JoeJohnston-taskboy]

I also own a JD-08 (less than a year old). Once you turn off some of the Tone layers, you find some pretty decent vintage pad sounds. I might roll off some of the high end in an EQ, but this unit is quite powerful in crafting sounds. It does not have to be just for 90s throwback raves.

[@mrz80]

"...it just sounds so good." True dat. I just picked one up for $not_bad to give our church's keyboardist some more sonic breadth and depth for layering to pair with our new stage piano. Hey, the combo was way cheaper than a Fantom :D [edit - our keyboardist is pretty content with the sounds already in the keyboard (SL Numa Piano - some really nice tones there) so I kept the JD. After a while I decided it really wasn't gelling with me and I sold it. I've not had seller's remorse this bad in decades! I'm currently seeing JDs on reverb for less than I made selling mine so I'm thinking "cool, get another one and STILL come out ahead!"]

[@themattschulz3984]

Note to self: no more bad gear episodes while eating dinner, that cartridge pan flute almost made me spit my food across half my studio (again) ... well played sir :D

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@mishaoosterhuis5260]

As long as Roland keeps releasing, we keep getting Bad Gear episodes, it's a win-win? ;)

[@AudioPilz]

Absolutely!!!

[@djgreenhornet2892]

😂😂😂

[@Gazdatronik]

releasing or relapsing?

[@LocaliLLocano]

As long as Roland keeps releasing bad gear I will keep buying for nostalgia

[@ShootOnFilm]

These videos are so well put together. Amazing editorship and musicianship and all other kinds of ships! Well done!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@space-skeleton]

When I wrote "It still sounds like every low budget 90s New Age/canned VHS training tape sound, " I meant that as a compliment. I love my JD08!

[@AudioPilz]

Oh, got this wrong then;)

[@jameshitt3263]

The density and layering of the comedy gold in these videos is just too good. Like Arrested Development tier layering. I can watch them all at least twice and keep finding more gold.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@SirRigbyBaconKaiser]

The fact this doesn't have any MIDI SYSEX is mind boggling. Like its predecessor had that!

[@AudioPilz]

So weird!

[@SirRigbyBaconKaiser]

@@AudioPilz I was thinking stupid, but yeah weird will do. Especially since it uses absolutely abysmally small sliders.

[@annother3350]

Deal breaker

[@mrz80]

@@annother3350 I want SOOO badly to like this thing, but Roland's habitual lack of class-compliance, and the criminal omission of sysex capabilities, have put it beyond the pale, unless I stumble across someone utterly fed up with the limitations and selling it for half price :P . Maybe it's time to take another look at a Blofeld on Reverb. :D

[@prewinder]

Yes, true. The thing made me not buy the JD-08 is that it does not integrate with the old800 otherwise it could have been a useful voice expander.

[@EvilDragon666]

"Nothing is more 80s than early 90s" Goddamn that is SO TRUE!

[@AudioPilz]

Yes!!!

[@bitsmasher101]

Aww yiss another ridiculously GOOD piece of gear! Keep it coming dude!

[@AudioPilz]

;)

[@pascalferriot6233]

Clear & synthetic review, thanks ! I love the 1st jam :-)

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@elmaildecamiloruiz]

I am truly interested in how much of the editing time goes to finding de perfekte meme. You strike gold everytime

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! It's all happening in one process so it's hard to tell

[@pr0tection4]

This is the best sounding synth that has been on the show

[@thepauloapo]

Someone missed the timbre wolf episode

[@AudioPilz]

Timbre Wolf FTW!!!

[@Roboprogs]

It does sound pretty good. Panel looks like an instrument… of torture, though.

[@odalv7278]

😂 a good joke

[@mrz80]

I dunno, the Blofeld (assuming you can replace the encoders when they fail) sounds pretty awesome, and it's insanely capable at that price point

[@RobKeay1]

Man, I really find your videos very informative and incredibly humorous. The video work totally rocks. Thanks, Bro

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@no_sl303p]

That first jam has a great Goldeneye 64 vibe going on

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@pancake8853]

If my Farmer's Almanac reads correct, Roland should release a Sound Canvas boutique by the end of at least next year. It is only right.

