If youre an old skool purist, the Arturia Rhodes VST is probably the best for you. If you’ve always wanted a JD-800 but don’t have the money, studio space, or patience to clean up 30 years worth of melted epoxy, the official software version is the clear alternative. The Arturia Stage-73 V absolutely nails the signature Fender Rhodes tone and takes it a step further by including three total Rhodes model keyboards, physical modeling features and a vintage amp all in one plugin. Of course, Roland has updated the synth for the 21st century, with additional presets augmenting the 64 originals plus expanded polyphony. Or you could avoid the hassle altogether and get Roland’s official soft synth version.Īvailable as part of a Roland Cloud subscription or for sale, and also as a model expansion for the Zenology instrument, the software JD-800 has all of what made the original so prized by dance music producers: the same Linear Arithmetic sample-based synthesis architecture with 108 waves that you can layer into four tones, the TVF digital filter, TVA and TVF envelopes, and original two-stage effects section. If you do buy one, make sure it doesn’t suffer from the dreaded red glue issue, cheap epoxy that’s since melted and gummed up the keyboard. The JD-800 was expensive in 1991 and it’s still expensive today, with units in good condition selling upwards of $2000.
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