The Roland JP-8080 released in 1998 was the rack version of the big selling JP-8000, but with increased polyphony & the ability to synthesise external audio sources including vocoder style synthesis. This synth was the bringer of the Super-Saw multi-Oscillator sound which created the big ubiquitous trance lead sound of the late 90 and early 2000's.
The JP-8080 6U rack keeps the same features as the original synth but ups the Polyphony to 10 notes & adds a Mic & Line external input so incoming audio can be processed through the synthesis section or the additional Voice Modulator section which comprises a Formant Filter, Filter Bank and 'Vocal Morph' control to create Vocoder & 'Robot voice' style sounds as well as assign vocal control to parameters of the synth.
Additionally the Jp-8080 added Smart Card storage & pretty much doubled the factory patch & performance presets count although the user storage
Roland sold truck loads of these and they can be found on Ebay for around £1000 to £1500 GBP
Features
- Powerful "Analog Modeling" synthesizer module with 40 knobs and sliders for intuitive sound creation and sonic manipulation
- Seven onboard waveforms: Super Saw, Triangle Modulation, Noise, Feedback Oscillator, Square (PWM), Sawtooth, Triangle
- 10-voice polyphony and Unison function for analog sounds reminiscent of the best classic synths
- External Audio Synthesis allows for processing external audio sources using synthesizer filter, amplifier and multi-effects
- Voice Modulator allows external Mic/Vocal/Instrument input to be processed in real time using one of three unique modes: Formant Filter, Filter Bank, and Vocal Morph Control
- Three independent onboard effects: Delay, Multi-FX including Chorus, Flanger and Distortion
- Onboard Motion Control records all slider and knob movements for "hands-free" playback
- Knob movements can be output via MIDI
- Onboard Arpeggiator and Realtime Phrase Sequencing (RPS) capability
- Bank and Number buttons, Preview functions, dedicated MIDI Remote Keyboard In, and SmartMedia storage
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