[@AudioPilz]

I'd buy that in a heartbeat!!!

[@krazeeeyezkeith]

I'm really becoming a fan of this channel. The videos are so clever and full of non-stop jokes along with actual, useful information.

[@sn1000k]

Best KZbin show everrr

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@AndrewTSq]

Oh I love it. The bass sound at 8:46 went directly into my heart . nice songs, and some great memes :D

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@pianokeyjoe]

With every song you played with this thing, I got fuzzies on my skin and back of my neck.. Thats a GOOD thing. The sounds on the JD08/800 are indescribably haunting and nostalgic.. I swear, I do not know what it is, but I can certainly FEEL IT. This thing is well worth the purchase and whats more, it is small enough to fit in a back pack! Thats always a plus in my book!

[@AudioPilz]

Early 90s in a box!

[@blakecasimir]

There's one thing Roland needed to do that would have fixed everything with this Boutique: include a pair of tweezers.

[@AudioPilz]

So true!

[@danieklerr]

The truth is, just the sequencer on this tiny synth, plus a Boss RC-505, is enough to pound out synthwave bangers all day. Add a KP3, and you're ready to go on tour! Great show. :)

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! True that!

[@Doyourememberlove]

thnking the same thing about the JX08

[@tblv9300]

dual 64 poly seq with trigger step adv and directional option. 🤯

[@neonpop80]

@@tblv9300what’s trigger step advance?

[@Honeysmack]

is it strange that I have most of the gear you feature on your channel? Love your work and that Finale jam here is amazing! thank you

[@Radiokillaz]

🤣 same...

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!! Bad Gear should be in every collection!

[@hal_inc]

Honestly, the music on this channel is better than 99% of all music ever.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@3D6Space]

Thanks man! I absolutely love this thing. When I got mine last year, I dusted off 1 of my XP computers, linked it to an Evolution 16 and let the plug and play auto-setup connect it to those tiny slider JD-08 parameters with some turny knobs on the Evolution 16. I really like those 4 buttons that let you turn the 4 wave synths on and off live! ALL the original presets are there, plus more, plus you can build your own sounds. IT's way better than the Korg Radius, which operates in a similar way! You can also record each of the 4 wave setups separately in your DAW and mix from there with your mouse, but it ain't the same as pressing those 4 little buttons live!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique, 3d!!!

[@roryjineffect]

Just got my JD-08 used, it is just fun to get lost in sounds. It punches WAY above its size and I am glad that Roland addressed voices and timbrality concerns.

[@AudioPilz]

👍

[@heavysystemsinc.]

I struggle to decipher what goes on the heads of Roland's engineers and marketing folks. "Yeah, we're going to do that one synth, but bite size...and leave out the entire reason it was worth owning the original!"

[@AudioPilz]

It's like pokemon

[@louisik1]

They have an algorithm and a score chart. If a product scores too high on the awesome chart they figure it will be so good they won't be able to sell the next version, so they purposefully dial down the features to ensure the market for their future items.

[@wyndgrove9452]

Lovely sounds

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed, really liked the overall tone

[@Existence_denied]

1:28 this synth the jd-800 is giving me flashbacks of 90s drums and bass albums, russian pop and raves (this synth would be useful in my opinion).

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, these were the days...

[@briancassidy6678]

I listen to your videos through my studio monitors. Certainly not the most expensive but I have to tell you your mixes sound great. But you make Bad Gear sound good? Paradoxical! I think you take the strengths of these products and through your composition skills make them work. Always entertaining, I always look forward to your videos.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@smokesystem90]

That's some good sounding synth.

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@Weaverbeats]

Nothing is more 80s than the early 2020s

[@AudioPilz]

True that!!! Am I gonna be in the next KZbin Music Producer Tier List???

