Members Don Solaris Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Flat Earth "Sorry don, but i dont recall saying i was submitting any demo ???? Anyways, after hearing Mooks wonderful demo, i dont think any of my stuff would compare." - Flat Earth 11-08-2006, 12:23 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mook Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G-bus v2.0 Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Ok Don I will submit something. I'm glad there is no deadline because my spare time is nil these days, but I'll submit a track anyhow. We 990 owners must stick together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 I salute you my friend! And lets not forget:The one who owns a JD and submits a demo is a true badass dude. The rest are pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members G-bus v2.0 Posted January 25, 2007 Members Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yes, the rest are pussies indeed, and we are not. We are better than the best, and harder than the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 How about another demo, bitches? http://www.etheria.net/JD-DEMO-ETHERIA-2.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members malfunkt Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 Hey guys, I listened to all of the contributions! You guys have me hooked. Then I started exploring Sealed synthesis pages... man, that is one of the best synth sites on the web. Lots of talent on this forum. DonSolaris, Sealed, et all love your JD tracks... great stuff guys. 'beautiful' is just so... But can someone explain to me... these aren't analog filters? what makes the JD990 sound so much better than the JV series, and even XV? actually does anyone own a Fantom here and can compare it to the JD-990. 15 years later, you'd think Roland would have the best filters in the world on their romplers... but that isn't the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sealed Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 Thanks very very much for your comment, malfunkt.And regrettably, JD and Super JD is all digital. It could've been great if my JD-990 had analog filter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 How about another demo, bitches? http://www.etheria.net/JD-DEMO-ETHERIA-2.mp3 Wow! Very good demo. I uploaded it to awakeaudio page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 But can someone explain to me... these aren't analog filters? what makes the JD990 sound so much better than the JV series, and even XV? The high end of the filter, when resonance applied - sounds almost analog. No other digital synth has that color. The rest of frequencies are the same, with XV series have more power in the resonance to the point it almost begins to resemble the 18dB filter (so it cuts/removes the original sound), though both are 12dB. Unfortunately the JD has no oscillator gain, so in some cases, the filter will clip / distort. In contrast XV's filter will never clip when the oscillator is set to 0dB. After doing some research, it looks like JD's oscillator is permanently set to +6dB - no wonder it overloads the filter if a lot of resonance is applied. I wish they placed the gain. Soundwise: JD series uses non-compressed 44.1k waveforms. Super JV, and XV (up to 5080) use 32k waveforms with compression (similar to mp3). Difference on high pitched notes is pretty obvious. The JD comes as crystal clear, the JV and XV not so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 The JD-800 has the best filter Ive heard on any digital synth. It's very musical, and has its own sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 How about another demo, bitches? http://www.etheria.net/JD-DEMO-ETHERIA-2.mp3 I could listen to this all day!!! {censored}in great! What are you using for the drum tracking. I like this better than the previous one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 26, 2007 Members Share Posted January 26, 2007 I could listen to this all day!!! {censored}in great! What are you using for the drum tracking. I like this better than the previous one. What do you mean by "drum tracking"? Sounds are all JD (including drums), and for sequencing I used Cubase... I didn't put any effort into the previous one, and also screwed up on mixing (mixed on small computer speakers and got drums way too loud, and then deleted drum tracks after mixdown, too lazy to rerecord). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 I'm not sure about "drum tracking" either. Perhaps he meant the drum patterns? Are those your own, or are they canned patterns from somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 I'm not sure about "drum tracking" either. Perhaps he meant the drum patterns? Are those your own, or are they canned patterns from somewhere? They all my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 How about another demo, bitches? http://www.etheria.net/JD-DEMO-ETHERIA-2.mp3 Nice. Those voicy pads are Roland JD's trademark. Reminds me Amethystium a lot (even though last time I checked he used Korg O1/W & Z1 synths). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 You offended me. Amethystium makes so much more inferior music on all levels... But I forgive you... most people rarely can tell a difference between finger and ass when it comes to enigmatic music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 I'm not sure about "drum tracking" either. Perhaps he meant the drum patterns? Are those your own, or are they canned patterns from somewhere? That's what I meant:freak: I was in a rush when I wrote that response. The drum sound on the JD sound great! Damn... I need this module! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted January 27, 2007 Members Share Posted January 27, 2007 Sounds are all JD (including drums) Yup. The Super JD-990 comes with JV-80 drum samples waveforms, to make them soundwise more compatible. It can also import JV-80 patches. (i think there are thousands of free JV-80 patches online). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 You offended me. Amethystium makes so much more inferior music on all levels... But I forgive you... most people rarely can tell a difference between finger and ass when it comes to enigmatic music. Amethystium is pretty forumlaic (I have Emblem... by track#7 you're like hmmmm this reminds me of track #2, 3,4,5....). But it's still good ear candy. Nice driving music. Any other artist to recommend in that vein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 Amethystium is pretty forumlaic (I have Emblem... by track#7 you're like hmmmm this reminds me of track #2, 3,4,5....). But it's still good ear candy. Nice driving music. Any other artist to recommend in that vein Amethystium is just a typical cheap new-age crap production with bland boring melodies, primitive tasteless flutey arrangements and overall feel of amateur-ship. Unfortunately except Enigma I find nothing else to listen to in that genre. Enigma inspired lots of clones, but none of them rose anywhere close to the standard of creativity and originality set by Enigma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members malfunkt Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 Amethystium is just a typical cheap new-age crap production with bland boring melodies, primitive tasteless flutey arrangements and overall feel of amateur-ship. Unfortunately except Enigma I find nothing else to listen to in that genre. Enigma inspired lots of clones, but none of them rose anywhere close to the standard of creativity and originality set by Enigma. Some of the work by Bliss is pretty good on 'Afterlife' and 'Quiet Letters'. Goo, 'Etheria-2' that was great... I sunk into it. Listening to this again, inspiring track on a number of levels, certainly makes me want to investigate the JD-990. I had a JV-1080 w/ Vintage Synth about 6 years back... this synth just sounds so much more capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poumtschak Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 Amethystium is just a typical cheap new-age crap production with bland boring melodies, primitive tasteless flutey arrangements and overall feel of amateur-ship. Nice balanced opinion, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don Solaris Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 Since the waveforms made it all thru the line, I've made a ROM waveform number comparison chart, from the JV-80, JV-1080 and JD-990. Perfect! I'm picking this one up (i will put it on a web page, but more on that later). I already made similar chart for JD XV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goo Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 Nice balanced opinion, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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