Recently acquired this great little rig...and got NOwhere for a while - the manual sux and it's not the most intuitive piece of gear ever. You really need to learn your way around. I learned a LOT of great bits from your video. Thanks Woody!!!

Hey Woody. I just found out another trick. If you change the sound of one of the digital synths to say a pad and play a simple drone (say a fifth) and then press key hold, you can switch back (Shift+Enter for fast change back) and play the recorded part over the drone on the same part! Magic! that way you can squeeze even more out of those 4 tracks.

wow now I look at my JD-XI differently.... you are super talented....more vids with tutorials please!.... this has been a big help

Just ordered this synth and now I really can't wait for Friday. You are making my life difficult, and I thank you.

You really fell in love with this? Hey, I have been watching your vids for a while now and have to say your enthusiasm when you really like something shows! Thankyou ! I'm def sold on this thanks to you!! Roland take note

I recieved my JD XI yesterday and all i have to say is this synth is a beast, it sounds so huge trough my bigsky and the drum machine trough this pedal is out of this world.Oh by the way my jd xi came in the box with the new inlays,a very good touch.

I came for info on the jd-xi but I'll continue watching for your great personality! Keep having fun mate! Cheers!

What an extraordinary piece of equipment! Great tutorial!

Nice Video. Amazing demonstration of this great JD-XI. Thx for this good tricks & tips

- Love it !! The 8bar is fabulous 😃 !!

Great vid, new JD-Xi owner diving in, thanks for all the tips. Thanks.

Great video! Thanks, Woody. I am saving this one for when my JD-XI arrives.

Yep bought the kbd largely on the strength of your videos - great work and great musical ideas many thanks

Cheers! Really provides great insight into the JD-Xi. Don’t own one yet; considering it

Just acquired a jdxi. First vid i looked at was yours. I am blown away at what this instrument can deliver.. I am now going to purchase a book and dvd combo, to help me learn to play keyboards to get the most out of this piece of gear..It's a great past time to help keep me sane during covid days.Thanks for a great vid.!!

You are one of the few people on KZfaq with an innate ability to write real songs during your demonstration videos. Thanks for your dedication to music and songwriting!

excellent tips woody, especially that 8-bar line and the octave shift sounds. Thankx

Thank you so much,you taught me quite a few things.I really enjoyed the video and keep up the good work!☺️

2nd song was insane. thanks for the help woody!!!

Thanks for the breakdown on my favorite synth wave of 2017! I've subscribed and hope you'll do more retro inspired songs to retro games.

Hey Woody's really appreciate you doing this great video, you promised and delivered. Some really great and inspiring ideas I can't wait to try on my own jdxi - thank you so much!

Thanks so much for this Woody. This video tipped the balance for me. I'll be buying one of these. Was looking for something that sounded good with a lot of polyphony to sequence chord progressions. Looks like this could do that no problem and so much more.

Really nice video as usual. Now I just need one of these JD-Xi synths 😉

Great little keyboard I plan on getting one for my birthday in August what I like about this little synthesizer it reminds me of the mc-307 the MC 505 groove boxes that came out in the early 2000s from Roland very fun to play and very easy to program

Very cool video and playing! Very musical! I see a T-shirt from Rio de Janeiro there!

Nice tunes and piano. Useful demo. Thanks

Enjoyed the full video.. Thanks a lot for this. 🤟🏼

Thanks, Woody. Very helpful.

Hi, nice video, as always. Fun to get some insight into how an experienced keyboard/synth player does things :) The JD-Xi is my first real synth and I am enjoying it a lot. I do "sound and pattern experimentation" (I liked when you said you could sit for a long time just doing filter sweeps, that happens to me too, and suddenly an hour has passed...) as well as trying to learn to play the piano on it (then using a 49 key MIDI controller with large/standard keys). So, thanks for the video and, as we say to our kids in Sweden: bra jobbat! :)

I’m about to get one of these so looking forward to it I did have the montage which I loved but I just didn’t have the skills to understand it this looks so much fun and you make it sound great woody

It makes some nice usable sounds , Very nice Woody !!!

Hi Woody, very entertaining tutorial! And the Xi is just an amazing little synth! :)

thank you for the tutorial, love this thing!

OH this is amazing!! Great tunes! It's light on data to store each patch selected on the "digital synth tone" knob inside the pattern, but maybe it would've influenced loading time. I hope they update that. I wonder if it has been requested by enough people. I'm glad you mentioned that you can record multiple octaves on the same track on the JD-XI. I also often do that with software synths to save cpu resources, and mix via frequency splitting or parametric eq.

Excellent tutorial! Very informative video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers, Ralph

As a first synth this would be awesome. A lot of features/sound quality for the price. Nice demo.