[@HausOFNRG]

Your skills are next level, mad respect ✌️

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@minecraftmondays]

i bought my first piece of bad gear, just got a volca sample 2 after seeing the original in supporting roles on the show i have no idea what i am doing but it's a fun start to my future crippling synthesizer addiction

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!! Welcome to the other side;)

[@mike.thomas]

I made the mistake today of trying to eat my lunch while watching. I had to save it for later because I realized that if I look away for only one instant I miss something. I should know I have to stay on the pause button because my old addled brain just can’t grok every awesome tidbit in real time. I have a JD-08 and love it, but also laughed out loud at all the shade thrown its way. But I also love that you find something to like about everything you review, and that plus the entertainment is worth some cash.

[@AudioPilz]

Hey Mike, thank you so much!!!

[@chinard]

you gotta review that new table from teenage engineering

[@williamtell1477]

I've got a JD-800 I rescued from red glue land, what a very cool synthesizer. I love the sounds they are very retro and pair really well with an analog synth. I like to pair a fat analog lead with some JD digital ambiance. Rolands JD-800 plugin is very good as well.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@DanChippendaleMusic]

I bought a JD08 towards the end of my prolonged hardware synth GAS. My prolonged hardware synth GAS ended shortly after returning the JD08.

[@AudioPilz]

It's the cure;)

[@yeahright73]

When you're not making me miss the gear that I've let go over the years, you're making me seriously consider new gear that I really don't want or need but sounds so good in your jams that it just might fit into my synth rig. Also, did I just see a touch of 2001 slit scan flash by in the kitschwave? I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@henninghoefer]

Giving us the music genres we didn't knew we needed in our life! Thanks you for hooking me on Kitschwave and thank you once again for a fantastic episode. Oh, and a small correction: 2:00 The JD800 did not just have two oldschool displays, but three (2 LCDs and the 7-segment LED one)…

[@zeroequalsthree8649]

Correction: One long 2-line by 40-character LCD, plus the 7-seg LED. :)

[@henninghoefer]

@@zeroequalsthree8649 Thank you, I'm stumped! So they really did mask two of the 40 character columns off? Probably because the display wasn't cramped enough for Roland's UI standards ;)

[@zeroequalsthree8649]

@@henninghoefer Yeah it is one single big LCD with the dark grey bar dividing it up into two smaller screens. Mental!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@uubrmanx]

You can actually get the filter to self-oscillate on the JD-08, and it sounds good too! As far as I know you cannot pitch the sound using a pitch bend so you'll have to do something like control the filter via aftertouch instead.

[@blazrodic]

2:45 I died at the cartridge pan flute moment. 😂

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@lbarnett748]

Sounds a cross between a snare and a fart

[@par5ek]

Always wanted a jd-800, never could get one. The jd-08 is an insult Great as always Cheers

[@AudioPilz]

Have a nice weekend!!!

[@jgfjfgjfhjf]

The brand no one expected to see on this show 🫣

[@vjrei]

Sorry, this show is all about this brand.

[@AudioPilz]

Biggest Roland fan of all time here;)

[@Beegpapijimbo]

The plugin you can get for about 8USD currently to manipulate the JD08 from your pc and edit patches makes it much more usable

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@brandonharris9160]

This synth sounds absolutely incredible honestly. I usually use synths without adjusting knobs too much so with the right MIDI controller this thing seems like a DREAM

[@AudioPilz]

They really found a sweet spot here!

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Bad Gear, the show about the world‘s fastest pressing of the SPACE key in order to catch all the memes ❤

[@brettmaddan3255]

10 minute videos that take half an hour to watch :)

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@vinylarchaeologist]

@@brettmaddan3255 Hahaha, so true.

[@RodBeauvex]

Pause video, and use the "" to frame step.

[@jennoscura2381]

Yep! I watch on my TV and constantly press the pause button.

