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Making songs with this keyboard requires quite some menu diving, so in that regard it is not easy. I like that it is small, can make full songs, and still has keys though. If you don't need a small device, there are many good workstations on the market. Or groove boxes front eg Novation, Elektron, Roland.

Thanks! If you want to do covers, find the synthesia tool to play midi files. For nearly all covers I found online midi files of the originals, or sometimes just the main riff. I don't know much about controllers as I only have a standalone setup. I record these, both video and audio, with a GoPro camera. Good luck!

Thanks! Since the analog synth on the JDXi is so basic I don't use presets. This song uses the saw+sub oscillators, with a very short envelope. That is really it.

@ Thanks a bunch!! One of my favourite tunes! That bass is pretty damn spot on. So are the saws detuned or anything? Or just two saw waves, and a sub?

The sub is what makes it sound so fat. And I often use the compressor effect on basses for extra punch.

I like it a lot for trance. There is the supersaw for leads, sideband filters for icy pads, and the Logic oscillator for FM basses. My other song Throw uses all 3.

@@jeroenwijering I agree as trance producers like standerwick and Craig Connelly have system 8 in their studios... Well if you were to pick one hardware synth for trance music what one would that be... I mean one synth that rules it all...?

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Maybe, for now I am making new songs on the System8 if time permits.

I also started from scratch a few years ago, so don't give up!

That's great info. Note I also have an Axel F cover. Another great classic.

Hey, happy to help! I wonder if the timing of the sequencer is set to 1/8 or even triplet notes? It is one of the dials right above the 16 sequencer pads.

@@jeroenwijering I had tried that but will have a bit more of a play with it , thanks for the reply, appreciated;)

Hey there, turns out it is something to do with the sync settings as when i removed sync cable, recording was fine. (I'm so noob 😃) Thanks for the help👍

Thanks! The bass is coming from the System8. I since switched to having the TR8s do bass though, so I can use the sys8 for lead+chords.

The basses built in the TR8s are not great, so I sampled a few from the System8. That works great, see my latest 4 songs.

For me the upgrade from JDXi to TR8S+System8 worked out great. I still have a "band" as I use the TR for drum+bass and the S8 for lead+keys. It is a bit fiddly punching in chromatic basslines in the TR, but with this setup you don't need mixers, effects, etc. The sound is more polished, given the higher quality reverb/delay and the side chain on TR input. I always use the master compressor from the TR, set to a gentle glue. The S8 only has 64 steps in the sequencer where the JD and TR have 128. That is a small downside, although you can still do 8 bars for 1/8 pads. The massive improvement over the JDXi is that everything is knob per function so you can do elaborate realtime performances.

@@jeroenwijering Thanks for the info, much appreciated🙂

Midi goes from the TR into the S8 and audio indeed from the S8 into the TR. I use the headphones from the TR to hear it all, and its stereo out to record onto my GoPro. The TR has a side chain compressor on the input. I always use that, although gently. I also always set the master effect to compression, with gentle glue settings. The S8 also has a stereo input which loops all the way through. I use that for listening to example tracks from my phone, but you could also add a mic or another box. This input has its own distort/delay/reverb effects.

@@jeroenwijering Thanks😁👍

It is this one, looked it up: www.quiklok.com/product/z-726-keyboard-stand/

Thanks! Unfortunately the sequencer can only do 8 bars so this variation didn't fit 😉

Note you can download all my songs for your own JDXi. Go to the "Community" section in my UA-cam channel. That way you can see all setups.

​@@jeroenwijering thank you very much !! I have so maked the same but not really the same 😅

I have only the jd xi one week I am learning to make something cool with them but I am a noobie in the music and synth's