Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 34 minutes ago

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland JD-XA hybrid synthesizer. Is this analog and digital flagship synthesizer fail the last analog Roland synthesizer and is the Roland JD XA worthy of the legacy of 80s classics like the Roland Jupiter-8?

Thanks to Klangfarbe for letting lending me one of their floor models:
klangfarbe.com
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:54 Overview Roland JDXA
02:06 Overall Structure, Synth Engines
02:56 Analog Oscillators
03:23 Envelopes, LFOs
03:29 Analog Filter Section
04:04 Analog/Digital Routings
04:10 Digital Supernatural Engine, Waveforms
04:39 Supernatural Structure
04:43 FX Section
04:48 Vocoder
05:01 Sequencer
05:18 Arpeggiator
05:25 Presets
05:49 What Else??? Pricing, Thanks
06:11 Hate
06:39 Jam 1 (Analog Bass)
07:34 Jam 2 (Digital Bass)
08:36 Finale (Worst of Both Worlds)
09:07 Verdict
10:08 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout