Roland Jx-305

Groovesynth (1998)

It's more or less a keyboard version of famous groovebox Mc-505 with extra waves, but lacking great features such as part mixer and D-Beam

OVERVIEW plastic synth casing in dark blue, quite ugly with 61 keys, the keyboard is sensitive to velocity and has channel aftertouch, tiny 16 characters, 2 lines display LCD. Edit is made using 10 knobs and 56 buttons, plus an alpha dial for parameter adjustment,

Terminal connectors:

- memory card slot SMART media
- Midi interface IN OUT THRU
- pedal inputs (x3)
- Main out jacks
- headphones out
- PSU input 9vdc 450mA negative center

OSCILLATORS PCM rompler with 64-voice polyphony with more than 600 PCM sounds dance-oriented from classic synthesizer such as Jupiter 8 , juno106 , tb303 and famous japanese drum machine like tr808, tr909 or tr606. The jx305 contains alla mc505 wavetable plus an extra set oriented to (boring) GS GM. Sound can be set in single, dual, and split mode for different performance mode with 8-part multitimbral features.

ENVELOPE a single one with classic Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release.

Effect , sequencer and memory

EFFECTS digital signal processing technology provides three multi-effect units: Reverb adds reverberation, Delay adds echo-like effects, and M-FX (general-purpose multi-effect unit) provides 24 types of effect dance music oriented

SEQUENCER real time or step, 8-parts with various tempo-divider (sync to midi clock is featured)

ARPEGGIATOR 43 preset, 10 user patterns

MEMORY 640 factory Patche plus 256 user + 274 preset patterns preset patterns, 470 RPS, 200 user; 50 songs; 75,000 notes (up to 200 patterns). By using a memory card (SmartMedia), the capacity can be boosted to a maximum of approximately 480,000 notes

Roland MC-307 Specifications

Model: jx305

Brand: Roland

Keyboard 61 keys (with velocity & channel aftertouch)

Maximum Polyphony 64 voices
Display : LCD: 16 characters, 2 lines, beat LED

Patches Presets: 640 User: 256 Card: 512

Rhythm Sets Preset: 32 + User: 20 + Card: 20

Effects Reverb Delay Multi-effect

Sequencer

Tracks: 8 + Mute Control Track

Resolution: 96 ticks per quarter note

Tempo: 20.0 - 240.0

Songs: 50

Patterns

Presets: 274

RPS: 494

User: 200 (maximum)

Card: 200 (maximum)

Maximum Note Storage

Internal: approximately 75,000 notes

Card (option 2mb): approximately 220,000 notes

Card (option 4mb): approximately 440,000 notes

Arpeggiator _53 styles

RPS Set 60

Connectors

Output Jacks (L(Mono), R)

Phones Jack

MIDI Connectors (In, Out, Thru)

Pedal Hold Jack

Pedal Control Jack

Pedal Switch Jack

Memory Card Slot

Power Supply

AC Adaptor (DC9 V) DRAW. 450 mA

Dimensions

Width 1011 mm (39-13/16 inches)

Depth 289 mm (11-7/16 inches)

Height 83 mm (3-5/16 inches)

Weight 6.9 kg / 15 lbs 4 oz (excluding AC adaptor)

Options SmartMedia: S2M-5 / S4M-5

CPU HD6437042AE32F
DAC AK4324-VF-E2

Roland Jx-305

Groovesynth (1998)

Overview

Sound

Effect , sequencer and memory

Roland MC-307 Specifications

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Roland Jx-305

Groovesynth (1998)

Overview

Sound

Effect , sequencer and memory

Roland MC-307 Specifications

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