Bad Gear - Roland JDXA

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  • @AudioPilz
    @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
    Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
    Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/audio.pilz/

    • @MrBrownAlliance
      @MrBrownAlliance ปีที่แล้ว +2

      congratulations on 100K subs, long, long overdue!

    • @DSZI.ShyHunterBB
      @DSZI.ShyHunterBB ปีที่แล้ว

      Yet another synthesizer to satisfy our need to see some bad gear.
      Congrats on 100k subs!

    • @TheLexikitty
      @TheLexikitty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss that last one was perfection

  • @Kpm1985
    @Kpm1985 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    I would love to watch an episode about how you make this show. The sheer volume of funny memes alone is humbling to witness, saying nothing about the killer editing and the (of course) excellent tunes and jams. Without question the most entertaining synth related TH-cam content!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Thank you so much!!! Great idea!!!

    • @kimcringeson4937
      @kimcringeson4937 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@AudioPilz Wanna throw one more voice to the ballot saying that a behind-the-scenes episode would be great. The quality of your presentation is as excellent as your content.

    • @tomjw1306
      @tomjw1306 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too 👍

    • @flow6156
      @flow6156 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same. I really wondered how much time it takes you to put together one of these videos time and again

    • @karlu.5904
      @karlu.5904 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@flow6156 I once spent 14 hours editing a 10 minute video... that got CR blocked by YT. No idea how he gets around the algo

  • @streettrash_sid
    @streettrash_sid ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Had a JD-XA & Xi since 2016.
    Used them both for several thousand hours.
    Never had any issues & still really enjoy working them.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👍👍👍

    • @Dingdongbillybong
      @Dingdongbillybong 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's a pretty stable system I will admit

  • @afr65536
    @afr65536 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Please also test devices in darkness, with a smoke machine nearby, someone pushing against you from time to time, a few units of alcohol consumed and the floor shaking to emulate a sub-optimal gig environment.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thanks, I've had that for decades ;)

    • @22goats87
      @22goats87 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      …[optimal] gig environment…

    • @BubbaSatori
      @BubbaSatori ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don’t forget the lava lamp and a Sturtzer cat.

    • @daccrowell4776
      @daccrowell4776 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh...you forgot the rich suburban girl who thinks you're a jukebox, constantly yelling for someone else's tracks. Or adding a shower of rusty bits, dirt, and dried pigeon crap for that illegal warehouse aspect. Plus, plugging it into various ground faults, overvoltage, undervoltage, random power "fluctuations", etc. And for the capper, simultaneously pouring [INSERT COLLEGE FRAT BOY BEVERAGE HERE] on one end of the keybed while someone else throws up on the other.
      You know..."real world" testing criteria. 🤣

    • @NullStaticVoid
      @NullStaticVoid ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm just skeptical that plastic toy looking thing could survive any kind of gigging.
      But then most of the classic roland gear was pure plastic. And who is gigging? We are heating our bedrooms with these things.

  • @FormulaXFD
    @FormulaXFD ปีที่แล้ว +126

    How long before AudioPilz gets harassed by opportunists to find out what the coming episode will be, so they can hedge the reverb market?

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +57

      You don't have to, it's a perk for all Patrons;)

    • @jimiscott
      @jimiscott ปีที่แล้ว

      I sense there's a way ^_)

    • @leadenmere
      @leadenmere ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@AudioPilzyou’re just brazenly admitting to insider trading. Have fun in synth prison.

    • @alancarmody8848
      @alancarmody8848 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I made a fortune trading synth futures back in the 80s but then I lost it all betting on digital modelling

    • @kristianTV1974
      @kristianTV1974 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@leadenmeresynth prison is where you can only use Teenage Engineering and modern Roland synths. *shudders*

  • @davedaves9403
    @davedaves9403 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    No, the analog synthesis on the JD-XA is absolutely not a four-voice version of the monophonic analog part on the JD-Xi. For instance, the JD-xi's analog filter has just a single LPF mode, not the six modes of the VCFs on the JD-XA as well as the capability to mix in a digital superNATURAL part, and other differences like the ring modulation and cross modulation. I get why you would assume that. I'm an avid fan, but also a JD-XA owner, so of course the idea that my baby has just four instances of the few "analog circuits floating in a sea of digital synthesis" as one review characterized the JD-Xi's analog part, gets me all hot & bothered.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the heads up!!!

  • @ChristianoRodríguez-h3k
    @ChristianoRodríguez-h3k 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I look through all analog synthesizers and I think that JD-XA has a very saturated, warm analog sound and is great for producing your own sounds from scratch i can make any sound with it

  • @Pablo668
    @Pablo668 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Great work as always Florian. One day there will be a knock at your door and it will be a terminator sent by Roland. I’ve heard a couple of people say the black background and bright red lights makes it impossible to use at a gig.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +75

      The Terminator is still on my side as I'm Austrian;) Thanks!!!

