C O M M E R C I A L S O U N D B A N K S
Here is a repertory including actual and discontinued commercial soundbanks that I collected since 25 years from ROM cartridges or floppy disks.
For each of them you'll find comments about company or sounddesigner and a detailed patchlist. Several of them also include image(s) from the original support.
This collection is not complete, if you have material that is not listed here, I would be largely interested in.
This page is organized in two sections:
1°/ ROM cartridges & floppy disks collection
2°/ Missing soundbanks (I mean the material that I'm still searching for...)
ROM CARTRIDGES & FLOPPY DISKS COLLECTION
Companies/distributers (alphabetical order):
NOTE: cells with peach background color indicate societies which are still selling D-50 soundbanks via the web (most of them as sysex files)
Sounddesigners/programmers (alphabetical order):
Downloadable soundbanks are available in standard Sysex (*.syx), SMF (*.mid) and Midi Quest© (*.sqc) file formats
KEEP IN MIND THAT SENDING THESE SOUNDBANKS TO YOUR SYNTH WILL ERASE ALL DATAS STORED IN YOUR JD-800/JD-990 INTERNAL MEMORY
Click here if you need some help or indications on how to transfer these soundbanks to your JD-800
ROLAND
Roland produced and distributed 8 double ROM cards sets (SL-JD80-01 to SL-JD80-08) for his own synth.
Each set contained a soundbank data ROM card (PN-JD80-**) and a waveforms ROM card (SO-JD80-**).
They also edited a single soundbank ROM card named "Italy" (which seems to have been used as the internal factory preload soundbank on italian models) and a japanese limited edition ROM card which collected the Eric Persing's best choice.
In Brazil, local musicians created new patches in 91-92 that were then included by Roland's Brazil into the JD-800 "Special Edition" internal factory preload soundbank commercialized there.
Finally, they published a 64 patches book named "PatchBook 1". It gathered programmations created by several sounddesigners who worked for Roland.
| Internal preload factory soundbank | Patchlist | ||
| "Italy" soundbank | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-01 "Drums & Percussion - Standard" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-02 "Drums & Percussion - Dance" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-03 "Rock Drums" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-04 "Strings Ensemble" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-05 "Brass Section" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-06 "Grand Piano" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-07 "Guitar Collection" | Patchlist | Image | |
| SL-JD80-08 "Accordion" | Patchlist | Image | |
| Eric Persing "Special Sounds For The JD-800" | Patchlist | Image | |
| Brazil "Special Edition" (needs the Roland SO-JD80-04 Waveform ROM card) | Patchlist | ||
| PatchBook 1 | Patchlist | Image |
SOUND SOURCE UNLIMITED
SSU is an american society (Malibu, California) which developed complete sounds/samples libraries for a large collection of diverse synthesizers/samplers models.
It gathers a large team of programmers and sounddesigners (see their respective profiles here).
Their products were distributed by Greytsounds™ (Northridge, California - owner: Bob Grey) via their website since the mid 90's.
Sound Source Unlimited (SSU) was then renamed "Sound Source Interactive" (SSI).
Now it has moved to the "Great Sounds" website (Los Angeles, California - owner: Bob Grey) and soundbanks are only available as sysex files (no more ROM/RAM cards).
They also sell their products via their eBay store.
There were a total of 7 ROM cards for the JD-800.
| JD801R "Urban Pop Collection" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| JD802R "New Age Collection" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| JD803R "Film Textures" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| JD804R "Stage & Studio Collection" | Patchlist | Image | |
| JD805R "Progressive Artist Collection" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| JD806R "Jupiter Textures" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| JD807R "Hybrid Textures" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
MICHAEL HOTOP
Michael Hotop is a german sounddesigner (Osnabrück) who programmed and sold soundbanks for several synths during the 80's-90's.
He produced a total of 7 different ROM cards for the JD-800.
Many thanks to the internaute who kindly mentioned and sent to me volume 6 "Tanzmusiker".
| SoundSet1 "Tozzum Horizon" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet2 "Little Pictures" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet3 "Takuzo's Roses" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet4 "Yotoya's Heat" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet5 "Dance & Techno '93" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet6 "Tanzmusiker" | Patchlist | X |
| SoundSet7 "Synthetic Backings" | Patchlist | Image |
BACK IN TIME RECORDS
Back In Time Records is a german society (Wiesbaden - owner: Klaus-Peter Rausch) which distributed via the Web soundbanks for hardware or virtual synths and samples collections. They proposed four JD-800 soundbanks programmed by Klaus-Peter as the "Mr. Magic" or "Magic Patches" Series. This set was also distributed by Käng-Kong Productions.