[@animalclinicmusic]

You can simulate drum kits by creating drum sounds on each layer and assigning them to key ranges. Then you essentially have a 4 track drum synth on one part. You can use the same method with melodic synth parts. Different sounds on different layers and assigned to key ranges. It's a little tedious but you could have up to 8 parts going at once in one sequence.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@PaulSpades]

So... they know they've made a half decent groovebox, but still let you menu dive for half an hour to make it work. Weird flex.

[@UltimateVeve]

I hope be still there in 30 years, to discover the new Roland boutique of the actual boutique gear. Smaller than ever.

[@AudioPilz]

Lol

[@adammercysystem6450]

ooooh those 90s pad sounds *chefs kiss* also the first track is very N64 Goldeneye

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@iancain6647]

Maybe my favorite intro so far.

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@iancain6647]

Intro tune. I should specify

[@Awakia1]

Another thing not mentioned here, is that the multi-effects included in the JD-800 weren't recreated properly either. The JD-800's chorus for example has a particular sound and didn't hold up well to being mono'd at all. So if a patch relied on some quirk of the old FX engine it breaks down. Secondly, I'm baffled as to why they didn't include the JD-990's waveforms at the very least. The JV-1080 plugin is basically just the XV-5080 plugin with different patches but the exact same waveforms. That's most likely due to the fact that it was a sloppy paste job from the Integra 7 than an effort to accurately recreate it like Korg did with all of their romplers/digital synths. If I had to guess the JD-800 plugin and the JD-08 is just a further gutted version of the JV-1080 plugin since the 1080 plugin also has the same filter issue, FX issues, and has all the JD-800 waveforms already in it. Not to mention the JV-1080 also has some of the JD-990 waveforms already in there which makes their absence from the boutique and the plugin even more confusing.

[@AudioPilz]

Interesting insights, thanks!!!

[@michaelwalston2438]

Those multiple long attack and decay envelopes were probably there to approximate evolving wavestation sounds.

[@AudioPilz]

That's most probably true

[@mackie32x48]

At least there is no "red glue of death" haunting the old keys of the 800

[@AudioPilz]

That would be a level of authenticity unheard of in the synth world

[@morphoice]

Couldn't agree more! Awesome episode!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@christianvandalstrom8337]

I used to hate synths like M1 D-50 roland JV stuff and so on. But now I have changed my mind. After 20 years. Hahaha. This is the new retro.

[@AudioPilz]

I feel the same way!!!

[@Yosser70]

Just ordered one of these and had to come make sure you’d done a video about it, to make sure I’d done the right thing! lol

[@hummusmold]

Every time I see a unit with rubber pads attempting to be a keybed replacement I get more morbidly curious about how hard it must be to go from regular keyboard/piano playing to something like the JD-08. Thank goodness for the MIDI Out!

[@AudioPilz]

I can't play real keys anyway;)

[@mrz80]

Just pretend the "you can play notes in a pinch" buttons are just more UI controls on a desktop sound module, hook up a real keyboard, and fire away :D

[@robertsyrett1992]

It's true, nothing is more 80's than the early 90's. More than half of the 1980s was just a 1970's hangover.

[@AudioPilz]

Word!

[@MegaWimberly]

I don't play synths I just like how they sound and your channel, but I guess I am a mark for Roland they always sound so good to me.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@levinsonl]

damn your closing tracks are so good

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@arpaddanos9416]

That icy ending track does really nail a sound that is an early 90s crystallization of the 80s decade, but also looking forward into the 90s

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!

[@HisXLNC]

I love the way it sounds. It's the perfect Vaporwave synth. Also have you tried powering your Boutiques from a USB power bank? That might help with the noise.

[@AudioPilz]

True that!!! Yeah, power banks really help

[@LovevonMelenEkman]

My god it sounds great 😳

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it has quite some of the JD-800 DNA

[@mudi2000a]

@@AudioPilz there is a side by side comparison with the original of the factory patches in a video by Glenn Main (I think with the version for the Jupiter-X but it should sound the same) and I could not hear a difference.

