Roland PG-1000

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Roland JX-3P

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"You are looking at a beautiful Roland JX-3P analog/digital hybrid synth with midi. You get the stability of digitally controlled oscillators with the warmth and fatness of the Roland analog filter. 6 voices - two oscillators per voice with a choice of sawtooth, square and pulse waves. Two types of oscillator sync allows you to get some pretty gnarly timbres. The strings are gorgeous and that signature Roland Chorus makes everything even fatter. The organ patches are standouts along with the pads, bells, basses and percussion/efx. Stereo outputs give you a really nice wide spread - even wider than Senator Larry Craig's "wide spread" in an airport mens room!!

The coolest feature of this synth is the sequencer. There is a trigger input in the back that allows you to sync the sequencer to other devices which makes it ideal for electronica. There is also a very useful hold button to create those fat drones and a "key transpose" button. On the back is an old school master tuning knob. This is perfect for tuning to your older analog gear. You have an edit map for the parameters on the right front of the keyboard. It is a breeze to program. Obviously a PG-200 makes it easier but it only takes about 20 minutes to learn and you are up and running using the data slider. For example you hit the "Edit-B" button and then the number "1" and you now control the filter cutoff. Hit the number "4" and you adjust the resonance. "5" and you adjust the envelope amount. Its simple and you'll be tripping and tweaking your sequences in no time. Also...you have midi in-out-thru. I used Reason and Acid to trigger the JX-3P. There is also an input jack for a PG-200 programmer. I recently sold my PG-200 to a guy who needed it for a Roland GR-700 guitar synth. I suggest you give the standard programming method a try and then decide if you want to shell out the extra bucks on Ebay for a programmer. They come up all the time and usually go for anywhere between $100 - $200 depending on the condition. There are 32 factory patches and 32 user locations. The user banks have some really cool basses, pads, and efx. You can download the manual from the internet. I never had any need to do it...the synth is pretty straight forward. "