Roland – JD-XI

A new synthesizer from Roland, that is always exciting news. This little box comes stuffed with features that appear to be really thought through.

It appears to be combination of analog synthesis and sample player, plus it sports a microphone jack (and some sort of microphone apparently). The built-in vocoder and autotune effects allow a daft-punk in a box-like performance. It’s step sequencer allows rudimentary sequencing.

Obviously, it’s not the most refined tool out there, but I’m sure you can have a lof of fun with it.