How To Enter the JD-800 Internal Test Mode

Select Multi-Mode

Press and hold:

Cursor Left, Cursor Right and then Exit buttons.


When you enter Test mode, the right LCD show the current ROM version.


To choose the different tests press Exit and a Bank or Number Button.

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From MATRIXSYNTH: Roland JD-800 in Fancy Dress

Another beautifull modified JD like a SCI Prophet-VS.

I found this at MATRIXSYNTH: Roland JD-800 in Fancy Dress. That´s a nice blog to everyone who love synths or are ready fall in love.

This was done by Customsynth.co.uk, the same company who made the "Gandalf , The White".


Edited:  More from this nice machine!



The nice people from Customsynth have more pics at flickr too.

See this and the Yellow one! It's a Waldorf and Lamborghini style!

 Click the link to the Flick album with all pics:

Customsynth at Flickr


Thanks for the great work! 

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Great demo. Pressures, waves, tecno, the monster breath.

A very nice Roland JD-800 demo by Fischek.

Roland JD-800 and JD-990 Factory Reset

The factory reset function will clean all your editings and restore original internal memory.

Use with caution. If you do this by mistake, there´s no way to undo this action.

JD-800: 

• Press data transfer.
• Page up to select factory preset.
• Press yes

JD-990: 

• Hold exit and press utility.
• Press F6.
• Press F5. 

 

A short demo adjusting the cutoff frequency and resonance

Adjusting the cutoff freq and reso on the Roland JD-800 to create the background.

See more Youtube Synthspassed videos.

Roland JD-800: Some factory sounds

Another video from Retrosound.de with nice sound quality.
Someone told you Roland JD-800 and JD-990 are great for pads? Yes, but there are more than pads there.

Meanwhile, enjoy this samples from the factory sounds.

Gandalf - The Roland JD-800 Custom White Synth

This is a very nice customization.

Jeff Toman of Customsynth.co.uk artistically created a beautiful new all-white look for Dave´s Roland JD-800, in the style of a classic '80s SH-101 synth.

You can see it at Dave´s site.

Also see the 29-image Flickr set showing Randel's synth barn in Essex, CT, adding custom parts onto an otherwise stock synth..


There´s a video of the Gandalf in action: a must see!

And here is Gandalf, The White:

 

And the studio: