Features
The JX-3P is a six-note polyphonic, 61 key synthesizer with sawtooth, 50 and 10% pulse waveforms, and a noise generator. It has 32 factory programs in ROM, and user memory for 32 programs.
The JX-3P also features a built-in 128-step polyphonic built-in sequencer that can be synchronized to external devices (such as drum machines) connected to its simple clock voltage input jack. The sequencer cannot synchronize using MIDI.
Its architecture is similar than the Juno series synths produced around the same time. Both machines employ the same interval-timer DCO technology, have a single software-generated ADSR envelope generator, use the Roland IR3109 low-pass filter, a discrete VCA, and have an on-board stereo chorus effect.
The Juno line had only a single DCO (with sub-oscillator) per voice, while the JX-3P had two distinct DCOs with detuning and several cross-modulation modes. Also unlike the Juno, the JX-3P allows the pitch of either oscillator to be controlled by its envelope generator. The Juno's features not included with the JX-3P were pulse width modulation and a second chorus mode.
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