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With SN Acoustic instruments coming for the Fantom does anyone know if this also is planned for the Jupiters?

It turns out that none of the rumors had any truth in them.
The first thing I did this morning was to check the Messe news.
I might as well not have bothered...

Roland US posted a picture of the TR808 - maybe a new Boutique TR-808?

Positive: Roland is focused on innovation, looking forward even when they're looking at the past. Talented engineers capable of delivering great sounding products even in the low budget range: well done. Improvement: watch out for design decisions which make no sense and which tend to overshadow an ...

...not expecting an Integra-8 anytime soon, but I do expect the AIRA sampler to make its appearance at the Musikmesse. Although Roland's focus has been on the budget range, they haven't forgotten the higher end instruments. Last year the LX-17, HP605 and HP603 were introduced, fully modeled pianos u...

I found it.
It's in the parameter list of the JP-80 and activated by the Layer Section Switch, p.21+23, and it's the equivalent of the 'unison' mode in the ARX-03.
It seems the 'stack' mode is unique to the ARX-03.

With the ARX-03, if you play one note, all the instruments you use are assigned to the one note. If you play two notes, the instruments are automatically divided between the two notes, and the same is true for each consecutive note. So if you use four instruments like 1 trumpet, 2 saxes and 1 tromb...

I can't recall if this feature found its way in any other product of Roland, and if not, it's a pity because it's really very good. As a matter of fact, Yamaha must have felt the same when they decided to implement a similar auto-divisi ensemble mode in the Tyros 5. The Jupiter-80 has a divisi mode...

I just checked the manual, and the ensemble mode of the ARX-03 I was referring to was implemented as either 'unison' or 'stack' mode. I can't recall if this feature found its way in any other product of Roland, and if not, it's a pity because it's really very good. As a matter of fact, Yamaha must h...

I'm still hoping for a new workstation featuring an upgraded SN-engine. I know quite a few musicians who have an Integra-7 and loving the sound of the supernatural engine. I remember that the Brass card for the Fantom G (ARX-03) had some sort of ensemble mode, and it would be great to have a feature...

Congratulations with the overlays.
They really turn the JD-XA from a glossy cheapish looking synth into one heck of a classy synth, very well done.

Request: can this post be removed or at least the thread title be modified? Scott Tibbs is a human being like all of us, and to see him put on the whipping post as a liar is nothing but a very personal mean attack on someone who comes across as a friendly, kind demonstrator. So he made a mistake, do...

I was wondering: are the drum sounds on the JD-Xi taken from the Integra-7 or are they new?

P.S: That is incredible how fragile the keys look. The Spring is actually the plastic mould itself, and the key is part of it... really fragile... ...which brings up the question: why not make it a desktop module instead of increasing the cost by means of the addition of a cheap, unusable mini keyb...

So, any chance on seeing an AIRA sampler in the future? Roland used to have dedicated hardware samplers such as the S770 which had a really great sound. With the VP9000 the focus was on 'elastic audio synthesis', and with the advances in processing power it would be great to see a return of a dedica...