Day 26, cue was "Double Down"". How does one double down when making music? Could be by repeating things. Or using an echo or delay pedal. But how about introducing harmonic variations?

#jamuary #jamuary2026 #roland #jx10 #jx3p #synth #analog #ambient #electronicmusic

Enjoy the chill soundtrack.

https://soundcloud.com/francois_dion/double-down-x26?in=francois_dion/sets/jamuary-2026

@harleyganiere hard to say and pick one. I do have a lot of keyboards, effects, pedals, drum machines etc. If I had to pick, I would probably say my Roland Super JX10 with the external programmer: with 24 oscillators goodness, dual voices (basically like 2 jx8p), keyboard split, built in famous Roland chorus, aftertouch, and a good arpeggiator with the Vecoven firmware.

It is however not a small thing... not sure I'd want to carry this often. #synth #roland #jx10

@axwax @tiredhorizon here’s a larger view. That was my studio setup around 2021. Currently have a 3 tier setup with a Roland D50, Yamaha SY77 and Roland Super JX10 but i miss having the Sequential Sixtrak as main lead. Currently in storage. Also missing having drums above the keyboard. Main drum machine is off to the side now next to mixer.

Although, as a midi controller, the Roland Super JX10 with vecoven firmware is much superior.

#roland #jx10 #superjx #sequential

@cou @iotar @synths

I've put a few bars of the lead for Final Countdown on soundcloud, with the Roland jx8p factory preset 28, the jx10 factory preset, and my own patch using jx10 tone 72 plus added synth tone. All with HD Reverb. Also recorded the last one dry. Sequence was recorded on a Roland MSQ sequencer and looped

#Roland #music #synth #analog #SoundDesign #programming #jx10 #Yamaha #tx816 #jx8p #zoom #soundcloud #msq100

https://soundcloud.com/francois_dion/sets/roland-jx-8p-super-jx10-patches

What do y'all think, pretty close?

@dnanian one of the Factory preset on the #Roland #superjx #jx10 is named "Mays Pad". Lyle used the jx10 for many years. He also had a Korg DW8000

@cou @iotar @synths and finally, LFO and envelope changes. Main change is env1 key to off. Env1 sustain is on the long side, probably not needed once the JX is plugged into a Hall Reverb (another key component for the sound). Here, a Zoom Multistomp MS-70CDR with HD Reverb.

#Roland #superjx #jx10 #jx8p #midi #programming #sounddesign #analog #zoom #ms70cdr #pedal #multistomp

@cou @StefanoGaivota @iotar @synths a lot more changes on vcf/vca

#Roland #superjx #jx10 #jx8p #synth #midi #programming

These are changes I would have made myself, open the filter, turn off dynamic, increase Vca vol and reduce Vca dyna (or even turn off). Jx10 preset is really close to the actual patch for the Final Countdown.

@cou @StefanoGaivota @iotar @synths

Some interesting discovery at lunch time. The stab brass tone (72, preset non volatile) on the JX10 is not used in the Stab Brass 8VA patch preset (C6) as I mentioned. So I decided to compare tone 72 from the #superjx #JX10 to preset 28 on the #Roland #jx8p. IMHO 72 sounds like 28 tweaked to make it sound more like the Final Countdown lead... jx 10 came out a year later, a possibility. #synth #programming #midi #analog

Starting with the DCOs, very similar:

@cou @StefanoGaivota @iotar @synths

I loaded the Factory preset JX8P tones into the JX 10 and sound 28 STAB BRASS (loads as D4 in the JX10) doesn't sound anything like C6 Stab Brass, especially due to layering which doesn't exist on the jx8p.

Here are the settings for the JX8P sound, before the tweaks, which I'll get to maybe on Tuesday,
#Roland #jx10 #jx8p #synth

@cou @StefanoGaivota @iotar and according to the JX10 manual (and checking on my synth), it is based on tones 74 and 75, GOWESTBAS 2 and GOWESTBAS 1. Sounds counterintuitive. I'll double check the JX8P preset to see what it is based on.

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@StefanoGaivota @cou @iotar and with a jx-10 being two jx-8p and that Yamaha sound also easily done with the jx, that means a single dual layer patch of the #Roland #super #jx10 #synth can do that sound no problem.

My annual plea for digital archivists: Anybody has a copy of JX10 manager for Windows?
#sysex #midi #synth #software #librarian #roland #jx10
It is for the Roland Super JX10 analog synth.

On the previous Roland advertisement for the Super JX 10, they really tried to pass their analog monster synth for a digital one, because samplers and Yamaha DX fm synths were taking the market by storm. On this one, they empasized the layers (it is afterall two Roland JX8P in one keyboard), but no real highlight of the analog goodies… except “deep broad analog sounds”. This would be the last Roland analog flagship as romplers and samplers took over.

#synth #marketing #roland #superjx #jx10

Storage of patches on real synths is always a problem. Not enough space. Many Roland synths (and drum machines like the TR-707 and TR-909) in the 80s used the Roland M-64C cartridge. Both my Roland Alpha Juno 2 and my Roland Super JX-10 also use this cartridge. It is cool, but they go for $100 each. Enter the synthsquare M-4096C. Yes, it is like 64 Roland M64 cartridges. No sysex to mess with, 4096 presets!
#Juno2 #jx10 #jx8p #tr707 #tr909 #mks70 #synth #synthesizer #music #hardware #roland