    • @patrickfitzgerald2861
      @patrickfitzgerald2861 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@AudioPilz I was a California state employee when the Terminator was our governor. He turned out to be pretty good at that job!

    • @AndrewTSq
      @AndrewTSq ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can turn off the leds :)

    • @bistrobmusic
      @bistrobmusic ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A Terminator sent by Roland will have Aira Green eyes

    • @magnatatar
      @magnatatar ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wrong! Jaming in the dark a dark type music is on another level, especially on a good night with some beer on the counter

  • @sapro589
    @sapro589 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great review, I wish that Roland would interview some people who use synths. They have some amazing Tek they just need to put it into the right synth.

  • @TheRealWinsletFan
    @TheRealWinsletFan ปีที่แล้ว +36

    When I realised the JD-XA's real strength is for expressive performance and added in an extra pedal, it captured me once again. The Hybrid nature of the synth really shines when you're being expressive with it, layering the Supernatural & Analog section together. You're right the Analog voices can be a little dry and flat in the raw, but when combined with the digital voices and a tasteful helping of fx, it can really blow me away. This is why I could never flip this one. I'm going to be buried with it.

  • @ThePrestoPrestissimo
    @ThePrestoPrestissimo ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Congratulations to 100.000 Subscribed Viewers
    The JDXA would have been great if it came in green

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @BassFunMusic
    @BassFunMusic ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I am absolutely amazed by the quality of your tracks. Each one is better than the last. Can't wait for more. 💓

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @brucebennett5338
    @brucebennett5338 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    nice cameo by Theremin virtuoso Caroline Eyck! (she's a wonderful person too!)

  • @FLUFFYCAT_PNW
    @FLUFFYCAT_PNW ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Another absolute banger of a video, and music as well! The only channel on TH-cam that has me hovering over the pause button to catch all the greatness. Hope you're well.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much!!!

    • @robbiewabisabi
      @robbiewabisabi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I do the exact same thing! It's hard to keep up with the memes if they are only there for a frame or so. I find myself scrubbing backwards and forwards. Maybe the top tier Paterons get the Premiere File?

    • @poopoppy
      @poopoppy ปีที่แล้ว

      I generally hover miss the meme. Go back. Miss it again, and then get it on the third go!! :D

  • @_P_M_
    @_P_M_ ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Congrats on 100k. I can't believe you aren't way past that already. You have the most concise and entertaining synth channel I'm aware of.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

    • @CaseJams
      @CaseJams ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AudioPilz101k now, thank U YT algo g-ds!

  • @krazywabbit
    @krazywabbit ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Next up on Bad Gear. The silver play button. It’s ticking all the metallicky buttons.
    Congratulations.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell yeah!!! Thanks!!!

  • @ringsystemmusic
    @ringsystemmusic ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Be still my beating heart, that's an An0nymoose synthwave music video. I didn't think it was possible for me to love Bad Gear more than I already did but DAMMMMMMN

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!!! An0nymoose - freaking legend!!!

  • @dynalix
    @dynalix ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've been waiting on this one since the JDXI vid! This was my first hardware synth, and I'll have it until death do us part!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope it was worth the wait!!! Thanks!!!

  • @mrkd4del
    @mrkd4del ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you for covering the JDXA. It is an exemplar of instruments that have good points but are unmistakably bad gear! That 12db analog filter and the noise from the analog circuitry though…😂

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for watching!!! Plenty of weird design omissions...

    • @TheRealWinsletFan
      @TheRealWinsletFan ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AudioPilz how the heck did it not occur to _anyone_ at Roland to add a Data entry wheel. Why have they never released a firmware update to let us optionally use one of the wheels for data entry. There's 400+ waveforms to select from... with buttons! 🤦‍♂

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TheRealWinsletFan same goes for JD-Xi

    • @fullytrapped.
      @fullytrapped. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRealWinsletFan
      Engineering: “Should we give them a wheel?”
      Executives: “This is Roland, not Rolland, give them buttons and ship it now!”
      Dollars over sense, all day everyday.

  • @Wagoo
    @Wagoo ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thankfully Roland gave out free overlay panels to fix the shiny black finish.. surprised your mate doesn't have them applied to this one! There was a white JD-XA we've only seen pictures of, given to some musician, that suited the shiny finish much better. The sequencer was never really finished and there's digital noise with the lights running (you can turn them off) but it's a very interesting and quirky synth. First poly analogue from Roland in forever, too. Personally I love filter type 3.. it's some fun that gives a hint of what Roland engineers get up to when they're not constrained (like the cowbell oscillator in Sys-8)
    It just feels like Christmas with the JD-XA and System-8 running next to each other 🎅🎄

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JD-XA and System-8 next to each other is quite a challenge;)

    • @AndreasStratmann
      @AndreasStratmann ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@AudioPilz If you use one these classic red-green 3D glasses with System 8 and JD-Xa left and right it magically merges both into one jupiter 8. Solved.

