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| JD-800 | |
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| Manufacturer | Roland |
| Dates | 1991–1996 |
| Price | US$2,895 UK£1,699 JP¥300,000 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 24 voices using 1 tone 6 voices using 4 tones[1] |
| Timbrality | 5 + 1 drum part (61 note assignable) |
| Oscillator | 3 MB of PCM ROM with 108 waveforms + 1 MB expansion, 4 waveforms (tones) per patch |
| LFO | 2 |
| Synthesis type | Digital Sample-based Subtractive |
| Filter | Resonant multi-mode (lowpass, bandpass & highpass) referred to as TVF (Time Variant Filter) |
| Attenuator | 3 multi-stage envelopes |
| Aftertouch expression | Yes |
| Velocity expression | Yes |
| Storage memory | 64 patches, 256 KB RAM card |
| Effects | Chorus, delay, distortion, EQ, phaser, spectrum, reverb, enhancer |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 61 Keys |
| Left-hand control | Pitch, modulation |
| External control | MIDI |
The Roland JD-800 is a digital synthesizer that was manufactured between 1991 and 1996. It features many knobs and sliders for patch editing and performance control — features that some manufacturers, including Roland, had been omitting in the name of streamlining since the inception of the Yamaha DX7. The JD-800 thus became very popular with musicians who wished to take a hands-on approach to patch programming. The introduction in the manual states that Roland's intention with the JD-800 was to "return to the roots of synthesis".
- ^ Reid, Gordon (January 2005). "The History Of Roland, Part 3: 1986-1991". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 6 May 2016.