MATRIXSYNTH: Details on the KiwiTechnics Kiwi-8P Upgrade for the Roland JX-8P


Thursday, February 02, 2017

Details on the KiwiTechnics Kiwi-8P Upgrade for the Roland JX-8P


We saw the update first revealed here. We now have the details. Thanks goes to Jordan Htzlx for sending them my way.

via KiwiTechnics:

"The Kiwi-8P Upgrade features:

512 Tones can be stored and edited. It is also possible to temporarily edit any Tone

Tones are stored in Flash memory so no battery is required.

MidiCC & Sysex support for all parameters and Midi Sysex support for Tone Dump & Load

PG-800 Support for Control of Parameters

Patch Editor support

Key Assign Modes are Poly Single, Poly Dual, Poly Triple, Unison & Solo

Each Key Assign mode can have Rotate/Reassign, Staccato/Legato, Steal/No Steal with five steal modes (Highest, Lowest, Oldest, Newest, Quietest)

Portamento in all modes

DCO Key Assign Detune available in all key modes except Solo.

In addition there is a 'Analog Feel' parameter that add an adjustable small random frequency to each note. Detune is best used with Poly Dual, Poly Triple or Unison keying modes for greatest effect

Three independent envelope generators. These are traditional ADSR type and are modeled on the Original JX-8P. Each ENV Mod can select from ENV 1 - 3 and has an Inverted or Normal modes. These are faster than the traditional JX-8P envelopes

Three independent Low Frequency Oscillators with 6 waveforms each. Each LFO Mod can select from LFO 1-3. LFOs can be plus and minus base note or plus base note only.

Aftertouch scaling option to help with the failing 8P aftertouch strip.

Key transpose allows transposition to any key with a range of plus 2 or minus 1 octaves. Sequencer key can be shifted while playing

Internal Master Clock with the range 5-299 BPM. The master clock can be sourced from midi or internal.

Full Matrix mod system that can channel any mod source to any destination. The matrix mod control parameter can itself be modified from various sources making the matrix very powerful

A quality Front Panel Overlay is provided with the Kiwi-8P upgrade. This fixes the common 8P problem of broken switch membranes.

CHORD MODE

Any chord with up to 6 notes can be set and played from any key

ARPEGGIATOR

The Arpeggiator is clocked from the Master Clock and can be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.

Arp modes are Up, Down, Up and Down, Random, As Played, 1, 2, 3 or 4 octaves

Arp can be Started, Stopped & Continued using Midi Commands

Appeggiator will Output Midi Data

SEQUENCER8

separate 124 Max step Polyphonic sequences can be created and stored

Sequences can be edited

The Sequencer is clocked from the Master Clock and can be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.

Sequencer will Output Midi Data

Sequencer tracks can optionally be used to control parameters or output midi data. This must be setup using sysex."

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