    • @edtraylen8581
      @edtraylen8581 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least colour blind people won’t be offended.

    • @BrunodeSouzaLino
      @BrunodeSouzaLino ปีที่แล้ว

      The best solution to the problem came in a limited version of the JD-XA which was white.

    • @Wagoo
      @Wagoo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BrunodeSouzaLino yeah but like I said, I don't think these were ever available in retail (like the white version of the JD-Xi).. they were one off customs made for a few musicians

  • @mrreggiej85
    @mrreggiej85 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm like a proud dad watching his only son walk across the graduation stage right now! I love/hate the JDXA but I just can't let it go.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @TheSemtexCow
    @TheSemtexCow ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:28 dammit, fairlight orch burst my second biggest weakness is revealed….
    I have no choice but to love it now no matter the cost 😁.
    Double dammit, it’s got a great sounding vocoder too!
    My biggest weakness is revealed…. 😂😂.
    Great demo 👏👏👏, “insert Robocop meme-I LIKE IT!”
    Same as usual here, I wanna see the PWM Malevolent and Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth 🙏.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great suggestions, thank you!!!

  • @StopTryingSoHard
    @StopTryingSoHard ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I drive a Porsche not a BMW. This also sums up my feelings on the JDXA.
    Now the Roland INTEGRA-7 is where it's at.

  • @dezmcm
    @dezmcm ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honesty,this is my holy grail of synths. Especially for the type of music that I want to do.

  • @jamesb8573
    @jamesb8573 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Okay. The memes and clips were ridiculously clever; so on point , yet so obscure. It takes me 30 minutes to get through a ten minute video, constantly hitting my computer spacebar to pause to read the micro edits. (Yes I'm watching this on my pc. And yes. It's my DAW)

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!!!

    • @sub-jec-tiv
      @sub-jec-tiv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I only watch Bad Gear on my Octatrack because i’m cool

  • @Rompler_Rocco
    @Rompler_Rocco ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I always thought this synth was special! Never played on it, doubt I'll ever be in a room with one, but my name was once vocoded through one, and I'm telling you, it was splendid :)

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!!!

  • @frankenfrank9553
    @frankenfrank9553 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your collections of hate comments. I don't think it's a bad synthesizer. But the value for money is damn bad. At least at the start of sales.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!!! True that!

  • @ConwayBob
    @ConwayBob ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for this even-handed overview of the JD-Xa. I've got a sort of love-hate relationship with this synthesizer. I probably won't part with mine, especially after having covered its fingerprint magnet top surface with a nice set of "Polar" overlays!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks!!! Ah, the polar ones, nice!

    • @ConwayBob
      @ConwayBob ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AudioPilz-- Makes it look like the Gaia's big brother! 🤣🤣

  • @KelvinHemas
    @KelvinHemas ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I think it has a very particular sound, very 90s Roland but in a bombastic way and it comes out clearly in the video.
    Thanks for yet another great episode!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!!!

    • @karlu.5904
      @karlu.5904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      90s roland made in 2015. That comes from the same self-proclaimed, head up its ass, let's sue Behringer for stealing "trade dress", "future looking" Roland. Lulz. I'd argue the shit they released in 90s was probably less trash than this. Some of it was even great (8080). This? An utter piece of sh!t. It actually makes me angry how bad it is.

    • @KelvinHemas
      @KelvinHemas ปีที่แล้ว

      @@karlu.5904 I agree, this range sound 90's but worse than their romplers and grooveboxes from that era. The JDXA is more versatile tho so I guess you can squeeze out a few usable patches despite its quite bad overall sound.

  • @patrikknoerr9777
    @patrikknoerr9777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:38 Yeah. The display from hell is now in its correct color scheme. To me, the best part of the UI. Demons from all planes of the underworld got to love this thing. After all, it raises the undead sample library of the U110 from the grave. And some more. I rate the JDXA the #1 on the list of current Roland synths that are to consider when replacing my 90s Roland stuff.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Even the devil is afraid of it;)

    • @patrikknoerr9777
      @patrikknoerr9777 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AudioPilz So - if DIAMANDA GALAS uses it on stage - I am safe in the audience ;)

  • @Fluxwithit
    @Fluxwithit ปีที่แล้ว +2

    another great video. I would have liked a lot more time focused on filter 3 as it imho is one of the main reasons I bought it. Its broken but sounds like nothing else including filters in my modular. it can create very strange sounds and the way the digital lines bleed into the analog section create all kinds of glitchy sounds. If buying... buy it because its flaws not in spite of and will find your self having a blast. That filter is clearly a screw up of some sort , I would bet that it just wasn't caught before a bunch got out the building so they stuck with that design rather than try to fix the voicing. I have seen the interviews on the subject at time of release... If anyone has a line on one of the designers I would love to interview em for a retrospective. Again, great video as always.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!!! I know there are quite a few people who really like it but I had to fit a lot of synth into the episode;)

  • @Paul_Y_T
    @Paul_Y_T ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another great video - thanks. I'm a big fan of the jd-xa. The analog filter mode LPF3 which, as you said, sounds broken when treated like the other filter modes is my favourite thing about the synth, but only when it's gain staged so that it doesn't fall apart with resonance. Used that way, it is a thing of beauty.

