DELICIOSO : Title Track Theme : Roland JD-XA (w anlg. chorus & delay) Depechey

video upload by Dave Daves

"I flatter myself to compare to Depeche Mode, I think you will agree on the timbre of that one arpeggiated sound. Recorded live in one take via JDXA's dry analog output split and sent to TC-Electronic June 106 chorus and Electroharmonix Deluxe Memory Boy BBD delay. JD-XA program is surely based on a wonderful preset I downloaded from Roland Axial - or Gattobus - called Winterbells."

Roland JX-8P Analog Synth Demo - Best 80s Presets (by Eric Persing who did D-50 sounds)

video upload by Dave Daves

"Playing chord progressions to show off my favorite JX-8P Preset patches - Eric Persing just began programming presets for Roland synths, this for the JX-8P was his very first of perhaps the most illustrious patch-programming career; he's most famous for the Roland D-50 sounds, especially #1 Fantasia which found its way into the GM General MIDI standard patch map (if you don't know it by name, you'll still recognize it), he did all the JV- and XV- later ROMplers too and I think XV-5080 may have been his last. I was raised to think that using presets without any editing is just lazy... but with the JX-8P they just sound perfect to my ears."

The Arduino-Solina V2.0

Andreas Remshagen

"I experimented with Arduino-Synthmaking and found an Arduino-Solina String-Synth Device running with Midi made by Morocco Dave and Jan Ostman. I made a modification by adding a second Arduino for building a Stereo-Device for a lusher String-Sound.

Yah, i know its not a real solina or a strings synth but i never had build such a Device easier and cheaper.Its a nice Solution for using strings-effects. I only use the clean sound in this video-if you take effects as reverb, delay, phaser and a filter you will get a very nice sound

Here you can download Morocco Daves modified circuit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BkvK...

The Code you can get ai Morocco Daves Site:
https://moroccodave.com/2017/09/13/di...

Thanks to Jan Ostman and Morocco Dave for sharing their ideas"

Sonic State Podcasts

I didn't realise Sonic State started doing podcasts. The second one just came out. Title link takes you to there. There's a link to the first one at the bottom of the page.

"Our second round-table discussion once again with Andy Jones and Dave Spiers ranges in topics from monitor choice – Dave have just bought a pair of ADAM monitors and wants a Roland D50, Andy wants something like the Lemur polyphonic touchscreen but not quite and the best and worst of Ebay. We also talk of Imgoen Heap, Thomas Dolby, Russian synths, EML Polybox, Daves enormous synth collection, the Optigon and a few grumpy words on ringtones and more."