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ROLAND SUPER JX10 
Japan
1986
This was the flagship synthesizer from Roland in the mid 80s...when it
was good and big Roland liked to put the SUPER tag on it.
The SUPER JX is big and
luxurious on the outside but inside its a bit of a rag-tag ramshack
example of a product that (probably) had to be put together on a
deadline.
The big sleek Super JX contains 2 JX8P circuit boards inside, and
apparently it got its 6 1/2 octave keyboard so these boards would
actually fit. Maybe thats an urban myth, but the keyboard plays pretty
nice, like you are playing a pack of butter. Unlike the JX8P the JX10
can't
recieve MIDI sysex information, so programming it with a MIDI
controller or editor is impossible....the only solution is to go with
the PG800 programmer or the (kind of) tedious button interface on the
synth itself.
Listen to
some sounds of the JX10:
Bass sounds that later transform in some kind of pads
Jearking
polyphonic synth sounds
"Soundtrack"
one of the famous JX10 sounds
Typical 80s
Roland synth sounds
JX10
Monophonic mode synth
Nice
brassy strings
Save a Prayer
arpeggio or something like that
Jam on the JX10
with Space echo effects
ultra cool LED display, if only it was
blue...then it would be even more cooler
The PG800 programmer
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