  • @TheRealWinsletFan
    @TheRealWinsletFan ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As a JD-XA owner that can't give it up, I was really drawn to the Werner Herzog meme I saw in the Synth Memes group a few weeks ago.
    Werner Herzog for ROLAND:
    "I have sat in front of many
    synthesizers during my short
    time upon this planet, but none
    compelled me to press buttons
    and keys in the way Roland has.
    With their cryptic, almost mystical
    displays and inability to contemplate
    the needs of the novice or dilettante,
    they illuminate the path to madness
    and despair in ways other
    manufacturers dare not imagine.
    To play anything else would be an
    obscenity, a baseness and vulgarity
    too terrible for the mortal mind to
    address. Roland haunts my
    dreams and waking days.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This meme is the stuff of legends!!!

    • @TheRealWinsletFan
      @TheRealWinsletFan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AudioPilz it talks to me!

    • @anthonybrett
      @anthonybrett ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love that quote and I love my JD-XA. The only problem was I missed out on getting the dull styled overlays, so I get blinded every time I use it.

    • @TheRealWinsletFan
      @TheRealWinsletFan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anthonybrett that's a shame, the overlays do help

    • @christianthompson1473
      @christianthompson1473 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthonybrett i managed to get a second hand set of overlays on ebay a few years back

  • @mellowrockstar
    @mellowrockstar ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! I almost returned mine when I got it. After spending time with it it became a favorite of mine. I'm not surprised it's hated though. You can skip through UI sections by holding shift. Makes programming a lot easier.
    Love to see you cover the Cheetah MS800!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Great suggestion, thanks!!!

  • @ExpendableSith
    @ExpendableSith ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That final jam was VERY ILLEGAL

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most of them are;)

  • @garyhendrie4001
    @garyhendrie4001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    😂😂😂 that worf wavetable was worth the admission price alone. 👏👏👏👏

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, thanks!!!

  • @AlistairMaxwell77
    @AlistairMaxwell77 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I mentioned the JDXA when you reviewed the Vsynth. Still have both of mine . The end of the old era roland.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice, thanks again for the input!

  • @XxChrisxXBedofRazors
    @XxChrisxXBedofRazors ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Duuude excellent episode! This really isn't much of a bad synth, I've played with it a couple of times. It's got great sounds, and you can definitely make interesting sounds out of it. It just would've been great if did it had 5 octaves, and at least 6 voices of analog. It does suck that they totally cheap out and half-assed it, i.e. wasted a better potential that could've made it into a future classic. Or would've been legendary if they went all in for 8 analog voices. Build-wise, I do love the black and red aesthetic. But they should've went for a metal build, and avoided the glossy frame. So much potential this could've had... P.S. you should do the *Prophet 12* ! Another synth with mixed reviews and opinions!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!!

  • @xenobiigaming
    @xenobiigaming 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always loved the look of the JDXA, the price is just a lot for only 4 oscilliators for digital or analog, but it can be manageable though. i will get it at some point. I already have the Integra-& and Jupiter-Xm. Love Roland

  • @sparabo3780
    @sparabo3780 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You nearly can kill aliens with that synth, just need to switch it on! I like synths with a kill factor, would have bought one 3 or 4 times, but anything unknown stopped me every time. Perhaps the red glow…
    the vocoder is great imho, great vocoding !

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More needed than ever;)

  • @MKA63
    @MKA63 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The comments at 6:18 are Gold! as is the review.

  • @jelleverstraaten9662
    @jelleverstraaten9662 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Woah, your accurate pronounciation of Gouda took me off guard 😅Great video as always!

  • @Unshapenkris
    @Unshapenkris ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy shit I love that you included Anonymoose videos. This is the merging of two worlds I didn't expect or know that I needed.

  • @silasgarrett2431
    @silasgarrett2431 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excited to see this one. This was my first big hardware synthesizer (after a Reface DX), and I always find new and interesting things to do with it, but I am not a normal music producer, so I am after different sounds than a lot of people.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice!!!

