Roland Super JX 10 experimentation with patches to play lead of Europe's final countdown (and might add other songs / sound designs to this playlist)

First is the Roland JX8P factory patch #28 (Stab Brass), loaded onto the Roland Super JX10, through HD reverb on a Zoom 70CDR pedal, recorded on a Tascam digital recorder. Sounds a lot like the Final Countdown sound.

Next is Roland JX10 factory patch C6 (Stab Brass 8VA). This doesn't really sound like the previous, even taking into consideration an octave shift (8VA).

But, there is a Stab Brass TONE on the JX10. I combined this preset tone 72 with a custom tone set at tone 6 and this is really really close to the original JX8P stab brass plus Yamaha TX816 as used by Europe.

Finally, recorded the same patch dry. The reverb is half the sound.

Roland JX-8P / Super JX10 patches

Final countdown lead - tone 72 + synth, dry

Final countdown lead - JX10 tone 72 + custom synth tone

Final countdown lead - JX10 program C6

final countdown lead - JX8P program 28

Canadian Polyglot and polymath living in North Carolina, Francois is Head of Dion Research by day, & artist, maker of instruments & effects, musician, photographer & sound engineer by night.

His interest in music started at a very young age when he studied classical piano and electronics, both of these things would be quite influential on his future work.

He started composing electronic music as a kid in the early 80s and experimenting with sampling on an Apple //e, and would later use the Amiga, Apple IIgs and on the PC, the Gravis Ultrasound wavetable soundcard, and would publish soundbanks for it. Today, most of his music is done without computers, on modular synths and effects built by him, along with some commercial synths and effects.

From 1988 to 1997, he hosted a show on electronic music from its beginning in the early 20th century all the way to modern electronica, and the history of it and the technology that enabled it. He also did a stint at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Videoway / Videotron in Montreal.

In parallel with that, he would continue releasing music through various media, including digital media before MP3 files (through MP2 and ADPCM WAV files on Hyperreal, IUMA etc). In those 30 years to now, he has produced an average of ~1 album (EP or full) a year

Final countdown lead - JX10 program C6

Francois Dion