#system80
Update: minus eleventy regrets. I fucking love this little machine. Can’t wait to pair it with the drum machine (System80 880 — a pretty good take on the TR-808) and some delay/reverb
jsl.ee jslee @jsl.ee · Oct 15
After wanting one since my happy little raver days of the mid 1990s… realized a dream.

I’m so very glad people are making seriously accurate replicas of these old Roland classics that had an extraordinary and profound influence on modern music
October 16, 2023 at 1:10 PM
holy fack i would’ve completely missed it
time to dust off the ol gal
August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Absolute monsters. Amazing. Can’t wait to have the space to set them up with a proper mixer, EQ, effects sends, etc. The guitar/bass input on Roland’s little GoMix gives nice-ish overdrive on the 303 tho. What a pair
October 17, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Honestly all the top modules on Modular Grid are great.

Maths is a very versatile analog computer.

Pamela's Pro Workout is an amazing clocked modulation source.

I like Intellijel Dixie 2+ a lot for a classic analog sound source.

I have a multimode System80 filter that I think sounds great.
February 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
CPU808.

An 8/08 Day tribute to CPU Records, its artists, and the genres it releases. Limited edition of one unit. Made by System80 in Toronto, arriving in Sheffield soon.

#808day
August 8, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I found this photo from the third grade to amend to the chapter I am writing about elementary school. The System80 in the background was a fairly simplistic computer system that operated off of a record and slide. Math and reading questions from the slide were illuminated onto a small display. #Self
March 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
After more than a year of waiting it’s here! This arrived yesterday but I just opened it. It’s a System80 Roland 808 clone in 60u Eurorack format. The 808 is legendary and I can’t wait to start playing with this. It will had to wait a few days I’m back off to California tomorrow.
January 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Hmm, Abacus. With Silicon? System80.
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Holy crap I haven't seen one of those in 50 years! My elementary school was in this district where they were always trying wacky new edu tech on us. Mine looked like this. Do you have a Borg/Warner System80?
November 25, 2024 at 3:26 AM
I'm falling in love with that System80 system. Doh. Off to eBay for me.
November 25, 2024 at 3:29 AM
The waiting list for this is unreal. I finally got mine today. Now I have gear fever again 😫 #system80 #modularsynths
January 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy to meet Phil Hartnoll of Orbital fame in the RE/Lab today. He was checking out the System80 synths, and we had a good chat, weirdly enough having a mutual friend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHge...
Phil Hartnoll DJ dates
YouTube video by Orbital
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I feel I never see the 860 Mk II VCF from System80 in people's rigs, but it's a great filter. I am slowly building out an almost all stereo set up, but I plan to keep the 860. It's got a really creamy response and sounds great with modulation. It's very by the books, but still wonderful! #synthsky
July 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM