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The jd990 is an enhanced version of the jd800 and was the top o the line jdsynth. The jd 800 is roland s answer to half a decade of hardtoprogram synthesizers. It hadnt left its flightcase in 5 years and it was stored in it because a lot of keys didnt work anymore. Roland jd800 owners manual ii reference embed for hosted blogs and item tags.
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