    • @daccrowell4776
      @daccrowell4776 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, nothing wrong with developing your own methods these days. A few decades ago, you still had a lot of tech fiddliness and learning curves, sometimes like you wouldn't believe! For example, the fun of using Finale prior to v.2. That was...just hideous. OTOH, you actually could run DAWs of that era on some of the then-new "box" Macs. I had a IIcx that I'd accelerated to a BLINDING 60 MHz. Wooooooo! But again, learning curves.
      The tech is a lot more user-friendly now. Plus, there's a lot of stuff we don't have to do anymore...aligning and biasing various tape machines, for example. I don't miss that for a hot minute. Anyway, given that fact, I feel like there's far more area to explore sonically so that someone really DOES have a shot at creating their own, independent methods and techniques via pure exploration.
      Plus, you have Eno's observations as a bit of a guidepost. He's stated several times that when you're dealing with new synths, the first thing to do is to get rid of the manuals. That way, you explore the instruments, processors, software, etcetc and _your voice_ emerges as a result of learning them in _your way._ Not really something you get to do outside of electronic music. And even though we've had electronic music since c. 1900 and Thaddeus Cahill's telharmonium, it STILL remains a frontier. Hopefully now that this has become the only musical form that's truly harnessed itself to Moore's Law, that'll be the same for quite some time to come.

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@daccrowell4776 the manuals are sometimes rather necessary to find what you missed after getting to know the instrument
      And then with Yamaha workstations, the manual is necessary to even learn much as their UIs are terrible and unintuitive, unlike Korg and Roland gear, ignoring Roland gear with terrible UIs that depend on 4-character LCDs and such absurdities.
      I think Eno's approach is more about learning how the EGs, filter, and oscillators of a given synth work together and independently of each other, as all subtractive synths are otherwise the bloody same in structure.

    • @daccrowell4776
      @daccrowell4776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jason75913 Right...a more intuitive approach to understanding how an instrument works for each given player. I saw this clip about Deleuze the other night, about eliminating strict codifications by way of an analogy about drum machines. If you follow codified, hierarchical orders, you accept the drum machine as a MACHINE that DRUMS...preset (sometimes not) patterns for specific styles, intended to stand in for a drummer when performing or practicing.
      But with Deleuze's way of viewing the drum machine, he would reject these rigid definition "guardrails" as being counter to creative thought. His "rhizomatic" approach allows for new directions and explorations while rejecting constraints on intuition and creativity. The example given was how this NYC duo used one of these (a Seeburg Select-a-rhythm, which I have one of as well) not to make pop beats by ignoring the "norms" of how it's "supposed to" work. Instead, the instrumentalist DIMED the tempo control and fed this into some rather stygian processing to underpin this riot-causing track known as "Frankie Teardrop". Yep, we're talking about Suicide...definitely one of those proverbial "only band that matters"s. But had Martin Rev followed the hierarchical approach, that massively-important track probably would never have happened.
      Of course, when it came to Yamaha's FM stuff, one dirty secret was that Eno "cheated". 20-ish or so ago, there was a VEMIA auction in which several Eno devices were on the block, and one of these was a Jellinghausen DX-Programmer. Basically, a mammoth SYSEX beast with all of the knobs and switches and so on that Yamaha opted to substitute a single data slider and alpha display for, figuring...uh...hey, doesn't that Rhodes patch sound GREAT? 😆

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daccrowell4776 Alright, you want to dodge "strict codifications" with common synthesizers? Time to go _modular_ , buddy. It's the only way.
      Otherwise, you are sticking to osc->filter->amp structures with modulators like key velocity and LFOs and EGs, end of story. Every non-modular subtractive synth ever right there. But knowing how the EGs and filters interact with the oscillators is where there's room for creativity, manuals don't even give any kind of strict structure to stick to, the synth itself does, so to speak.
      That aside, you want more freedom without splurging on a wall of Eurorack? Korg and Roland ROMpler workstation keyboards are closer to modular than 99% of non-modular synths. But 99% of synthesists _do_ want simpler, more restrictive approaches to synthesis. Or just sweet presets made by someone else.

  • @robbiewabisabi
    @robbiewabisabi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love seeing your reflection on the synth panel. I can imagine that would be distracting during gigs. With lights, etc.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a bit irritating even when jamming at home😂😂😂

  • @iamonfire501
    @iamonfire501 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is underrated gear, not bad gear imo

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Can't it be both?

    • @WarrenPostma
      @WarrenPostma ปีที่แล้ว

      If I had one of these I’m sure it would be like one of those terrible relationships you just can’t end. You’re terrible, JDXA, but I just can’t quit you.

  • @kimwjustice
    @kimwjustice ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Klangfarbe's building is the coolest thing ever. I love it and would love to know its history.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was a gas tank when it was built during the reign of the Austrian Emperor, James Bond "The Living Daylights" used it as a set piece and super epic raves were held there in the 90s

  • @Hainbach
    @Hainbach ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats on 100K subs buddy!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

    • @dankeplace
      @dankeplace ปีที่แล้ว

      from one legend to another.

