Roland Boutique JD-08 Synthesiser - First Impressions & Reactions!

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👆 The NEW Roland Boutique JD-08 Synthesiser is a faithful recreation of the legendary JD-800. The JD-800 was a beloved '90s digital synth, known for its great sound. The JD-08 takes all the perks of its forerunner and expands them for modern players! | tinyurl.com/yymmgljl
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» 0:00 What are We Looking at Today
» 0:37 Jumping Straight into Presets
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» 9:57 Final Patch & Overview
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[@david-galindo-936]

Jack, thank you for your excellent videos. I love your enthusiasm as you try out new gear, I always learn something, and you always make me laugh out loud. After watching your videos I always have a smile on my face. Plus, you inspire me to get back to the gear I have and just start playing and enjoying myself. I appreciate the work you do. I’m wishing you peace and happiness in the new year!

[@Naotaku]

This is the first of the Roland Boutique boxes that I really want.

[@TooManyCables]

Hey guys! Thanks for the videos. Really informative, decisive and entertaining!

[@TommyVarekai]

Iconic sounds, can’t wait to grab one!

[@Tinmar_Isation]

Awesome playing, awesome vid as always... thanks!

[@dominicshaw4140]

it sounds lovely ....wish i could play like that ....great vid guys.

[@valdiskrebs566]

Wow! Patch #5 sells it. The other patches are not to shabby either. Play a Bass patch with the built in sequencer and then improv with patch #5 on top of the sequence. 🤯

[@zepafra]

This is the first boutique that catches my ear

[@JayTheLane]

Main studio thank you 😊 these videos come across way better in the main studio.

[@instruktor6467]

Well demonstrated, thanks. This is really a must buy!

[@lardosian]

That the Joey Beltram forklift image in your avatar..?!

[@k.l.graham5860]

I completely agree about the Juno upgrades!

[@webguitars]

I just scored one of these to add to my studio. So amazing in a tiny package

[@SoundMadeVisual]

This and the JX are the types that will leave someone skeptical if you don't know how to use it or do ur research on how deep it goes. I love the JD bc it has all the original sounds the JD-800 has and more plus can edit the sounds to customize & store. Again this is like having the original 800 in a pocket size. Great for gigs and travel without all the hassle. It's a beauty!

[@matzer8846]

Cool synth! Merry Xmas & all the best!

[@medulasa1]

Really hope we get, as suggested, a Juno 106 reissue, and throw in a boutique JP8000 for the trance heads out there too

[@julko28]

I second that, specially JP 8000. I have a gut feeling it would sell like a hot cake - i would buy it day one

[@marcnelson8986]

Agreed! Owned a JP8000 from new and had to sell 2 years ago as had cash flow issues. Would love a boutique jP 8k

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

Jp8080 vocorder and everything plz

[@lardosian]

Me and my brother had the JP8080, he eventually sold it but I think he regrets it. Really liked that machine.

[@EdDiazKeys]

Great job Jack and the crew!!!!

[@enigmasounds]

Some killer patches in here!

[@lionelluney3063]

4:51 Pimp C came back to life and possessed dude for a min

[@stevenaustin4591]

5:52 - Patch 5 - Voodoo People Lead from the Prodigy!!! Love it!

[@timmantle7154]

I miss my JD-800 because I miss they way it looked in the corner of my room. One of the best looking synths of all time. It was just too heavy and massive to hang on to though. They've done a good job of recreating the factory sounds on this, maybe I'll get one for nostalgia. The filter 'doesn't work' on that particular patch because you didn't have the best layer highlighted to hear the changes. The sweep was there though. Oh and if you liked patch #5, well that's very close to the original sound. Remember Prodigy's Voodoo people? Yes, that's the same patch, albeit played on the JD990, rack version.

[@adamcrow1060]

The only boutique I was interested in was the sh01a and I love it. It’s easy to program and practice on and this one. Don’t think I would buy any of the others but I just ordered this one and I’m stoked. There’s so much stuff out there but you know not everyone can own everything by teenage engineering and elektron but yes

[@Sandelec-gm2cl]

I am your opposite.😜 I have 5 boutique models but not the SH 01 because is poor and It cost like superior models. It has only 1 OSC..nothing effects.. and the sequencer isn't poly..but the boutique yes. But is good for beginner because it's simple.

[@lawaxmanda]

Sounds really good 😌

[@UkiMalefu]

I'll buy that thing if it magically gives me that playing ability, and I like the sounds it makes.

[@williamshaneblyth]

Top left has 4 buttons turn each one of the 4 parts of a sound on and off. The rest of the controls like filter will be edited on all 4 parts of the sound or if u just turn 1 part on only edit a slider then it effects only that part not the rest turn all parts back on or turn a few parts on to edit just those not the rest that's the way it works one other cool thing beside that 4 buttons is the slide area . If you dove in and edited say filter cut off on part one and then jumped out that slide area rembers the last controller you moved and you can edited it while you play a very cool feature how it remembers

[@dazastafariinc8390]

It seems people are getting a tad moist about patch #5. Might I suggest interested parties check out the slash and malmsteen patches on the monologue. When I brought my monologue, it had a lighter taped to the side of the synth. I was, as you would imagine, left a bit "wtf" by this discovery, until I turned it on and selected the malmsteen patch, and realised the lighter was for raising in the air, alight, when I solo'd using said patch and the pitch wheel for all sorts of steve vai inspired madness. Only problem is, to do that takes two hands, so it turns out the lighters f#cking useless as t#ts on a bull.

[@ricjenner1120]

Serious Eno vibes 9 minutes in. Bravo! This is the first of the Boutique series I've really been excited about for some time. I still wish these modules could be used as controllers - like this could be a contoller for the JD 990 sound module, the Jp03 could be used like a pg200 on tthe full jx3p, likewise with the Jp08. Just a thought.

[@RJ_Eckie]

It sends midi cc messages on practically all buttons/faders so you can actually use it as a controller!

[@blakecasimir]

I'm really not a fan of the JD sound. But patch 5... I felt like I needed to stand up and salute. :D love that shredding, Jack.

[@SebastianSnoeck]

I have a jd800 since it came out ... the presets were not good ... it is an outstanding machine but if I would have guided my ears only on the presets I would not have bought it ... It really needs custom patches

[@ElijahRock92]

Patch #5! Oh my goodness!

[@joseluishernandezseptien]

Thank you for this video! How many voices of polyphony does the JD-08 have?

[@aleHIDEA]

Hi, how do I change the pitch bend of a sound from -2 to -12? How do I save a sound after making changes? Thanks

[@pauldablue]

- I've got s dead JD-800 in a cupboard, can't say I miss it just like I don't miss the 90's, the strings were quite epic though, and the last patch in multi mode with a different sound on every key was useful.

[@bomiller7908]

I've learned to love the small footprint in my studio but still, maybe what a couple square inches larger for a standard psu and 1/4 jacks. At least the polyphony is there and that's where I was sold.

[@kekethetoad]

Really love that massive pad sound.

[@Madmohawkfilms]

Really want to want one of these but kinda not sure it’s needed since I have a Juno DS61, JD-Xi and a Jupiter Xm

[@jayonbaby]

Omg! I’m a have this by the end of January but I doubt if ordering from the UK will benefit me because of customs

[@sirnigelcogs]

I have to say, I really like it.

[@RosalvoParadella]

Tomara que a Roland lance alguns teclados arranjadores nessa linha. Tipo o G70, G800, E80. Ia ser legal.

[@glynnpowell7864]

+1 on the juno voices upgrade, they should also do the jupiter. Add Proper color buttons, no ribbon, etc.. they seem like they have been on a roll lately, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they did it.

[@osirismaximus2787]

Yes do the juno with more voices Roland !!!

[@artemvsprime]

I just bought one based on this demo! Thanks! 1:18 😂

[@johnhawranick8097]

Can I SERIOUSLY fit that on top of my Hydrasynth Deluxe?

[@jamesmurphy1628]

So u can use a midi controller with the boutique series

[@YouBredRaptorsMusic]

jesus christ this sounds great

[@mattwharton5939]

Mine doesn’t appear to work. Arrived today, connected to Korg Krome via MIDI and there’s a horrible monophonic sawtooth behind all patches which will not go away. I’m so disappointed!

[@djangofett4879]

I owned a JD-990 at one point and i tried to like it, but im just not a fan of that particular glassy early 90s sound. They were going for dirt cheap at the time. Ended up selling it to a very happy buyer.

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

Small,but hey, people spend hours with their iPhone.

[@lardosian]

Great point Dirk!!!

[@simoningate2056]

Really don't know why they don't make these larger. They sound great but the controls on them are way too small (very short travel on the sliders) for proper programming.

[@555atU]

Their Zenolgy covers all these bases.

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

They kinda did, but that was like 20 years ago

[@technodrone313]

I like to be able to throw my instruments in a backpack and walk down to the park and jam out. This and my tr-6s will be a great pair.

[@xiaoxia5]

would getting the JD-08 be the same thing(sound-wise) as buying the JD-800 Expansion for the Jupiter X/XM?

[@GrayGhostDog1]

My guess is... yes.

[@stevenburns989]

apart from the last patch it got a big thumbs up

[@danielcolfer4671]

I want that wailing guitar patch

[@phenixreturns]

Can you tell us your last and second impression`, it's always better

[@MrArpSolina]

I own the complete JD-800 Sound Library card series, from SL-JD80-01 to SL-JD80-08. How can I import/play these sounds on the JD-08 ?

[@CussaOnara]

Will you let us know if you have figured out a way to do it?

