How the Roland JP 8000 shaped the Half Life Soundtrack(s)

(Hi Knockout ) The long awaited follow up to my previous video about how the Roland MC303 was used in HalfLife 1 s credits theme Here, we talk about a popular virtual analog synth, the Roland JP8000, and how, aside from being a very popular choice in the trance genre, also helped contribute to the Kelly Bailey s work from HalfLife 1, to 2 and the Episodes, all the way to Portal and his VR game Vanishing Realms. These finds and more have been noted down in the VGM Sound Sources sheet: The patches discovered here were 2 years in the making, utilizing the JP8080, the rackmount version of the JP8000, and tweaking extensively to match up as close as possible to the BGM. Some of the edits mentioned in the video can be viewed here: (keep in mind this is NOT an emulation VST, but is