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Very interesting products. The System-8 controller looks amazing, but again I have two reservations - 4-octave keyboard and USB drivers non-compliant so I'd worry about loading plugouts once Roland drops driver support....

Thanks for the update and thank for confirming it's a prototype / early stage development project - very helpful to know for non-techies (and for techies who may wish to contribute to it's development :-) ). At first I t...

Hi Neil My choices: Positive : Supernatural Acoustic Tones (especially Pianos, Woodwinds, Orchestral Strings and Timpani) (also - build quality - it oozes class, and is built like a tank) Negative: Layered Architecture,...

Thanks kimsnarf. I've clicked on the link but am unfamiliar with GitHub and hence not clear what you have put there. Could you provide some download and install instructions? I downloaded the available zip file but only...

@TJ80: I'm an OASYS owner (and love it still) - and also a JP80 and V-Synth GT owner. For sure, the V-Synth GT is the best hardware device for vocoding and vocal design - if you have the vocal design card for the XT you...

Not sure if you missed it - but there is one there: http://www.roland.com/support/by_product/jupiter-80/updates_drivers/351005

Actually - I'd say the JP80 has done OK in professional circles - you see them a lot in professional rigs on TV, online and in magazines. I saw Herbie Hancock play live in Dublin about 5 years ago (live performance of hi...

This isn't a direct answer to your question but a suggestion to an approach (I'm VERY slowly optimising my JP80 to be very flexible in a realtime way with this approach): Create a Registration which has only one Liveset...

...here it is (THE Maestro at work): http://www.npr.org/2014/10/23/354871509/herbie-hancock-on-a-path-to-find-my-own-answer

Please stop flaunting your 4 990s! Some of us have to make do with 2! (And an 800) And, for the record, it is 4 JD990's all loaded with SR-JV80-04 expansions...Vintage Synth's for days! Besides, that JD-800 looks much mo...