Roland JD-990 | From techno to pop, this could do it all in the 90s

In 1993 Roland released the JD-990, a synth module that has grown into a cult phenomenon. Many hail this as the greatest Roland synth module ever.
As with the JD-800, the 990 was forgotten at first. Few people saw the potential as it came between the popular JV-80 (and module 880) in 1992 and the mega popular Super JV-1080 that came in 1994.

Compared to the JD-800 this enhances pretty much everything. Some key differences are:

More waveforms, 195 vs 108 on the 800
The ability to pan each TONE individually, essential to make it so wide and lush
A matrixed modulation setup
Oscillator sync
Effect structures
Filter can self-oscillate
Delays can be tempo synced to MIDI
You can add a random modulation to a sound, sort of emulate drifting oscillators
One slot for adding a SR-JV expansion card (the famous SR-JV80-04 vintage card comes to mind)

You can find the drums in this demo in my sample pack here:
   • Italo Disco/SynthPop Sample Pack | Ge...  

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https://espenkraft.bandcamp.com/track...

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Growing up I listened to so much synth-pop and it's only natural that my own music takes inspiration from many of the acts I loved back then. I still love them and listen to them!

Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Erasure, Thompson Twins, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Propaganda. FGTH, Ultravox, OMD, Eurythmics, Duran Duran, Giorgio Moroder, Jean Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, Alphaville, A-ha as well as loads of artists doing what is now called Italo Disco. And many more great acts like Nik Kershaw, Spandau Ballet, Wham, Dire Straits ++