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Roland JD-800


Post Posted Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:02 pm
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jeremy wrote:I don't like to use it too much I'm a bit scared to press to hard. :?
Me too!
Post Posted Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:15 am
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Mogwai wrote:
GeeJee wrote: You may need to restore it. Find some more info here ;)
But that only seems to be if you're getting a low reading in the self-test mode..I'm getting a full reading? How hard do you have to press on your JD-800 to hear the aftertouch GeeJee?
Not really that hard. It just works fine... :)
Post Posted Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:18 pm
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GeeJee wrote:
Mogwai wrote:
GeeJee wrote: You may need to restore it. Find some more info here ;)
But that only seems to be if you're getting a low reading in the self-test mode..I'm getting a full reading? How hard do you have to press on your JD-800 to hear the aftertouch GeeJee?
Not really that hard. It just works fine... :)
Maybe it something to do with that I'm a total newbie when it comes to aftertouch. :)
Post Posted Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:40 pm
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Mogwai wrote:
GeeJee wrote:
Mogwai wrote: But that only seems to be if you're getting a low reading in the self-test mode..I'm getting a full reading? How hard do you have to press on your JD-800 to hear the aftertouch GeeJee?
Not really that hard. It just works fine... :)
Maybe it something to do with that I'm a total newbie when it comes to aftertouch. :)
So am I... :lol:
I barely use it, but I notice when playing an el.guitar sound on my JD, pressing a little harder triggers this overdrive effect... :)

It could also be a setting of your patches... "aftertouch sensitivity" :mrgreen:
Post Posted Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:39 pm
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I never use aftertouch personally, to the point that I disabled the aftertouch on my XP80. When I was hitting some keys too hard, it was sending aftertouch messages to the sequencer and it was quite annoying. I use an expression pedal instead, it's much better in many cases.
Post Posted Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:52 pm
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What kind of sounds are these?

Francis patches
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Post Posted Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:19 pm
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I tried them once, but nothing really spectacular. Not really something I recognized instantly either.
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Post Posted Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:07 pm
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What about those Francis made available on his site, used for the EIC tour?
Post Posted Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:07 am
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If I remember well, these are just some VCS noises and pads used in those time interludes. Also some FJAS pads I think.

The nicest of those FR patches are definately the 12DOTS patches, the Chronologie lead sounds and the Aero pad.
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Post Posted Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:05 am
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Aftertouch in JD800 really suxxx... You have to press keys VERY HARD to hear it. But there is a small trick to make aftertouch better. There are four resistors R25-28 near IC10. All You need to do is to change R27 resistor to 200-300 kOhm to fix it :)
Post Posted Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:43 am
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Very wonderfull synth but effectively aftertouch is very hard to comming

I found more informations in the shematics about the mod proposing by Radek
whos is ready to try it :?:

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Post Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:15 am
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here's a new member of my synth family :) I got it yesterday for 350 euros - it's not mint, but it's ok (some buttons need cleaning, etc.)

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Post Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:40 am
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Awesome :D congratz man :)
Post Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:30 am
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radek tymecki wrote:Awesome :D congratz man :)
Thanks, just read that it is sometimes impossible to repair the buttons/sliders. The 3 and 4 button in the sound bank do not react...and the cutoff slider is skipping some points. I will take it to the repair shop, just would be very dissapointed to learn it's imossible to fix :(
Post Posted Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:49 am
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Congrats man! :D

Hmm I think I actually had a dream about me owning a JD800, nothing special it was just among my other synths :? :nod:







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