Enjoying demonstration ☺️

Wow that second track was absolutely fantastic. Keep this up!

I love this little synth. Instant fun. It really sparks creativity. It’s like having all the classic vintage drum kits and then some…. Add to the fact that it has Roland Supernatural sound! I bought an a Novation Mini Nova twice. Sold them both times. My Roland JDXI remain in my setup. I’ll never get rid of it. I’ll sell my Yamaha M06 before I part with my beloved JDXI. Great video as usual. Greetings from Texas

Wow~ That's so cool and sounds are so good, I love it!

Excellent performance and a mean awesome machine. I’ve got the equestrian on other stunning keyboards including the stunning Genos.

Great tutorial Woody and one I will return to should I pick up a JD Xi, nice one.

Buying a used one tomorrow for $350. Very excited after seeing this video. Nice work.

Excellent inspirational video man!!! Thanks a lot!!! I will start today exploring this fantastic toy!!!! Greetings Mau,,✌️😎

Nice video, some really great tracks. Glad to see some JD-Xi love

gosh I could listen to this track forever actually lol

At 16:58.... so amazing.. You really made me fell in love with this little machine... I guess it's not just the machine but your talent.... Thanks Woody...

Hi everybody! I've published a tutorial about splitting one JD-Xi part to get two sounds in one track and some song covers too. I love your channel Woody - you are a great player!

That Synthwave track reminds me of the Drive movie OST. Great work and demo Woody! I think I might get my hands on one of those soon :)

Your best video...It really shows the jd-xi's power, which is huge, but it's also obvious your musician level, and your skills in composition-arrangement. Very Well done Woody man..!!!

Good day! I have bought this amazing synth a few weeks ago. For all this time I am openning something new about this instrument every day. Your video is very informative. Thank you so much for revealing a lot of new #tips&tricks 0)

Great demo!

I just found your channel, and I'm really happy I did! I'm in the middle of renovating an old Korg Poly61, do you think you could possibly make a video using that synth? Cheers

just got it yesterday! learned alot of stuff from you vid :) thank you!

nice work wood meister general!

Hi Woody, fantastic tutorial. I don't have a JDXi at present, but after see if this really fancy getting my hands on one. I do have the FA06 which has the same Supernatural synth sounds and drums and I agree they do sound amazing and I find the SN sounds do sit well in a mix and yes I agree to my old ears they do sound as good as analogue. I think Roland have really nailed the physical modelling thing with the SN sounds. Anyway great video and some really fab instrumental tracks, I love the chill out stuff especially, really fab. Your videos are always fascinating, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for a superb video, I just learned more from this than any other video, just need more time.

Awesome video. Interestingly enough, I saw your other video about which synths you were selling and keeping, and saw that the JD-Xi I have was one of them. I got the Korg Collection VST after spending time with your Wavestation videos. Likewise, I'm selling off my M1 since that replaces it nicely, plus gives me the Wavestation and all the cards plus other's like the mono/poly. The JD-Xi is my main controller most everything in do in Studio One, and what I take with me when I play somewhere. This video will help me dig even deeper into what I already know it. Very cool tip for making an 8 bar sequence. Love these videos!

I hope Roland have seen this and offer you the gig for demoing any successors to the JD-Xi.

Spent 4 hrs at music shop with this vs a few other mini synths , I think this one might be coming into my studio soon

Nice video

Another great video. Us JD-XA owners should chip in and buy you a JD-XA.. so you can develop how-to vids for us. :)

Hey Woody, just discovered you as I am coming back to my JD-Xi after a few years of going down the modular rabbit hole. Great stuff. Cheers!

Great content

Awesome!

Nice stuff man

Woody, I hope you seriously considering "monetizing" at least partly, doing tutorials on using / making music on this great board! Your "soundscape videos" have done a very good job of showing what's possible, and I think a lot of us would really appreciate getting more of your insights, and paying for that. Thanks!!

I hope folks are enjoying firmware updated JD-XA's by now... An early adopter, mine had multiple bugs and possibly electrical issues, I was quite disappointed, and I returned it for some alternatives. Since then I gave a JD-Xi as a gift and discovered that I actually enjoy what the JD-Xi does more than the JD-XA, and it seems to have become a bit of a modern classic since. Did encounter a stuck key on the one I gave as a gift and had to do an initial return, so yeah, dubious on build quality, but with a good external editor and a full size controller, I think it's quite a nice thing to have around for the different classic Roland sounds on tap. Lovely demo Woody, thanks for sharing!

your programs sound way better than the preset ones! well done!