[@ZeconMusicUK]

It’s the Zencore-based plug-in crammed into a box. As a result, there’s no sysex compatibility, so you can’t get the data off the cards into the machine, and there’s no expandability for the ROM, so the waveform cards are useless too. If you want to use the SL-JD80 cards, you have to have a JD-800 to hand.

[@billyruss]

I still own an original JD-800, and these sounds are spot-on reproductions of the originals (even that last sound - "Mother Afrika" on the original (shame you only have a two-digit display on the boutique, rather than the full name) - and it actually sounds ok if used in context rather than trying to play a tune on it!). The keybed on my JD stopped working a long time ago, so now I use the beast via MIDI, like a really giant sound module. Can't wait to get the boutique versions of this the JX08! It' s just a pity that (as far as I am able to discover) there is no way to import my original sounds via MIDI SYSEX (someone correct me if you know differently).

[@blackmirror5559]

"A really giant sound module"......😳🤣 ...

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

@@blackmirror5559 Yeah,take that iPhone model.

[@deauvillevrienden]

it's zencore technology so we can throw our lifetime collected JD-800 patchbanks in the bin :-(( or keep our JD-800s and skip this JD-08 :-((

[@billyruss]

@@deauvillevrienden I want both 😞

[@gretareinarsson7461]

Luckily I have the real one (at the time I bought it was the second one sold in my country). It has a MIDI glitch but I will never ever sell it.

[@whataboutawatrbottle]

6:02 Ronald Jenkees Guitar Sound

[@dazastafariinc8390]

You're the gift that keeps on giving, a bit like a magic pudding. You gave me my 1st laugh in a week with your succinct synopsis of patch #1 "the 90s". Nothing more need be said, and nothing more was. I'm also gonna quite blatantly, and with great relish, copy a couple of the examples you gave for patches, as they are, let's be honest here, far superior to the garden variety mor passodoble that I churn out far too often, much to my annoyance and disappointment. Stay minty bro.

[@djangofett4879]

They got rid of those waste of space ribbon controllers that ate up critical space on some of the other boutique synths. Those were a really bad idea, especially on the early jupiter boutique. That thing was terrible from a control perspective. I was happy to sell it when System 8 came out.

[@Zinfidel1]

3:45 "A 1991 cop movie set in NYC is going through its 'somber and reflective' scene using establishing shots of the night city" is the patch name. Also, I really wish Roland would make the Boutique line a little larger. Does anybody still use the Boutique keybed? Do they even sell that anymore? It's amazing/terrifying they fit all those controls in that space.

[@chickenlickin3820]

that last patch was like wt...fudge

[@hisham_hm]

Patch #5: Kevin Moore in Dream Theater's Images and Words, anyone?

[@ndrinks5550]

Wailing Guitar on the JD-800 is one of the greatest preset patches known to science (even if I do only use it to play Voodoo People over and over). As much as I would love a new hardware version, the thought of programming that thing with such a tiny set of controls gives me nightmares. Menu-diving and lots of shortcut memorisation I can deal with, but this seems like someone at Roland has lost the plot then gone on to say, "It only does four?? Make it do eight!" To be fair I dunno how else they could have done it and I want one.

[@kasputinkreates]

5:45-7:30 made me want to buy one of these just for that patch! Screw the band, I'm going solo!!

[@user-or3ce4gt2r]

Wow

[@bombjelly5795]

When you said “if you stayed this long thank you” I said “no thank you. “ ha

[@pizzagogo6151]

Thanks Jack, great demo, It’s a decent little thing!! .very tempting...🤔.....( fwiw- Yes I agree about the boutique JU why doesn’t it have 6 voices (ffs! Roland😡)....but given they already done a ju06 & then ju06A...can’t see Roland a having 3rd go ☺️)

[@Greenaresy]

This will make Rick Wakeman very happy.

[@technodrone313]

definitely ordering one next week. but im murikan so not from you :p

[@blackdownAV]

Damn. Teenage tingle box. 😆

[@theorize999]

It’s great that you love playing it, but seeing as it’s so small I really want to hear what people have to say about programming it

[@mjhobo5520]

The 90’s 💁🏻‍♂️

[@bartthate6876]

bro ;]

[@whocan_duncan]

Jack low key looking swole.

[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

'Play it twice, it looks like you mean it' 🤣🤣so true........

[@Frozirra]

Breh, of course they’re gonna re release the juno one, its fuckin Roland. It’s 808, jupiter, juno, 909, jx, sh-x, spx0x, repeat They only re release shit to relive the glory days at this point that is all they exist to do. Prove me wrong Roland… oh wait (it’s not gonna happen until ownership changes or the year 2030) Tbh this is the only thing that interests me coming out of that stale place where creativity died

[@aakash9058]

Meh.

[@javiermarcus710]

Super boring video, he didn't show any of the features!

[@valdiskrebs566]

The double sequencers on the two new boutiques are amazing.

[@MusicZeroOne]

Maybe just me... but the giveaway was "First Impressions & Reactions"