  • @Andor.
    @Andor. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Recommend everyone to watch Jexus videos of this, they are awe inspiring it makes me yearn for a Roland JDXA.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Jexus is the GOAT!!!

    • @Andor.
      @Andor. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AudioPilz The 4 jam of his first JDXA makes me squee, hes truly something else. companies gotta start paying him to make presets for them honestly.

  • @TheSomethingWheel
    @TheSomethingWheel ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I remember looking up reviews of it fully assuming it was going to be the exact same thing as the JD-XI only with eight separate tracks to sequence instead of four. I'm really still waiting for that JD-XXL-I :(

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd love to see a "real" synthesizer based on these technologies

    • @djdarksidejungle559
      @djdarksidejungle559 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would have been a half decent synth if they'd put all good bits of jdxi and jdxa into one synth they could have pulled off a half decent synth rather then what we got and out of the 2 the jdxi was best one

    • @djdarksidejungle559
      @djdarksidejungle559 ปีที่แล้ว

      What killed it for me was the global arp thing and Roland's modulation matrix or rather lack off and the keybed was awful just felt like big plastic pegs and played same way as well and to be honest some of the patches I've heard on it are some of the worst presets ever in the entire history of the known universe ever yo be put on a synth it's a shame really cause of what it could have been to what we got

  • @Timecop1983
    @Timecop1983 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Roland never chasing ghosts? That literally all they do: they only release stuff with their legendary synths' names that everybody wants, but actually only release stuff that hints the name, but in reality it's scary how it has nothing to do with that gear.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure that "Not Chasing Ghosts" - narrative cost quite a few consulting dollars;)

    • @DS-nw4eq
      @DS-nw4eq 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like how they make magic and people find reasons to turn their noses up. I love these critical ‘bad gear’ videos, but the broadly dismissive pessimism some people have is kind of ridiculous.

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tiv ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The price is just wrong for the build quality. If you instead get a Sequential, you get a real chassis, proper knobs, better programming, and some of the best filters of all time. It’s not that it’s a bad synth. It’s just that for that money you could have something better.

  • @uly1981
    @uly1981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    beautiful - from poison slime green to hellish red, roland just knows how to give you eye cancer every single time

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Strange design decisions...

  • @ironinquisitor3656
    @ironinquisitor3656 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was hoping to see this dust and fingerprint collecting bad boy on here soon! If only Roland had given it two extra analog voices instead of just the 4...

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, they really like the number 4

    • @ironinquisitor3656
      @ironinquisitor3656 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AudioPilz The Boutiques are proof of that lol.

  • @dracoony
    @dracoony ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:35 Nice use of the "elevated" 4kb intro by TBC and rgba from Breakpoint 2009. And you also mentioned the Hydrasynth! :D

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big demo scene fan here! Thank you!

  • @desktorp
    @desktorp ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like digital synthesis just fine, but Roland's product design team was truly crack-addicted.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't do drugs!!!

  • @vjreimedia
    @vjreimedia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Last analog, and the thing is so in tune that sounds like a JD-800.
    When I see Bad Gear I know the weekend just started. 12 PM here =D
    I played safe and I bought a Waldorf Pulse, I could never be happier. It sounds so solid and loud but you will never tell the difference between the Pulse and a digital synth using basic waveforms... if you know what you are doing, it will fool you. Still, analog synths are a myth. Digitals sounds as good and offer more.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Have a nice one!!!

  • @rossidb562
    @rossidb562 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The show I’ve been waiting for!! I have the JD-Xi. Everything it does is either un-amazing or just bad. But each time I tell myself I wasted my money, another piece of gear fails, or I have a connectivity challenge, and the JD-Xi saves the day. It’s like a cheap knock-off of a Swiss army knife.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably the cheapest way to get hold of a Supernatural engine...

    • @yzimsx
      @yzimsx ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you tried the JD-Xi Manager editor software? In my opinion, it pretty much completely changes using the device.

    • @rossidb562
      @rossidb562 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yzimsx No, I’m an OS X user. I probably would to re-explore it with this menu-diving solution otherwise. If it somehow enabled pattern chaining and shuffle (on all channels, not just drums), it would be great.

  • @LesFarrington
    @LesFarrington 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a BLAST with my JD-XA analog section. Not so much the digital side. They really would have had a huge hit if they had kept it all based on the analog engine with 8 voices.
    I personally had no problem with the plastic or color especially after I installed aftermarket front panel overlays.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a strange concept...

  • @ЕвгенийАгаджанов-э7у
    @ЕвгенийАгаджанов-э7у ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every time when i dive into local classifieds looking for a replacement for my juno-ds and picks some "proper" synth to purchase it's ends up in this show. I started to believe that my 2015 jv-1080 reskin with keybed is not so bad...

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really have to take a look at that one!!! Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:35 That strictly Rolandian and slightly dated worst of both worlds synth waving contest, its pure 🔥

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!!!

