Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A look at the famous Roland JP-8000 from 1996 along with its prototype.
0:00 Intro
1:17 History
4:18 Demo 1:
5:22 What is the JP-8000?
11:13 Demo 2:
12:22 The Story of the Prototype
15:59 Demo 3:
17:05 The Usual Suspects
18:48 Patron Outro Jam
With thanks to my Patrons, Roland, Andy Boucher, Mark Lawrence, Stéphane Pigeon, The Usual Suspects and other legends who know who they are!
A look at the famous Roland JP-8000 from 1996 along with its prototype.
0:00 Intro
1:17 History
4:18 Demo 1:
5:22 What is the JP-8000?
11:13 Demo 2:
12:22 The Story of the Prototype
15:59 Demo 3:
17:05 The Usual Suspects
18:48 Patron Outro Jam
With thanks to my Patrons, Roland, Andy Boucher, Mark Lawrence, Stéphane Pigeon, The Usual Suspects and other legends who know who they are!










![ISLA S2400 - Its the mutts nuts!
An overview for the ISLA S2400 that Ive been asked about many times. Im currently working through the video manual for the S2400 and that can be found here (new videos added weekly at the moment).
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg71XKkpIuzcaQ8QMzoAfp5ShxEYMIJxv
https://www.islainstruments.com/products/s2400/
[EDIT] I referred to USB MSC mode as machine mode when I meant mass storage class. I also muddled a few other bits of technical information which is what happens when I speak off the cuff without a script. Hopefully you knew what I meant, but apologies anyway.
Don Muro (as mentioned in the video)
https://flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp.com/album/anthology
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8IK2jccZQ4Siz6VYsR7Iw
0:00 Intro
1:26 Example 1
1:55 Track Parameters
4:09 Example 2
4:53 Multi Mode
5:47 Example 3
6:23 Sequencing & Song Mode
8:15 Example 4
8:58 Sampling
10:40 Example 5
12:07 Rear connections and sync
13:10 Example 6
14:08 Live Looper
14:43 Example 7
15:58 Summary
17:58 Example 8
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