Bad Gear - Roland JX03

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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 Boutique JX-03. Why did they emulate the Roland JX-3P, a nerdy, mostly knobless distant relative of the legendary Roland Juno-6, Juno-60 and Juno-106 and are the added knobs of the PG-200 controller an advantage over the original?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:58 Overview Roland JX03
01:06 Presets
01:23 History of the Roland JX-3P
02:10 UI, polyphony, note stealing, patch memory
02:49 Oscillator Section, cross modulation (sync, metal, ring mod)
03:26 Filter, hi pass
03:44 Modulators (envelope, LFO)
04:22 Chorus, noise emulation, hidden chorus
04:35 Delay
04:43 Sequencer
05:11 Hidden parameters
05:20 Manual, unofficial user guide, dual voice mode, portamento
05:44 What else??? (Boutique stuff, pricing,...)
06:02 Hate
06:30 Jam 1
07:26 Jam 2
08:24 Finale
08:55 Verdict