[@mastaboog749]

Ive been getting into these small boutique synths because i link them up with my mpc one! Honestly id love the bigger stuff but making my studio work in my small ass apartment is hard enough! The berhinger desktop series and roland boutique have been saviors for me

[@AudioPilz]

Nice setup!!!

[@aradder]

I feel this in my soul. I think I may have finally caught the boutique bug

[@thesrabbit]

I had one. The env faders jumped values on their own without being touched. Roland fixed it under warranty and gave me a free gig bag big enough for my Argon8, which was very nice of them and much appreciated. I just can’t connect with boutiques though so I sold it, bought a 990 instead. Instantly jaw dropping. The filter is killer, digital or not. Bought the vintage synth expansion too. Editing isn’t bad at all either. The screen is nice and big with several parameters visible at once. Kinda like Elektron. Totally worth it IMO.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, the 990!

[@thesequencer4971]

Lets pray🙏 for better update policy with MIDi Sys..because this great sounding JD-08 is a closed Box...no external MIDI Sys just the dumbo Pgm Changes , Hold & Portamento, Pan & Volume...nothing else.....like the D-05 which is not updated since 01/2019...ok there are good vst controller Momo Müller Ones, but then you can go cheaper for Roland Cloud....I owned an JD-800 long time ago and the great thing was its panel , everything easy accessable....Now its alittle Rocket Scientist thing to create an 4Layer Sound: Feels like: Press button2 3times with your nose and hold button 11 2seconds after releasing slider b and c after slider TVF is closed😅......Boutique Dreams for Boutique Collectors: JP-8000 & V-Synth & Cr-78 would be cool.....tltr?...press 08:41...cheers

[@AudioPilz]

Word!!!

[@TheIndustrialRetrospective]

I had one for over a year and hardly used it, it was cool but just didnt vibe with it.

[@pxqify]

Finally! A piece of bad gear I actually own and can now look down in disgust at .

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure;)

[@danielhertzmaybe]

wow the 5:38 preset sounds pretty awesome, i'd definitely dig a full track based on that after developing the patch a little further

[@AudioPilz]

That's actually a preset;)

[@cborkowski]

I couldn't any more mad at Roland after watching this video. The JD-800 has always been a dream synth, thanks Roland for once again destroying my dreams. That being said, I sold a JD-XA because it turns out all of those knobs, faders and buttons can be ruined by a horrible tiny LCD and a manual so infuriating that it makes you want to sell all your gear and buy a didgeridoo and spend the rest of your life on a hippy compound tying to fit into the drum circle. I digress. I do have a MC-505 that I'm still very happy with and a new MC-707 that is a dream to use, both sound great and are a huge value. And now we're back to square one, Roland destroyer of dreams and yet at the same time your oldest best friend.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, Roland is the best and worst synth brand in the world

[@mrz80]

@@AudioPilz Aye, there's th' rub

[@intergalacticproctologist]

I got the JD 08 almost a month ago. I was in love with the expectations i had for it, only to be let down. It sucks. Im ready to give it away to someone who doesnt know anything about the JD 800, or anything about synths at all in general. Maybe it'll get the attention it thinks it deserves. Edit. I am really trying hard to like it. But the more i use it, i realize i hate it, and maybe someone else can make better use of it.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's not easy to like it

[@arpalaser]

AudioPliz I just bought one!. Lovin how it sounds. The pads feel like they can suppport a building ! It sounds like nothing I have heard before and took the place that the Korg Wavestation used to own in my world regarding pads!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

This makes me smile. I bought a used Jupiter 50 five years ago for the price of two Boutique synths.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, nice find!

[@superikone]

Great! JD800 was my first synth, I sold my sax to buy one: nearly 4000,- DM at that time... But I'm still in love with the old beast.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@MurrayDagostino]

The flashing actually hurt me in the video clip .. my poor eyes. Lol. Yes I saw the warning, yes I kinda ignored it, I got myself to blame.

