Kiwi Technics JX-8P Hardware Upgrade

The Kiwi 8P Upgrade is a complete rewrite for the Roland JX-8P. It includes many new features and transforms the Roland JX-8P

The Kiwi-8P Upgrade features:-

512 Tones can be stored and edited. It is also possible to temporarily edit any ToneTones are stored in Flash memory so no battery is required.

Midi CC & Sysex support for all parameters and Midi Sysex support for Tone Dump & Load

PG-800 Support for Control of Parameters

Patch Editor support

Key Assign Modes are Poly Single, Poly Dual, Poly Triple, Unison & Solo

Each Key Assign mode can have Rotate/Reassign, Staccato/Legato, Steal/No Steal with five steal modes (Highest, Lowest, Oldest, Newest, Quietest)

Portamento in all modes

DCO Key Assign Detune available in all key modes except Solo. In addition there is a 'Analog Feel' parameter that add an adjustable small random frequency to each note. Detune is best used with Poly Dual, Poly Triple or Unison keying modes for greatest effect

Three independent envelope generators. These are traditional ADSR type and are modeled on the Original JX-8P. Each ENV Mod can select from ENV 1 - 3 and has an Inverted or Normal modes. These are faster than the traditional JX-8P envelopes

Three independent Low Frequency Oscillators with 6 waveforms each. Each LFO Mod can select from LFO 1-3. LFOs can be plus and minus base note or plus base note only. Aftertouch scaling option to help with the failing 8P aftertouch strip.

Key transpose allows transposition to any key with a range of plus 2 or minus 1 octaves. Sequencer key can be shifted while playingInternal Master Clock with the range 5-299 BPM. The master clock can be sourced from midi or internal.

Full Matrix mod system that can channel any mod source to any destination. The matrix mod control parameter can itself be modified from various sources making the matrix very powerful

A quality Front Panel Overlay is provided with the Kiwi-8P upgrade. This fixes the common 8P problem of broken switch membranes.

CHORD MODE

Any chord with up to 6 notes can be set and played from any key

ARPEGGIATOR

The Arpeggiator is clocked from the Master Clock and can be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.Arp modes are Up, Down, Up and Down, Random, As Played, 1, 2, 3 or 4 octaves

Arp can be Started, Stopped & Continued using Midi Commands

Appeggiator will Output Midi Data

SEQUENCER

8 separate 124 Max step Polyphonic sequences can be created and stored

Sequences can be edited. The Sequencer is clocked from the Master Clock and can be independently divided to Half Note, Quarter Note, 1/8 Note, 1/8 Note Half Swing, 1/8 Note Full Swing, 1/8 Note Triplets, 1/16 Note, 1/16 Note Half Swing, 1/16 Note Full Swing, 1/16 Note Triplets, 1/32 Note, 1/32 Note Triplets, 1/64 Note.

Sequencer will Output Midi Data

Sequencer tracks can optionally be used to control parameters or output midi data. This must be setup using sysex.