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Any unofficial news? NAMM?

Just found a perfect example of why Roland or any other company should NOT use any librarian software for organising patches. Somebody at GS reported that he faced a problem copying SH-201 sounds, because the library software is too old to start in his new OS: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electro...

The metal work of the JD-XA is about 0.5 mm taller than the main plastic panel surface. When you attach the overlay, the metal at top and bottom of the panel is still about 0.1-0.2 mm taller, so the overlay fits nicely there and there is no danger of you scratching the edges of the overlays. It is l...

Positive: The analog synth engine sounds good.
Improvement: Glossy surface should be replaced with something proper.
Keep: LED light guides surrounding faders and pots are great, but only if the LED intensity can be reduced.

White edition of Jd-xa is a project for the Os-v2 ! This will be released soon ,os2 Will havé New features for JD-XA .. I hope it has a feature to copy full banks between the internal and USB memory! At the moment, only single sounds can be copied manually. Coming on june/july 2016 : System 8 , New...

I have not even tried, and will never try the librarian. Copying sounds between the synth and a computer must be working on fundamental level, either by sysex transfer or by directly copying with USB. One day the librarian will stop working due to OS updates etc. I wish Roland would first implement ...

Ok, I have now completed the modifications. The LEDs are dimmed and the Synthgraphics overlay has been installed. I took it slowly, targeting for perfect alignment and attachment. I cleaned all surfaces with isopropyl alcohol at least twice before applying the overlay, because there could be some so...

Just completed the LED dimming modification. I actually had to spend today quite a few hours to complete the mod. A little warning to those, who might attempt the same mod. It is a precision job to paint those smd LEDs. Even though a black permanent marker leaves quite thin layer of the paint / colo...

I could not wait doing nothing, so I took the synth apart and applied the black permanent marker on top of all red pot and fader LEDs. Just put the synth back together and noticed that I need to take the synth apart again tomorrow, as it seems that I missed 2 faders and 2 pots. In any case, the dimm...

I am glad to report that the overlays arrived today safely. It is friday evening here in Finland and I am drinking beer, so I will wait until tomorrow to attempt the install. The TR-8 overlay I will install later, as I need to do further modifications to the machine, swap the LEDs to different color...

Hi JPWC, my overlays are coming in NY at the moment, waiting to get in an airplane I assume, should be here in Finland in a few days. I have seen the Synthgraphics pics, just wondering if anybody else has applied the overlays and has pics of the end result (taken with another camera and lighting con...

Anybody else received? Please post overlayed photos of the beast! :)

Richard Bates, nice looking JD-XA in your pic! Surprising to see wooden end cheeks in this synth, nice work! Think about how much more seriously people would have taken the JD-XA announcement, if it came like this? Roland should have aimed the crowds with more vintage look. Dave Smith is doing quite...

Yep, also got an email that my overlays have shipped. :)

Just installed the update from USB, went well following the instructions. It seems that the bug that I reported (custom wheel assignments stay in memory when swtching between sounds) has been fixed, as well as the mod amounts with negative values with analog engine. I am glad that Roland fixed the b...