Roland JX3P versus System 8 (JX3P Plug out)

video by MIDERA

"I wasn’t going to share this comparison... but I guess I put the work in so I might as well. I don’t think my comparison is great at all. In fact, I think it’s terrible. But if you have a JX3P and you’re thinking “I want to get a System 8 to replace it,” maybe this video will help? But probably not. Honestly, the Jupiter 8 plug out is WAY closer in tone to the JX3P. The problem though is that the JP doesn’t do metal sync (maybe there’s a way to get it?).

I went through a bunch of settings, trying to match up the sounds. I was mostly frustrated by this process - so if you're really interested in watching, cool, but otherwise - I wouldn't blame you for wanting to skip the pedantry and poor implementation of a comparison. I got confused many times trying to get them to sound the same. Bottom line: They don't really sound the same at all, the JX3P is much brighter and punchier. I did slightly tweak the internal filters a few years ago, that could explain why? But I had to drop the cutoff by like 20% to get them to sound the same.

Maybe my JX3P is more like a Jupiter hahahaha. Or maybe I just suck at making comparison videos."

Update:

Roland JX-3P versus System 8 JX-3P Plug-out Updated 2024

video upload by MIDERA

"So, I previously made a video of the JX-3P v S8 plug out JX-3P a few years ago [above]. I had noticed how much darker the JX3P Plug out sounded and how PWM was awful. Roland updated the JX-3P plug out (in 2022 or 2023? I don't know) and it fixed a lot of these issues. I noticed a few minor differences, but I'll be honest, they felt nit-picky. I think they almost completely nailed the sound. Filter differences seemed the biggest.

Listening again - I think I used the wrong note to compare filter differences, sigh... I can just never get these comparisons spot on. Ah well.

I try to go over some other features as well, but don't expect some amazing comparison here, because you won't find it."