Volume named "Technologics" is now distributed via the web by Sound Art.
| "Pure Synthesist" (programmed by Klaus-Peter Rausch) | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Silver Pieces" (programmed by Klaus-Peter Rausch) | Patchlist | X | |
| "Stage & Studio" (programmed by Klaus-Peter Rausch) | Patchlist | X | |
| "Technologics" (programmed by Klaus-Peter Rausch) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
KID NEPRO PRODUCTIONS
Kid Nepro Productions is an american company (Brooklyn, New York - owner: Steve Proto) which is developing products since 1984.
They edited two JD-800 ROM cards in the past.
| Vol.1 "Techno/Dance Mix" | Patchlist | |
| Vol.2 "Synth + Mix" | Patchlist |
METRA SOUND
Metra Sound is a german company (Köln) which produced two JD-800 ROM cards.
Their products are now delivered by Sound Art website (Dahlenburg, Germany - owner: Roger Person).
| "Synthworld 1" (programmed by Claudius Diemer) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| "Synthworld 2" (programmed by Peter Gorges) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
THE SOUND OF 1995!
An unknown origin company (Germany?) which produced at least one JD-800 soundbank named "Techno-Soundset 1".
Any additional informations about it are welcome.
| "Techno-Soundset 1" | Patchlist |
STEPHANE PIGEON
Stéphane Pigeon is a belgian keyboardist who worked for Roland in the past. He commercialized four JD-800 ROM cards distributed by Roland Benelux and gathering his own programmations (many thanks to him for his contribution).
| SoundPack 1 | Patchlist |
| SoundPack 2 | Patchlist |
| SoundPack 3 | Patchlist |
| SoundPack 4 | Patchlist |
PRO-REC
Pro-Rec is an american society (San Diego, California) which is selling a large collection of soundbanks for several synths.
They produced six Roland JD-800 ROM cards.
| "Super Jupiter" | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Filmscape" | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Ultradance" | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Wondersynth" | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Supersound" | Patchlist | Image | |
| "Wonder Mix" | Patchlist | Image |
SOUNDS OK
Sounds OK is an english society (Camberley) which produced at least four JD-800 ROM cards.
| "Pure Synthesis" (programmed by Simon Rae) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Textures" (also named "Textures And Soundscapes" - programmed by Simon Rae & Paul Wells) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Dance" (programmed by Simon Rae & Paul Wells) | Patchlist | Image |
| "XTreme Dance" (programmed by Paul Wells) | Patchlist | Image |
EASY SOUNDS
Easy Sounds is a german society (Hamburg - owner: Peter Krischker) which produced at least three Roland JD-800 soundbanks (programmed by Peter).
| "Universal 1" (programmed by Peter Krischker) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Universal 2" (programmed by Peter Krischker) | Patchlist | |
| "Analog" (programmed by Peter Krischker) | Patchlist |
NICE BYTES MUSIC
Nice Bytes Music is a german society (Fellbach) which developed soundbanks and samples disks for several synth/sampler models. They produced two original JD-800 soundbanks on 3.5" floppy disks labeled "Gold-Disk" and named "New Rave" and "White Dune". They are also proposing a JD-800 complete library with soundbanks organized in specific categories (Bass, Brass, Choir, Strings, Waves,...).
| "New Rave" | Patchlist | Image |
| "White Dune" | Patchlist | Image |
VALHALA
Valhala is a well-known american company (Ferndale, Michigan) which unfortunately went bankrupt on the early 90's.
They distributed four JD-800 ROM cards as the Studio Series.
| "New Age" | Patchlist | Image |
| "Rock & Jazz" | Patchlist | |
| "Studio" | Patchlist | |
| "Top 40" | Patchlist | Image |
MASTERBITS
Masterbits is a german company (Wildeshausen, owner: Eckhard Kreft) which produced three ROM cards for the Roland JD-800 as the "Inspiration Series".
| Inspiration Series Volume 6 "Dancesation - I" (programmed by Stefan Herget) | Patchlist | Image |
| Inspiration Series Volume 7 "Dancesation - II" (programmed by Stefan Herget, James Webb & Eckhard Kreft) | Patchlist | Image |
| Inspiration Series Volume 8 "Trance & Textures" (programmed by James Webb & Eckhard Kreft) | Patchlist | Image |
ULTREEN MIDI LABS
Ultreen is an american website (Houston, Texas) which developed three JD-800 soundbanks distributed via the Net a few years ago.
Now, it seems that they gave up to sell it.
| Vol.1 "Pads & Textures" | Patchlist |
| Vol.2 "Atmospheres" | Patchlist |
| Vol.3 "Expressions" | Patchlist |
KÄNG-KONG PRODUCTIONS
Käng-Kong Productions is a german company (Gielsdorf, owner: Thomas Klimisch) which produced three JD-800 soundbanks. Two of them are now delivered via the Web by Sound Art, but title soundbanks seem to have been exchanged (many thanks to Pete South for his contribution).
| "Tekk-Tools" (programmed by P. Wannagat - distributed by Sound Art as the "Acid Attack" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| "Synthetic Elements" (programmed by M. Hillebrandt - distributed by Sound Art as the "Pad Shop Toys" soundbank) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| "Acid Attack" (programmed by Martin Hillebrandt) | Patchlist |
SYNTHWARE
Synthware is an american company (Reading, Pennsylvania) which commercialized a JD-800 ROM card in the late 80's as the "Sound Pack" (or "Voice Pack") Series. It has been programmed by Scott Verret and distributed for a while these last years as sysex file via the Waterfall 440 Studio Music website, but it seems now that it is definitively no longer available.
| Sound Pack 64 "Premier Stage/Studio Group" (programmed by Scott Verret) | Patchlist | Image |
SOUNDS OF REVOLUTION
Sounds Of Revolution is a german society (Untermerzbach, owner: Oliver Schmitt) which is now working with Resonance website. They are proposing three JD-800 soundbanks (programmed by Oliver).
| REVOLUTION JD-800 - Part. 1 (programmed by Oliver Schmitt) | Patchlist | Order It |
| REVOLUTION JD-800 - Part. 2 (programmed by Oliver Schmitt) | Patchlist | Order It |
| REVOLUTION JD-800 - Part. 3 (programmed by Oliver Schmitt) | Patchlist | Order It |
HITMUSIC (SOUNDFOUNDATION )
HitMusic Productions seems to be a british society (city? owner? - please correct me if I'm wrong) which distributed SoundFoundation Gold card Series (the famous well designed ROM cards with the hologram on it).
I don't know if they produced more than one ROM card for the JD-800. Any informations about it or - best of all - a sysex version of it would be much appreciated!
| "Gold Vol.1" | Patchlist | Image |
MSP (MEGA SOUND PRODUCTION)
MSP (Mega Sound Production) is a german society (Mönchengladbach) managed by Volker Warmers, a sympathic synths lover (many thanks to him for his contribution). They produced a JD-800 soundbank named "Glorious JD-800" (programmed by Volker).
| "Glorious JD-800" (programmed by Volker Warmers) | Patchlist | Order It |
TOUCHED BY SOUND
Touched By Sound is a german company (Fürth) which produced 4 soundbanks for the Roland JD-800 distributed on 3.5" floppy disks which contained 2 files each. They were programmed by Henrik Appelt, a danish sounddesigner.
| "Electronic Vol.1" (bank A - programmed by Henrik Appelt) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Electronic Vol.1" (bank B - programmed by Henrik Appelt) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Electronic Vol.2" (bank A - programmed by Henrik Appelt) | Patchlist | Image |
| "Electronic Vol.2" (bank B - programmed by Henrik Appelt) | Patchlist | Image |
VOICE CRYSTAL™
Voice Crystal™ is an american company (Oakley, California - owners: Mark Wiens & Paul Chasteen) which is selling all Eye&I Productions products.