[@AudioPilz]

Sorry, hope your not seriously hurt

[@DF-eg8vl]

I went to Roland once, you are on their most wanted list. In Roland Japan, there is a room where the employees release their stress with a dummy, the dummy has your face on it. I do have your picture in a portrait on my nightstand, beside my mom. And another on the fridge held by a DX7 magnet. And in my studio, you riding a horse.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, it's hard to tell which of these honors me the most❤️❤️❤️

[@juanrnavarro]

Dunning-Krueger effect in the Sinth forum? no way!!

[@AudioPilz]

Never!!!

[@GeorgeL909]

Bahaha 🤣 that gorgeous pan flute sound with the gif of the guy blowing in the SNES cartridge. Peak Audiopilz content! I'm fully audiopil'd!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Should I make this comment about: a) How third graders can now change 64 parameters with one hand b) Wondering how this compares to the CS-80 patch memory sliders c) How much I love this show

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much, Rocco!!!

[@reijnoud]

Amazing bass on the 3rd track😃 I especially mean when from the sustaining note the filter opens up and progresses in the melody of the bass line 🥰

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@djshire1984]

The Roland Boutique line always made me ask "who is this for?" and the JD-08 really pushes that question to the limit, because really, why would you need a hardware synthesizer that is combo of digital synthesis and a rompler?

[@AudioPilz]

It's a bit big for a fridge magnet too

[@Nickys_Music96606]

I have so many 90s and 80s synth plugins. I dont know which one is my favorites cause i love all of them.

[@AudioPilz]

Same here!!!

[@theorize999]

i love the filter because of that ridiculous resonance. thats a pretty tough bass in the downtempo jam. i love the synth and its battery compartment i bring t to work sometimes. i cant believe i missed this episode

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed! Thank you!!!

[@64north20west]

It has tiny sliders, but I like the 80s sounds from this thing. Roland has so much gear that they can monopolize Bad Gear for a long time to come.

[@eightcoins4401]

To be fair their most popular synths were mistakes that originally sold awfully (303 bass synth, 606,808 and 909 drum synths)

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, I love Roland so much!!!

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Interestingly, the original 800 is one of two that I frequently saw on the floor of an instrument retailer near where I went to school. The other was another Roland classic, the JX-3p. The 800 tempted me more than the 3P, since I already had the 8P at arms length. What would’ve suited me about the 800 is something that chances are no boutique module could satisfy, having a dedicated controller for every parameter in the architecture. Back then, the 800 was still reasonably priced, but I still didn’t have the budget for too much equipment back in the early 2000s.

[@AudioPilz]

When music tech retailer shop floors were awesome;)

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I have not given up hope that they could be again, @@AudioPilz.

[@mrz80]

@@AudioPilz And when price points weren't stupid insane out of reach :D

[@ten70four24]

In the right hands this boutique can do amazing things! Still have this on my list of must-gets!

[@AudioPilz]

👍 👍 👍

[@_innerscape_]

The 10mm faders might be ignored with a workaround. On the OG one you could navigatte through all the parameters with the left and right buttons of the cross shaped group, so if you had a dusty or worn out fader, once reached the parameter you could use the palette fader. On this one you have to touch first the nano fader and then use the big one (as you did), this in conjuction with the layer activate button to "peak" at parameters without modifing them.

[@AudioPilz]

Interesting workflow!

[@djjuno106]

I’ve been refreshing KZbin for over a hour since I got home from work too watch new badgear vid !!!

[@AudioPilz]

❤️❤️❤️

[@samprock]

I almost wanted it upon release. Then remembered cloud services.

[@AudioPilz]

A plugin might be the better option indeed

[@DerekMarshall]

I never knew I loved Kitch Wave until now lol

[@AudioPilz]

😍😍😍

[@EHiggins]

I am so glad they made a "JD-800 model" for the Jupiter-X.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!