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Is that DTronics programmer basically a re-issue of the PG-800?
Not exactly but it does the same thing. The original programmers are compatible with the boutique which is quite cool, but they are quite expensive to buy nowadays. Even though the Dtronics one isn’t cheap it’s cheaper than an original programmer in good condition.
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Oh wow, wasn't expecting such a detailed response! Very much appreciated!
Yeah aside from the JX-08 the other one I was looking at was the JU-06a, but the 4 voices is a dealbreaker there.
Is that DTronics programmer basically a re-issue of the PG-800? To be honest a decent part of the reasoning behind picking up the JX-08 is also having a decent amount of physical controls for VSTs. I've got an MIDI controller with 9 faders & 9 encoders but it'd be nice to have some more controls. Being able to send MIDI CC from the JX-08 as well should hopefully give a fair amount of control of virtual synths!
Had a look at the effects offered on the JX-08 and it seems to be pretty extensive, with a decent amount of configuration for each (got both the JX-8P & Juno 60/106 choruses and a variety of different reverbs, as well as some bit crushers & compressors which was much more than I was expecting!).
Lack of assignable outputs is a weird choice (or lack thereof) for a drum machine, a damn shame for sure. And the little K25m keyboard does look a bit crap for the money, but will likely pick it up anyway as I'm sure it'll lead to much more use.
Fingers crossed for sysex compatibility. I guess worst case scenario it'll be loading them into PG8X and manually recreating them on the JX-08 (will be interesting to see if the Roland cloud version of the JX-08 offers over PG8X, if anything). Not got much interest in getting roped into that, pretty happy with my TAL plugins for the Juno/Jupiter!
Thanks again for the detailed response!