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Yer the vocoder is the clear winner here... apauw 49 polyphony - thats the size of a mid/small keyboard - I doubt anyone in the history of mankind has used 49 different keys in a singular chord! 4 is fine, though 6 would have been the real sweet spot (for guitar control). 10 would be the absolute lo...

Whenever you try and emulate or copy you will pretty much always end out with a worse version than the original... I think it comes down really as to which you enjoy using the most. I like the JX-03 cus it has circular pots that aren't effected by it's small size, and as I said it is quick and easy ...

Exactly! Be aware the keystep seems great, but the limitations were enough that I ditched it from my setup within 1 week! You can only really control 1 at a time unless you use the sequencer, but then all the modifiers only work on the sequence instead of the free play... A bit useless really...

But the way you are putting it makes it sound like a downgrade. It's still an upgrade in terms of what was in there - you're obviously just peeved they didn't include what you wanted! And each to their own - I want a seperate arp for each of the parts (but I know that's a hardware limitation).

Upgrade the firmware on both modules and you're all good! If you are like me and use 2 boutiques with the MX-1 then the workaround is to use channel 5/6 on the mixer for the 2nd boutique. Be aware though that the midi routing of the USB cables is crap - it doesn't seem to send midi to the boutiques ...

1.50 is absolutely fine. Just don't do the factory reset and keep it with the sounds it came with (the new ones are naff). I foolishly decided to see what they sounded like, now I have to use the Librarian tool to put my old tones back on and clear out most of the junk (I preferred having a load of ...

I have discovered this cool panel overlay. I wish they would produce some for the FA. Maybe we could order together and they will make some custom panels if we can gain sufficient demand... http://www.synthgraphics.com/Roland_JD-XA_panel.html I'm currently talking with him to print off a one-off I ...

For lazy people...  JX-03 midi implementation chart: https://static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/JX-03_MIDI_Imple_e02_W.pdf JP-08 midi implementation chart: https://static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/JP-08_MIDI_Imple_e02_W.pdf JU-06 midi implementation chart: https://static.roland.com/assets/media/p...

Just got my new overlays today (after a LoOOOOOOONG wait!), but totally worth the wait! Looks fantastic - so much easier to read the text and see the shift shortcuts as well. Took a range of pictures for those not sure about how it will look. Please excuse the rotation - the forum did that! I can ta...

Yer this was my thought, just a shame you can't quickly just rotate the dial on the part to use other parts. I do find though that the Int/Ext/Both on track select doesn't do anything when using the it with the MX-1 mixer... I have to apply a null tone and turn the volume to 0. Not sure if I've miss...

I found myself extremely frustrated by the lack of good, musical factory patches present on the JD-XA. This was somewhat mitigated by the OS 1.5 release and new factory patch set which came with it, but I still found much of that material lackluster and uninspiring. I actually thought the original ...

I really wished it had a separate arp for each track (1-8) - would make this synth a powerful beast indeed! But alas it doesn't, though you can kinda mimic it somewhat with LFO's with sharp cutoffs on single notes with syncd timings.

I have a GR-700 guitar synth, which was basically the JX-3P hooked up to an old midi pickup built into the Roland G-707 guitar. I never got the programmer for it unfortunately, but based on the original sounds from the GR-700 (JX-3P) I got the JX-03 and JP-08 boutiques. Have to say I agree with a lo...

Hi everyone, New to the forum. I tried doing a search but didn't find any topics on the subject or anything in the manual. When in any mode but Studio set or Sequencer the "Part" is always 1 [and 2 in dual and split] - is there any way of changing it in this screen to say Part 11 and 12? I...