street priceThe Roland JX-8P is a 61-key analog synthesizer released by Roland in 1984. It was the successor to the popular Roland JX-3P and featured a more advanced sound engine with two digitally controlled oscillators (DCOs) per voice. It also featured a built-in arpeggiator, a programmable chorus effect, and a polyphonic portamento. It was used by many popular artists in the 1980s and 1990s, including Depeche Mode, The Cure, and New Order.
Tags: hybrid synthesizer
Country of origin / production: Japan
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Performance Synthesizer | |
| Archetype | |
| Analogue (A) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 6 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | DCO (Digitally Controlled Oscillator) |
| Oscillators per voice | 2 |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Single Voice Preset | 32 |
| User-defined Single Voice | 32 |
| Filter | |
| Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) | |
| High-pass Filter (HPF) | |
| Low-pass Filter (LPF) | |
| 2-pole | |
| 4-pole | |
| 12dB | |
| 24dB | |
| Resonance | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Amp | ADSR |
| Effects | |
| Chorus | |
| Delay | |
| Sequencer | |
| Note Capacity | 1600 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Portamento | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Aftertouch | |
| Size | 5 |
| Number of Keys | 61 |
| Display | |
| Display type | EL |
| Resolution: Symbols Count | 16 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend/ Modulation Lever | |
| Button | 51 |
| External controllers | |
| Hold | |
| External Control Panel | |
| Audio out | |
| Stereo | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 2 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Power | |
| Power consumption | 25 W |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 92 mm |
| Width | 977 mm |
| Depth | 375 mm |
| Weight | 14 kg |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&plastic | |
| Color | |
| Grey | |
| Production start | 1985 |
| Production ended | |
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