Good news for fans of Roland’s original JX-8P synthesizer and TR 909 drum machine with these free homebrew soft synth emulations for your DAW or your browser.
First up is a great clone of the infamous Roland TR-909 drum machine, the ER-99 from Extralife Instruments, with their open source, virtual analog drum synthesizer modeled on the classic 80s Japanese original. The instrument can be played live anywhere simply using your browser.
Play the ER-99 now:
Next up is Roland’s JX-8P synthesizer beast reborn as the incredible PG-8X plugin emulation, a work of genius and labour of love from enthusiast Martin Luders. I can’t begin to explain how good this free plugin sounds, especially considering the JX-8P emulation has been combined with its rare sister PG-800 module to allow for maximum interactivity and creativity.
The soft synth operates in your DAW with up to 12 voice polyphony and uses the original synth’s preset JX-8P Sysex data, which means you can import and export the orginal JX-8P presets. The plugin and its famous stereo chorus effect can be downloaded as .DLL files and copied into your DAW’s plug folder.
Download the PG-8X plugin and its manual now:
https://sites.google.com/site/mlvst0/
You can download the original JX-8P preset patch Sysex data collection here: