Roland JD-800 – 61 Note Keyboard – Digital Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer

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Roland JD-800 – 61 Note Keyboard – Digital Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer
This unit never left the studio.  2 issues: 1) the right end cap mounting screws were broken in shipping when I originally bought the synth from Dave Way. The end cap itself is NOT broken on the outside...just the plastic mounting screws internally broke. 2) This unit has several sticky keys and contacts that are not working.  It will require a new contact strip and the sticky keys that will not depress be fixed. Apparently this is an issue with JD-800s.  The "brain" works perfectly... the keyboard & contacts need service.
The original owner was Dave Way, the four-time GRAMMY Award-winning engineer and producer with dozens of gold and platinum records.  Way’s recordings include leading artists including Pink, Christina Aguilera, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Gwen Stefani, Foo Fighters, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, and many more.
This Roland JD-800 is a digital synthesizer that was manufactured between 1991 and 1996. The introduction in the manual states that Roland's intention with the JD-800 was to "return to the roots of synthesis".
It features Roland’s legendary Linear Arithmetic synthesis (introduced and made famous by the Roland D-50), which combines sample playback with digital synthesis. The JD-800 has 108 built-in waveforms, which can be expanded via PCM cards. The waveforms span a variety of categories such as analog synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and voices. Many of these waveforms are very short and are used primarily for the attack portion of a sound, while longer ones are used for the sustained part of a sound.
The JD-800 was Roland's first instrument to have its core presets developed entirely in the United States. The core sampled waveforms and factory presets of the JD-800 were created by Eric Persing.
A patch, or single sound, in the JD-800 consists of up to four tones. As every tone consists of an almost completely independent synthesizer voice, a patch could be considered a combination of up to four different synthesizers. In Single mode the JD-800 plays one patch at a time, but in Multi-mode it is possible to play five different patches over MIDI, plus a "special" patch. The special patch has different waveforms assigned to the 61 different keys on the keyboard, so is used for drums and percussion sounds.
The JD-800 has one effects section. In Single mode, seven effects can be used simultaneously, in series, so all tones in a patch go through the same effects. In Multi-mode, three effects can be used at the same time, with all patches sharing the same effects, though any of the patches can be routed to bypass the effects.
Case is included!!!