Formats : KONTAKT + LIVE
Size : 1.6 Gigabytes
2900 WAV Samples (24 Bits / 44.1 Khz)
50 Multi-Sampled Synth Patches
- One sample per note
- Seamless loop points
- No crossfade looping
- Sampled with Class A gears
JD Pads by Cluster Sound
ROLAND JD-800 PADS
Triple Pack Savings: Select any three or more paid Cluster Sound packs and save 20% automatically at checkout!
JD Pads for Kontakt and Ableton Live captures the legendary digital sound of the Roland JD-800, revered for its rich and complex pad sounds. With its powerful architecture and Time Variant Filter, the JD-800 excels in creating lush, evolving pads and textures, making it a go-to synth for atmospheric and cinematic soundscapes. Kontakt:- Primus synthesizer included
- 50 selectable waveforms
- 50 Synth Devices
- 1 Macro Control Template
- Device preview playback
- Direct install into “Packs” section
JD Pads by Cluster Sound
ROLAND JD-800 PADS
Triple Pack Savings: Select any three or more paid Cluster Sound packs and save 20% automatically at checkout!
JD Pads for Kontakt and Ableton Live captures the legendary digital sound of the Roland JD-800, revered for its rich and complex pad sounds. With its powerful architecture and Time Variant Filter, the JD-800 excels in creating lush, evolving pads and textures, making it a go-to synth for atmospheric and cinematic soundscapes. Kontakt:- Primus synthesizer included
- 50 selectable waveforms
- 50 Synth Devices
- 1 Macro Control Template
- Device preview playback
- Direct install into “Packs” section
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Additional information
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 11 Standard, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
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| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live 11 Standard, Kontakt : Version 5.8 or higher |
| OS | Mac, Windows |
PRICE: £16.00
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JD Pads by Cluster Sound
JD Pads is a curated multi-sample pad collection created with the JD-800, the monumental digital synth released by Roland in the early nineties, widely considered one of the best vintage pad synthesizers ever made.
Widely considered one of the best vintage digital pad synthesizers, the Roland JD-800 is an extremely flexible and powerful sound tank from the early ’90s. Its architecture consists of 4 individual sound layers featuring all the parameters available on the machine. A single patch can include (among other things) 4 oscillators, 8 LFOs, 12 envelopes and 4 multimode filters. The JD-800 has been used by 808 State, Ken Ishii, Mouse on Mars, Laurent Garnier, Underworld and many other popular artists.
Digital, glorious, powerful.
The JD-800 just sounds like it looks: big, impressive and complex. Covered in sliders and buttons, this majestic machine is actually an endless source of inspiration and can generate an extremely wide variety of sounds. Thanks to its PCM quality waveforms, the astonishing amount of parameters and the great sounding and characterful Time Variant Filter, the JD-800 can easily range from spectacular digital pads to very realistic analog bass & synth emulations. The JD-800 is the digital synthesis at its best and definitely an all time classic.
The Live version of JD Pads has been designed to perfectly fit into your Ableton Live. All the included devices can be directly installed in your “Packs” section and previewed when selected in the Live browser. They have also been organized in Live standardized categories so that you can find them also in the browser’s “Categories” section. Moreover, all the sounds included in JD Pads have similar perceived volumes and features 1 macro control template with volume compensation to avoid unwanted distortions.
The Kontakt version of JD Pads includes PRIMUS, a virtual instrument with an ultra-friendly interface and a solid set of synthesizer parameters. All the sounds included in JD Pads can be easily selected using the Waveform menu and then tweaked using 25 different filters with cutoff and resonance, one multishape LFO assignable to Filter, Volume and Pitch and two envelopes for filter and amplifier. PRIMUS implements also a Glide effect, a Unison with up to 4 stacked voices and a set of built-in effect.
Frequently Asked Questions
JD Pads is available for both Kontakt and Ableton Live, so you can use it whether you are working in a sampler environment or directly within your Ableton sessions.
Yes, the Kontakt version requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt. It will not run in the free Kontakt Player beyond the standard 15-minute demo period.
You will need Ableton Live with access to the Sampler or Simpler instrument to load the Ableton version of JD Pads. Ableton Live Suite or a separate Sampler licence is recommended for the full experience.
JD Pads contains a curated set of multi-sampled pad sounds sourced directly from the Roland JD-800, covering lush, evolving textures, warm digital pads, and atmospheric tones that the synth is famous for.
The sounds are multi-sampled from an actual Roland JD-800 hardware synthesiser, capturing the genuine character of the machine’s four-layer architecture, multimode filters, and complex modulation rather than emulating it digitally.
Absolutely. The JD-800 has been a fixture in electronic music for decades, used by artists like Underworld, Laurent Garnier, and 808 State, making these sounds well suited to ambient, techno, house, and cinematic production.
After purchase you will receive a download containing the library files. For Kontakt, simply load the .nki patches through the Kontakt browser. For Ableton Live, drag the included Live presets or samples into your project as directed in the included documentation.