You have motivated me to timker with my JD-Xi this weekend! So, have you midi up to DAW yet ?if so, Does it help or hinder the workflow of the JD-Xi. PS, youre not the 1st person I have heard say they like the digital engine better than the analog.

I have the jd-xi, when it was first announced i was quite 'meh' about it...but after seeing some japanese jd-xi owners songs on youtube creating some great tunes i was won over. so now i have a mini rig with the jd-xi, the roland rc-505 looper and my td-30 kit. I use the rc-505 looper to put the jdxi seq on track 1 this then free's up the jx-xi for vocal use - usually with the vocoder as i'm not a good singer! it's really the sequencer that 'makes' the jd0xi so cool - so easy to write with and using the fav system you can put a song together on the fly.

Great video Woody i must say, I stumbled across your vid trying to find some jdx beginer stuff as ive just purchased one and you had me hooked to the end…your very talented mate ...although being a relative beginner it will take some time to digest and try to put in to practice…any tutorials would be very much welcomed…cheers Craig

5:00 I cried

Great Video! :)

jeez, i was interested in this thing's sequencing as a little musical sketchpad, but it sounds like it may also be the best sounding mini synth out there

The manual for this gets a lot of criticism. It should really be called the "Quick Start Guide." There's a lot more stuff when you start menu diving. The meat is in the "Parameters Guide". and there's stuff you might have missed in the Supplement but I'd say the documentation is pretty good.

Pretty cool Woody, I was just impressed with how you could determine what key it was in from just playing a few notes. I wanted to get one of these but decided against it and got a Circuit instead,, kind of wish I would of gotten the JD-XI, oh well, buyer's remorse.

i bought my jd-xi for the sequencer and recording function + was only £330 from £420 in the january sale from dawsons manchester. I already had a novation mini nova but didn't really take to it or really figure it out properly . I sold the mini nova for a decent price. really happy with the Roland. the only thing I'd say was better on the novation was the vocoder and effects and felt like a better build quality.

Hey thanks for this!! Also, is that a D-20 behind you? Looks just like mine...lol

That roland is a little pocket rocket, :)

Hi Woody, thanks for sharing so many insights on the JD XI. Do you know how to copy a tone from one program and paste it on another? (I quickly scanned your video and did not find such tip). Thanks in advance!

Seq228 patch with mod wheel at 30%, sounds exactly like Gary Numan's Polymoogs on "Cars".

saludos desde chile!

Ambiente sounds ...mega super sound....17.00 min.....super track...13.50 min.....mega !!! 21.50 min i love it...mega track....these are your songs or presets from jd-xi?

Roland should give you good money for this! Great demo, tutorial and very very pleasant music. I'm going to share this on my fav FB group

Can you make a whole song in sections? I.e., can you press Program + and it'll seamlessly continue to the next part of the song? Could be the same patch setup mind you, just some way of breaking the 64 steps loop and continue building the song. (F.ex. H01 verse, H02 chorus, H03 bridge.)

Nice

good video :)

this synth have song mode? Thanks!

Would this be good for eighties synth?....or something like far cry blood dragons theme??

Great job breaking down how to use the JD-xi. I tried it at the store, but I couldn't figure out anything. :( I ended up getting the Korg Minilogue instead. I do like the fact that the JD-xi has drums too. That's extra smooth playing. Take care, Sam.

Hello Woody sorry to bother you, do you know how to play a chord in the pattern sequencer so it plays continually without having to put it in each of the 1-16 buttons, because when I do I have been getting a slight variation each time the chord is triggered again, this would be a really big help if you can help with this, thanks so much.

Very educational and interesting tutorial. Thanks, it has helped a lot. A quick question when I have programmed a few patterns and I'm playing live and switch from say pattern H01 to H02, the held note I'm playing cuts out between patterns. Is there a setting function that stops this held note dropping out?

I think the Roland Jd-XI is a great synthesizer ; especially now that we have the JD-XI Manager software

Good tips! Did you all this on the 1.5 version JD-Xi?

I like your video im tryng to get tha keyboard and i have a question I Know you have 4 Tracks to work with but how Many mesures or bars you can have.?

can a drum pattern be written in a time signature other than 4/4?? For instance I writen many songs in 3/4, 5/8, etc...? Thanks

What’s the polyphony of this thing? Reminded me of my Roland 307 which I should unearth to use with the wonderful Behringer deepmind that never ceased to amaze me! PS btw Roland 307 is a tremendous machine

Great jams and demo! Very instructive. How does MIDI-out work on this? Does it send out MIDI data from the sequencer? All sequencer tracks? 4 channels?

That transposition thing is a bit of a deal-breaker for me. Is there any way to make it so you don't still use the C scale for everything no matter what, maybe buried in the config menus?