Roland JD-800 Dream Pads

The Roland JD-800 from 1991 is one of the best Roland digital synths (the Rack JD-990 is even more capable, but has no sliders). The JD-800 is a fantastic Pad Mashine and it is capable to create monstreous and magic dream film scores and pads. In this video I just demonstrate some of the typical Pads the JD-800 is for. Thanks for your great support of my channel. I almost got one million views and from publiction of this video tonight, there are just 1.675 views missing, I suppose tomorrow or the day after I will reach the million. Will it be you? Have a happy easter and see you again soon.

[@RikMaxSpeed]

This synth is truly unique in making you feel you’re at the helm of the Starship Enterprise! (plus it sounds fantastic 😊)

[@calmcleod2183]

I've owned a JD-800 since 1992 and it is simply an amazing synth. It sounds superb and it looks so cool too. I have many synths...a Jupiter X, a Yamaha V50, a Behringer Odyssey, a Juno-D and a few others....my wife even says I can sell anyone at anytime EXCEPT the JD-800....because "...it's so beautiful..." 'Nuff said!

[@rudolfschipper]

Got them both the 800 and the 990 awesome synths

[@anx1]

Wow I'm going to fire up my jd now sounded fantastic 😮

[@bassfingers]

When I hear these gorgeous Roland pads it always makes me want to listen to Split Enz. 🙂✌️

[@Hoophey]

I had an absolutely mint one of these bought from a local church years ago for $700. But in the end the sounds just didn't inspire me in the same way that the D50 does. It doesn't have the same presence somehow so I sold it. I don't miss it to be honest......it did look nice though. Roland knows how to get the looks of their hardware right.

[@LabofmusicRecords]

Well, I don't have the JD-800 but the JD-990, sounds also amazing. Well played, thx for showing :)

[@synthwinds7365]

Great demo !

[@richardwhite6054]

What you have said is true. I can't use this instrument without being shaken one way or another. The vacantness around the sound is indescribable.

[@lemondelight1133]

Great Demo. Thanx. My JD has the Redglue Issue 😭

[@vintagesynths]

Thanks, there are a lot of good KZbin videos to get the keyboard alive. I also did it and it is a bit work and you have to be very careful, but its worth the job

[@ericwolfe4301]

epic sound !!!

[@dirkkeersmaekers4343]

One of the best synth's .

[@erichkohl9317]

This synth sounds amazing to me and IMO still looks futuristic to this day. I keep debating whether I want the boutique version; I did however recently purchase the JX-08.

[@vintagesynths]

The JX and the JD together via midi must be the best pad layer you can get.

[@novalogue]

There is still the JD-XA as an alternative to the JD-800

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

Damn absolutly gorgeous. The 800/990 are as you said and imo the best digital synths Roland produce , I even sold an Integra as there was something just not quite there . Perhaps it was just overwhelmed with sound. Fantatsticly demonstrated.

[@vintagesynths]

Thank you so much for your kind words.

[@novalogue]

I would like to see a comparison of a JD-XA vs JD-800 - there is no video comparing the successor to it legendary ancestor

[@realqwave]

Wirklich schöne Pads.

[@alessandrofreri]

G Great!!

[@bernerman3716]

I had one, but Roland had a lot of problems with the keys of some type of synths from that era. Fixing that was very expensive and I had luck it can be repair. That’s the only reason I sold this beauty, there were a lot of owners with the same problem and the glue problem ( keys)

[@vintagesynths]

Yes I know. I also got this one with sticky red glue keys. It was a risk but the price was good. Finally I don’t regret it. I could repair it myself. I had to dissemble the whole lex. board, get rid of the glue and glue them again plus repair the keybed. Everything works fine and even aftertouch works.

[@resofactor]

They should release the JO-800 MK2 or the JD-1600 with 2x/4x the polyphony, sounds, 2x/4x effects, 2 MIDI IN/OUT/THRU, real time Cc's, backward patch compatibility, etc., etc.

[@synthartist69]

Great job, are these patches available for the Roland Jupiter X JD800 expansion?

[@vintagesynths]

Thank you very much. I don’t know if they work. Those patches are from Theo Bloderer. Just check his review on the JD-800 on greatsynthesizers.com and you find the sysex.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Watching this demo of the 800 at the same time as I’m watching an episode of Twin Peaks sparks the question. Did series score composer (the late) Angelo Badalamenti have a JD-800 on his keyboard/synthesizer arsenal? I know he had a JX-8p and an MKS-70.

[@helisoma]

how would you compare the JD-800 to the JP-8000?

[@vintagesynths]

Very different. Can’t compare it. 800 very warm and soft, 8000 can sound harsh and airy also

[@novalogue]

Look at the specs - one is basically a Jupiter like VA and the JD is a "rompler" with a great interface - but a rompler in a very good way

[@jeffevansmusic]

Cannot seem to find any link here or on your website either as to where you can download these patches. Can you give us some more info on where they might be or where you got hem from etc..

[@vintagesynths]

greatsynthesizers.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JD800-Sounds-SYX-File.zip

[@emaxsp]

Thank you !!!!!

[@iSirTaki]

Hi Rüdiger, das Pad ab 3:45 ist das im Netz verfügbar (Name?) oder hast du das selbst programmiert? Wirklich schön!

[@vintagesynths]

Die sounds sind von Theo Bloderer. Das soundset ist wirklich absolut mega. Hatte erst ein 20 Minuten Video, das dann aber radikal gekürzt, weil 20 Minuten Pads zu viel des guten. Hier das set greatsynthesizers.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/JD800-Sounds-SYX-File.zip

[@iSirTaki]

Sauber. Besten Dank!

[@deauvillevrienden]

@@vintagesynths 20 minuten pads zu viel des guten??????? ich möchte gern 14 Tagen Pads hören !!! 🙂

[@taxmoneyyy]

Any place you're selling those presets as a pack?

[@vintagesynths]

They are available for free. See Theo bloderer greatsynthesizers.com

[@taxmoneyyy]

@@vintagesynths You are a legend and a pillar of the synth community. Thanks

[@J._Campbell]

4:20 choir pad

[@thepdc3372]

Are these presets?

[@vintagesynths]

No, these are from the net. See description

[@bertenqvist7324]

Klaus Schulze all over

[@charthers8903]

Could you play the same thing on the 990?

[@vintagesynths]

Unfortunately I sold my 990 several years ago.