They are proposing three JD-800 ROM cards. Particularity: volume 3 has Jason Mile's signature on its face.
| "Volume 1" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| "Volume 2" | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
| "Volume 3" (Jason Miles signature card) | Patchlist | Image | Order It |
ANDRE PETERSEN
Andre Petersen is a danish keyboardist who is selling his personal JD-800 programmations via eBay.
| "Cosmic Universe" | Patchlist |
3D SOUNDS
3D Sounds is a canadian company (Waterloo, Ontario) which produced three soundbanks for the Roland JD-800.
Many thanks to the internaute who kindly mentioned it to me!
| "3D Organs" | Patchlist |
| "3D Synthesis" | Patchlist |
| "Virtual Magics" | Patchlist |
HOLOPHONIC
I know nothing about this company excepted that they produced nine JD-800 soundbanks.
Any additional informations are welcome!
| "Alchemy" | Patchlist |
| "Electronic Games" | Patchlist |
| "Japan Vol.1" | Patchlist |
| "Japan Vol.2" | Patchlist |
| "New Dimensions" | Patchlist |
| "Oloplus" | Patchlist |
| "Silicon Creatures" | Patchlist |
| "Soundtrack" | Patchlist |
| "Wave Motion" | Patchlist |
DIGITAL MUSIC SOFT WARE
DMSW is a japanese company which seems to be the continuation of ARK society.
I collected one ROM card from them.
They essentially distributed in Asia soundbanks from german top sounddesigner Michael Hotop. All are labeled "Source" with a specific logo on it.
Any informations (or sysex versions) about other volumes from this collection are welcome!
| "Live Sound Vol.1" | Patchlist | Image |
JAMES REYNOLDS
James Reynolds is an american sounddesigner who programmed for the Sound Source Unlimited company.
He edited a JD-800 soundbank named "Atmos & FX" and distributed it himself (you can find it from time to time on eBay).
| "Atmos & FX" | Patchlist |
ITALTRACK
Italtrack is an italian company which developed at least one JD-800 soundbank named "Lasersounds".
Many thanks to the internaute who kindly mentioned it to me!
| "Lasersounds" | Patchlist |
LFO STORE
LFO Store is a russian website which is proposing soundbanks for hardware and software synths.
They produced three JD-800 soundbanks.
| "Vintage Soul" (programmed by Nick Klimenko) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Symbiosis" (programmed by Nick Klimenko) | Patchlist | Order It |
| "Explorations Vol.1" (programmed by Saga Musix) | Patchlist | Order It |
SYNTHONIA
Synthonia is a Synthcloud website which permits to independant sounddesigners to sell their products online.
In 2014, Alex Di Donna placed a JD-800 26 patches soundbank inspired by sounds used by Dream Theater (Kevin Moore & Derek Sherinian) on their live concerts.
| SSX120 "Kevin Moore Cover Pack" (programmed by Alex Di Donna - 26 patches) | Patchlist | Order It |
NO NAG RECORDINGS
Here is a soundbank published in 2019 by No Nag Recordings and programmed by Joakim Floke.
You can hear a demo of it and order it via a YouTube video (link is mentioned below).
| "Jockes" (programmed by Joakim Floke) | Patchlist | Order It |
CONFORCE
Conforce is the website from Dutch producer Versalife (Terschelling, Netherlands - owner: Boris Bunnik). He programmed soundbanks for hardware or software synths and is proposing a JD-800 soundbank published in 2020.
| Conforce (programmed by Versalife) | Patchlist | Order It |
BARB & CO
Barb & Co is a french society (Mésanger - owner: Stéphane Garganigo) which is developing products for several synthesizers.
They produced in 2021 an original JD-800 soundbank named "Cyber-800" programmed by Yvo and available as sysex file via their website.
| Cyber-800 (programmed by Yvo) | Patchlist | Order It |
PULSOPHONIC
Pulsophonic is a french website (owner: Johan Decanis, sounddesigner and composer) which is proposing soundbanks for diverse synths. They published in 2022 a JD-800 soundbank named "Discovery".
| "Discovery" (programmed by Johan Decanis) | Patchlist | Order It |
UNKNOWN
Here are two unknown origin commercial soundbanks. I ignore the editor/distributer name(s) from both soundbanks (many thanks to the internautes who kindly sent it to me!). Any additional informations or precisions about it are welcome!
| Unknown 1 "Special FX Vol.1" | Patchlist |
| Unknown 2 "Vintage Vol.3" | Patchlist |
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