Best Roland Ever Made Archives - BN1studio https://www.bn1studio.co.uk/product-tag/best-roland-ever-made/ Mix studio & equipment sales in Brighton, England Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:14:01 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.bn1studio.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-logo-512x512.rebuild-32x32.gif Best Roland Ever Made Archives - BN1studio https://www.bn1studio.co.uk/product-tag/best-roland-ever-made/ 32 32 Roland JD-990 Synth Module, New Display, #4 https://www.bn1studio.co.uk/shop/keyboard-modules/roland-jd-990-synth-module-4/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:37 +0000 https://www.bn1studio.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=18540 Refurbished in our workshops with a new, super-readable display to replace the old dim display. Fitted with a new backup battery, reinitialised to factory settings and set to 230 Volts for use in the UK / EU. UK power lead supplied, EU or US lead on request The JD-990 was the final model in the […]

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The JD-990 was the final model in the JD series and was an enhanced version of the JD-800 keyboard. It features one SR-JV80 expansion slot plus PCM and Data card slots.

It predated the JV-series synths, but came with a better filter than the later synths. It’s the filter and improved sound quality of the JD-990 that make it desirable and sought-after

See the Links tab above for Youtube demos and other information

“The expansion boards are totally worth having for two reasons: 1) you get access to some great ROMpler voices, and 2) you gain access to the raw waveforms on the expansion boards for adding into your own custom patches”

“Roland have got just about everything right with the JD990 — it sounds superb straight out of the box and its extensive bag of tricks are under the control of a user interface that anyone can handle” – Sound on Sound

“In a bunch of places JD-990 is called “Best Roland Ever Made” and I agree”

“Worth every penny second hand, esp if a clean unit that’s not been bashed around. The JD filter is like nothing on earth. I have a 990 and an 800 and love them both for different reasons (and same reasons i.e the filter)”

“I use (and have for a long time) many soft synths, but this is one of those bits of hardware that just seems quite unique and feels hard to replace”

“To my ears, the Vintage board sounds best in the JD-990”

Feature
JV-1010
XV-3080
XV-5080
Polyphony
24
28
64
64
64
128
128
SR-JV expansion slots
1
1
4
8
1
4
4
SRX expansion slots
 
 
 
 
 
2
4
Other expansion slots
Data + PCM
Data + PCM
Data + PCM
Data
 
Smart Media
Smart Media
Outputs
4 (four stereo)
4 (two stereo)
4 (two stereo)
6 (three stereo)
2
6
8 + SP/DIF
Effects
Chorus, reverb, EQ + more
Chorus, reverb
Chorus, reverb, EFX – 1 x 40
EFX – 3 x 40
EFX
Studio quality
Studio quality
Preset Performances
32
32
64
64
 
64
64
Preset Patches
128
320
512
640
895
1152
1152
Preset Rhythm Sets
2
2
 
 
 
23
23
User Performances
16
16
32
32
 
64
64
User Patches
64
64
128
128
128
128
128
User Rhythm Sets
1
1
 
2
2
4
4
Modulation
yes
 
 
 
 
Matrix
Matrix
Sample playback
 
 
 
 
 
 
yes
Display
80 x 320 px
Small, two lines
Medium
320 x 80 px
Very small
Large
80 x 320 px
Format
2U
1U
2U
2U
1/2U
2U
2U
Production date
1993
1992
1994-2001
1997-2001
1999
2000
2000
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In very good condition with minor marks and some rust spots on the back panel. Tested & working 100%. Photos show the synth for sale

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