This video, via Fabbri’s Midnight Librarians, takes a look at the new Roland System-8 firmware 1.2.

Here’s what’s new in System-8 v.1.20: Filters from the JUPITER-8 and JUNO-106, formant filters to recreate the human voice and a strong harmonic filter that can produce powerful feedback tones:

• Variation 4 JP-8
• Variation 5 JU-106
• Variation 6 FORMANT 2
• Variation 7 FORMANT 3
• Variation 8 HARMONIC FILTER

The update also adds new FM oscillators:

• Variation 3
  • FM 2 operator (FM 1 : 1)
  • FM 2 operator (FM 1 : 1.5)
  • FM 2 operator (FM 1 : 2)
  • FM 2 operator (FM 1 : 3.5)
  • FM 2 operator (FM 1 : 15)
  • FM 2 operator (FM 6 : 1)
• Variation 4
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type A)
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type B)
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type C)
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type D)
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type E)
  • FM 5 operator (FM Type F)

This video covers the new oscillators and filters in depth.