  • @NOLNV1
    @NOLNV1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The noise is just the uh "character" part of that analog engine!

  • @my4trackmachine
    @my4trackmachine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is nothing wrong with the specs. It’s the UI, build feel, and presentation that is a hard sale.

  • @manifatzigula
    @manifatzigula ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit that TF2 SFM sequenca caught me completely off guard but I‘m living for it

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice, thanks!!!

  • @dominicshaw4140
    @dominicshaw4140 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    van halen toilet seat bit was well good

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      That one had me rofling too;)

  • @searchiemusic
    @searchiemusic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i wish i could send you some of my 'bad gear' honestly, I tend to buy cheap vintage used stuff that people say sounds bad on forums, especially my fostex E16 though, I think it'd be amazing to see you record a mix on tape, if only sending 100 pounds through the mail was easier

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much for the offer!

  • @agentooe33AD
    @agentooe33AD ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's so ironic how you can get objectively bad gear in your videos and still crank out bangers! That's talent!

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JDXA isn't bad gear, just overpriced - its excellent digital engine comes from the Jupiter80. Post FX are decent.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!!!

    • @Millenia3D
      @Millenia3D ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jason75913 I got one for like half MSRP a few years ago and I can't complain tbh it's a fun bit of kit

  • @brianmadison6623
    @brianmadison6623 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No matter how critical you are of gear, I always want to pick one up because you make the best of each device. And your video production is ridiculously good.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @PurpleMusicProductions
    @PurpleMusicProductions 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I swear it appears Roland can no longer make good synths and refuse to reissue the synths that everyone wants yet wonders what went wrong 😢😮😂

    • @LordoftheBadgers
      @LordoftheBadgers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another fantom anyone? Cmon roland ffs. Good machines maybe but just not exciting at all

  • @pepuletrz
    @pepuletrz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    never thought i would see this one on here..

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      It just materialized in my area;)

    • @pepuletrz
      @pepuletrz ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AudioPilz its another perfect one.tanks.

  • @dankeplace
    @dankeplace ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1st lol, watching SS atm, brb

  • @rickee2652
    @rickee2652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ooh oooh, can we do the alpha juno 2. the keyboard version. Menu diving extraordinaire and totally overused in rave music :)

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Great suggestion, thank you!!!

  • @wolfgangdevries127
    @wolfgangdevries127 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looks like a Klingon synth to me.

  • @GoneComposer
    @GoneComposer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not much time to watch TH-cam at the moment, but managing to find some to get my 'Bad Gear' dose as soon as I can! Definitely worth it! Thank you for those moments

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @fugamantew
    @fugamantew 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Nobody understands Roland nowadays

  • @LB-pp7pu
    @LB-pp7pu ปีที่แล้ว

    5:44 Being you from Vienna I thought you were going to say Pungent Stench. Roland is always motivational

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PS is such a legendary band!!!

  • @MonetaryGain
    @MonetaryGain ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's only bad gear because you are horrible at sound design and can't program great sounds on it like a superior sound designer such as myself. Don't blame the gear. Blame your inability to sound design.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the feedback

  • @TylerInTraining
    @TylerInTraining ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've always been enamored with this synth, mainly because of the Gattobus vids where he makes magic with them. After cutting my teeth on a Roland FA-08 for years this almost became my first "real" synth but someone offered me a basically new Korg Minilogue for $300 USD so I couldn't refuse that. One day I may yet pull the trigger on this since the combination of analog and digital sounds are a real powerhouse... or I'll go to the dark side and slowly build a Eurorack module. But I'm still a piano player and need sounds there... so hard to choose. lol
    Terrific video as always, loved the jams, the Gmod video, and those vocoder sounds at the end were fantastic. Btw you can be proud knowing that your videos have gotten my gf interested in learning about synths and how to play them. Cheers! :D

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @thomasyon4332
    @thomasyon4332 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for Thereminist Carolina picture. She and her friend Marius are real music monsters, I love them.
    Thank you to show me this gear i really want at the start, and less everytime i approch it. Roland is a lovehate relationship brand (and i can say it now because i'm happy happy with my rd88 zen core piano now. Hourra! )

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!!! I really had to check out the piano

  • @sinikoncar7838
    @sinikoncar7838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never thought i would see Dean Winchester in this place - nice one!

  • @rorz999
    @rorz999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huge beast of an instrument, same tiny Roland screen 🥀

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      As is of course tradition 😂😂😂

  • @kquat7899
    @kquat7899 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations! Eagerly awaiting the 100k special.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!! Working on it!!!

  • @AlexSeesing
    @AlexSeesing ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just gave you a like because even I don't want a VST version of this synth ever, you did your best. Hat off to my dear sir.

