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From rare and sought-after classics to
exciting new designs, Model Expansions
put world-class Roland synthesizers in
your DAW and compatibles ZEN-Core
hardware. In this video, we're gonna look
at the JX-8P Model Expansion. The JX-8P,
like other model expansions is designed
for speed and performance in modern DAWs.
It has a clear resizable touch
friendly interface that's easy to
understand even if you've never used the
original hardware. And you'll see that
you can swap instruments and load sounds
instantly with no disruption to your
creative workflow. So what is a JX-8P?
Released in 1985, the innovative JX-8P
took analog a step further with
capabilities that could generate tones
more associated with digital
synthesizers. This made it highly
versatile especially with the hands-on
editing functions of the PG-800
programmer which are thoughtfully
integrated into the JX-8P Model
Expansion. Let's hear what it can do.
So here I have the classic synth bass patch
from the JX. Now I'm gonna run a basic
sequence and we can start playing around.
You can see the familiar controls from
the ZENOLOGYy plug-in are here on the
front and if we open up the preset
browser, there's many different presets
to choose from for the JX-8P. One thing
to note is that any presets that are all
capitalized our original presets.
And any presets that are not all
capitalized are new.
Let's choose another one of the classic
presets that we can dig in a little bit
more and edit. I'm gonna go with a VIBES
preset. Now if we click the edit button,
this will open up the editing window
which has all of the same parameters
that were available for the original JX-8P
with the PG 800 programmer. So that
allows us to control way more
modulations. And with just a few basic
changes, we can really alter our patch.
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And remember all of these controls are
MIDI mappable. So let's get more of a
chord sequence going and I'm gonna
choose another classic preset to start
playing around with. Let's choose one of
the string presets. JX-8P was really well
known for its big lush brass and strings
slower moving types of pads. Now let's
take a look at what we can do.
Let's increase the tuning of our second
oscillator up an octave. Maybe let's
introduce some of the LFO and turn the
sync on will change our LFO shape.
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It really opened that pad right up. Added
some more movement with that modulation.
Okay now let's pull up one of the
classic patches, SOUNDTRACK. Let's play a
chord first to see how that sounds as it is.
Nice and dark. Now let's run a
sequence that has a little bit more
energy going and we'll change the patch
to match the sequence. First gonna
tighten up the envelopes here.
Close my filter.
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Model Expansions transform ZENOLOGY
and ZEN-Core hardware into entirely
different instruments with their own
sonic personalities features and preset
tones. ZENOLOGY Model Expansions for your
DAW and ZEN-Ccore products are now
available at Roland.com
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