Beverly Hills Cop & The Roland JX-3P Analog Synthesizer

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YouTube Uploaded by Livelifetodie on Jul 15, 2009

via this auction: "The first 20 Seconds from the link is a 3P for the synth." The main riff of course was the DX7. It's not clear of the JX-3P was the actual one used for the track or if they are just mentioning it in general. I'm guessing in general or the description would have been more distinct.

Update via J. Schnabble in the comments: "I'm pretty sure the opening riff is a Jupiter 8. The chord stabs are handled by the JX-3P."


via this auction

"This JX-3P has been used in our personal studio and it sounds awesome. It was famously used in the Beverly Hills Cop movie (Video can be seen Here [above] - The first 20 Seconds from the link is a 3P for the synth)


Functional condition: The 'sens' slider used for editing only returns to 2 or 3 instead of 1. So instead of editing a range on the synth from 1-16 it's editing from a 3-16 range. The sliders and pots all appear to be in decent condition, with nothing to suggest the sens slider has a material defect (it glides smoothly through it's range with no jumping values) but I don't know what else it could be. I didn't test the sequencer but I don't see any reason for it not to be working. The chorus is functioning. 32 sounds are saved in the editable user memory. All keys, buttons tested, LFO trigger, pitch bender, all are functioning. All voices are smooth and fully functional."