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว

      VST version is basically the Jupiter80 VST, if there is one of that one yet. That's where JDXA's badass digital engine comes from.
      The Zen-core engine melds that Jupiter80 engine with the JV1080, so Zenology is another "JDXA VST" of sorts. Same sound and capacity for duplicating any JDXA/Jupiter80 patch, though the digital filters are better, EGs more capable, and Zenology/Zen-core even includes a neat VCF emulator (at the cost of polyphony).
      Modulation options on Jupiter80/JDXA are fairly limited versus Zen-Core/Zenology's mod matrices, too.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!!!

  • @bwwolf
    @bwwolf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like the video) very funny. I have the jd xa and it sounds nice but you can also use a analog synth and a digital and combine it by using plugins. What I really hate is the uncomfortable way of programming the synth and the small keyboard range, the plastic keys and the midi structure. And Roland: it is a shame that there is no editor for it. The price is too high and I try to sell it for 2 years now… nominees will buy it 🫣🙄😩

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! That sums it up nicely!

  • @Rizzle280
    @Rizzle280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, I bought a jd-xi and love it, and was thinking about getting a JD-XA as my next synth, but this video honestly has me reconsidering...

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Get an FA-06.
      JD-Xi/JD-XA on steroids, basically. And the sequencer is light-years better. But no analogue poly. If you want one, then add a Minilogue XD, far better choice over JDXA's.

    • @Rizzle280
      @Rizzle280 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jason75913 thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to look into it

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!!!

  • @Rdiamondcole
    @Rdiamondcole ปีที่แล้ว

    Much respect but seriously, a Juno model with classic chorus and maybe a UI that reflect innovation that inspired the Juno 60/106. Simply creative flow is all.❤️ the “X”by the way.

  • @Zebulon94
    @Zebulon94 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I almost sold mine (I didn't use it often, the presets are mostly bad or unattractive, there are too many diving menus) but some musicians have created incredible patches with the JD-XA (Gattobus or Kebu for example) and listening to them changed my mind about the machine's potential and I didn't want to sell it anymore
    By digging a little I discovered an instrument offering many sound possibilities (If we accept the complicated workflow) with an strong identity.
    The glossy surface is an awful choice but mine has matte panels and that changes everything. The red lights can be completely or partially switched off.
    I would like Roland to fix some bugs and defects. It's not perfect but I like it

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, that one didn't age so well...

    • @Zebulon94
      @Zebulon94 ปีที่แล้ว

      This machine can be appreciated at its fair value in a few years when some musicians will re-discover it from a different perspective (I didn't like the Waldorf Q when it was released, I like it much more today) 😉

  • @djkanyon
    @djkanyon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro i love this Roland synth, to me Roland's digital sounds always go well with Roland's "meh" analog on 2010s... but dear god after watching the video i had red dots flashing in my eyes for an hour. Dunno who made this atrocity happen but it's definitely was a mistake. I would sell the synth even if someone would give it to me as a generous gift - just to save my eyesight! Thanks man, you're the legend, always a pleasure.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @vjreimedia
    @vjreimedia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish that synth came in a table top/rack-mounted version like the JP-8080.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      That would make a lot of sense!!!

  • @synthlord2368
    @synthlord2368 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kebu would be proud of this episode!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you!!!

  • @adamscooper1982
    @adamscooper1982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How about an episode of “baddest gear” - you could do a showdown of the top 10 devices which all compete to be the “baddest gear”!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Great suggestion, thank you!!!

  • @rayek4eq
    @rayek4eq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is one that truly had it coming

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      It was just a matter of time

  • @randynovick7972
    @randynovick7972 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Until today, I had never heard of this thing - or maybe I never wanted to look for something like it? Hmmm. Thanks for rolling it out, Florian.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Always a pleasure! Thanks!

  • @edwardfletcher7790
    @edwardfletcher7790 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Batmobile UI, nailed it, a marvel of style over the practical 👍
    It's a great synth, but the tiny screen and menu hell means it doesn't make sense in a world with a ASM Hydrasynth...

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you!!!

  • @MrGrahawk
    @MrGrahawk ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I imagine that menu diving is supposed to reduce the limitations while creating limitations by the need for menu diving. Paradox 101.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Synthception...;)

  • @jukesjointOG
    @jukesjointOG ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That last vocoder shoutout was definitely the way Eddie Jobson would have done it!!

  • @giannisozo7928
    @giannisozo7928 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the most entertaining show on TH-cam and I don't even like music

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @tudorcotoi7011
    @tudorcotoi7011 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At this point I’m just in dire need to see my FA here as bad gear :))))
    Awesome as always, Florian!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!

  • @2point7182818284590
    @2point7182818284590 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Thomas the Tank Engine. Back in the day one episode was only 5 minutes and when mom forgot to turn on the TV on time I would be so sad for missing the episode.

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Simpler times!

  • @nicky1661
    @nicky1661 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I knew it would come!

    • @AudioPilz
      @AudioPilz  ปีที่แล้ว

      It was about time!