Morris Junior
a part-time user
from london
writes:
one more thing, I bought one used in a local store with the PG-800 for 260 - the only good thing was when I sold it 2 months later for 500..hehehe
It is like having 2 " juno-1 minus" in a rack but still there is no punch and the overall sounds always sound the same.
I compared it to a juno-106 and the Juno 106 just drove all over it ! The sounds reminded me of the Korg poly 800 only much much thinner.
An older local tech told me that Roland couldn't sell the JX8p so they put 2 of them in one rack to make a "deal" instead of redesign it.
don't expect alot even though it is a great basic way to learn programing.
Rating: 1 out of 5
posted Friday-Jan-26-011 at 00:47
jMorris unior
a part-time user
from london
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Do yourself a favor and save your money to buy a jupiter series synth. The DCO's of the MKS-70 sounds thin and hollow. Skip it it was a mistake by roland
Rating: 1 out of 5
posted Friday-Jan-26-011 at 00:34
William Kurniadi, Arc.
a professional user
from Indonesia, Jakarta
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Just got a mint condition Roland MKS-70 complete with perfect condition PG-800 programmer, I'm very happy with it. Specially after loading new sound banks, it's a very warm sounding machine. Now I'm looking for MKs-80 and programmer to have both Roland's Best from the past, next to my JV1080. Anyone have any M-64C or VR-101/102/103 Catridges for sale with reasonable price, please kindly inform me, I like to buy it. Good work Roland!
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Friday-Nov-17-000 at 05:36
Michael Godfrey
a professional user
from us
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Don't mean to be all down on Roland. I'm not.
Get an MKS-70 and PG-800 Programmer. They are wonderful.
When I play the MKS-70 next to my MKS-80, there is no sonic difference.
Skip the MKS-80 entirely. It's overrated crap.
Oh, and also had a JX8P. Sold that as the output is so noisy that when you flip on the chorusing, you get really warm, oscillating huge hiss.
The JX8P is crap.
mike
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Sunday-Jul-16-000 at 18:08
JX
from London UK
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I'm on my second mks-70. My first machine blew up and I couldn't replace it so I had to buy another. I also have the pg-800 but there are software editors available. The synth a PHAT. It has the standard roland chorus and I usualy use both parts in most of my tracks. As mentioned it is a slow attacker but after around six months of programming I have made plenty of Bass pathes. You can set the output bitimbrally and it is like having 2 analog poly's in a VCR case. I can't recomend this machine highly enough.
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Friday-May-05-000 at 16:51
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