Roland JX3P List of Wishes

Software

1. Sound generation

1. Unison mode with slightly detuned DCOs (simple unisono without detuning is quite uninteresting with DCOs)
2. Additional ADSR-Envelope
3. Additional AD-Envelope with Attack fixed to 0 and variable Decay. Decay should not be killed by NoteOff.
4. Additional LFO(s)
5. selectionmatrix for additional Modulation sources (mentioned AD, addonLFOs)
6. Other LFO speeds(higher and lower)
7. LFO synced to Ext.Clock or MIDI-Clock respectively
8. Extended modulation range of LFO amount to DCO (maybe exponential amount control, to keep the smaller values for vibrato under better control)
9. [GB] Portamento (albeit with zipper noise no doubt).

2. Program Editing

1. parameter editing should have two modes:
   1. value changes immediately to the value of the slider/PG200 (immediate mode)
   2. value changes when the slider has met the stored value for this parameter (pickup mode)
2. real time editing of sound generation parameters by CC or SysEx

3. Sequencer e. a.

1. Sequencer clock should be controlled by MIDI-Clock
2. Sequencer should output MIDI-Note Events
3. Second value for Sequencer
4. Chord Trigger mode for Sequencer (Sequencer stores only triggers, which fire the last pressed chord)
5. Additional Arpeggiator; the Arpeggiator should have not only up/down modes but also played order, inverse played order and random order.
6. The Arpeggiator should be mixable with the Trigger Sequence mode: The sequencer stores triggers in the way of a TR808, these triggers clock the given Arpeggiator. If no triggers are programmed, the selected Clock division (see below) should be used
7. Clock division: It should be possible to divide down the incoming MIDI-clock. Musical Measures like 16th, 8th, quarters, half notes (also those with triplets), and also 1 bars, 2 bars, 4 bars, 8 bars.
8. Fix the "first step is overridden after pressing start with external clock" bug.
9. "Synchro-Start/Stop" function versus "Immediate Start"
   "Immediate Start" is the normal behaviour as it is available now.
   "Synchro-Start/Stop" means: When the external MIDI sends a Start signal, the sequencer starts.
   When the Start/Stop is pressed again, the sequencer waits for the next bar and stops then. While the MIDI-Start/Stop-status still is "start", and you hit the Start/Stop button, the sequencer waits for the next bar and starts then again. This became quite famous with the "Mungo-Sync" http://mungo.com.au/sync2.html or Kaspar Leuenbergers Shufflebox: http://www.frequencyresponse.ch/?p=shufflebox
   The only question would be: The mentioned boxes use 4/4 beats as measure for the start/stop, which will be ok for 95% of all JX3P owners, but some might like other beat measures. I still don't have a satisfying answer on how to handle this (one had to enter a bar length).

4. General

1. MIDI-Channel should be selectable
2. Load/save patches and sequences over MIDI.
3. Firmware update over MIDI.

Hardware

• Separate noise to VCF should be routed over a VCA
• DCO2 out should be able to modulate VCF-cutoff via a VCA (maybe envelope controlled)

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