IN ADDITION TO his work with electronic percussion devices, Erskine has jumped headfirst into the synth and MIDI fray. His home studio contains a Casio FZ1 and CZ101, a Roland Super JX, a Korg DW8000 and Poly 800, a recently MIDI'd Oberheim OBXa, a Yamaha DX100 and Yamaha RX5, PMC1 and TX816.

This article mentions that Mays replaced his Prophet 5 with a Roland JX-10.

"For studio work on Dire Straits projects I use a similar set-up, the main keyboards again being the DX1, Emulator II, Jupiter 8, the DX7 and Synclavier, and they are supplemented by a Jupiter 6, TX7, and a new Roland Super JX."

Eric Persing has had a unique and influential relationship with Roland Corp for two decades. He started as a product demonstrator in 1984, showing some of Roland's first MIDI instruments. He quickly became involved in the R&D side with Roland Japan, earning the title "Chief Sound Designer", and began contributing his design ideas, real-world studio experience and sound design expertise. Persing's skills have left their mark on countless classic Roland instruments.

He is the originator of many legendary Roland sounds that have become part of the vocabulary and lexicon of musical sound. These include the Factory D-50 sounds such as Fantasia, Soundtrack and Digital Native Dance, a majority of the JV/XP/XV series Classics, all the Factory JD-800 sounds, the original Juno "Hoover" sound and thousands of others.

Here is a partial list of the Roland instruments that Eric has contributed his sound design, sampling and design consulting skills:

Juno-106 Alpha Juno 1&2 JX-3P JX-8P JX-10 Jupiter 6 Super Jupiter D-50 D-550 D-110 D-10 D-20 D-70 MT-32 U-110 U-20 U-220 Sound Canvas JD-800 JD-990 JV-80 JV-90 JV-1000 JV-1080 JV-2080 XP-10 XP-50 XP-60 XP-80 XV-3080 XV-5050 XV-5080 Fantom JP-8000 JP-8080 S-10 S-220 S-50 S-550 S-770 S-760 S-750 MC-303 MC-500 MC-505 VP-9000 MSQ-700 MSQ-100 MKS-20 MKS-30 MKS-50 MKS-70 MKS-80 R-8 R-5 DR-660 DR-770 R-70 V-Drums V-Drums expansion board SRV-2000 DEP-5 RSP-550 R-880 SRV-330 SE-50 SE-70 VS-880 VS-1680 SR-JV series expansion boards SRX series expansion boards Sound Canvas Project series CD-ROM libraries Archives series CD-ROM libraries Composers series CD-ROM libraries

During the 1986 Final Countdown Tour at Solnahallen, Gunnar Mathias Michaeli used the Roland JX-10 Super JX for synth bells, synth pads, and possibly synth bass. This synthesizer was employed in several performances, including songs like "The Final Countdown" and "Aphasia." This information is supported by footage from the YouTube video "The Final Countdown Tour - Europe at Solnahallen, Sweden 1986," provided by Triv.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop utilizes the Roland JX-10 Super JX, as evidenced by a photo on their official Facebook page showing the synth alongside another keyboard.

Michael Lardie, keyboardist of Great White, is seen using a Roland JX-10 Super JX synthesizer in the music video for "Lady Red Light" at the 3 minutes and 10 seconds mark. The video, titled "Great White - Lady Red Light," is available on YouTube via greatwhiteVEVO and is a Capitol Records release from 1987.

In an interview with MusicTech, Mark Ayres of the Radiophonic Workshop discusses his use of the Roland JX-10 Super JX, among other synthesizers, as part of his stage setup.

At approximately 40 seconds into the video titled "Kiss Schweinfurt Germany 1988 Rock And Roll All Nite - Gary Corbett Keyboards," Gary Corbett is visibly using a Roland JX-10 Super JX during his live performance with KISS. This footage is available on YouTube and was uploaded by Gary Corbett.

In the MusicRadar Tech studio tour video, Andy Meecham, known as Emperor Machine, showcases the Roland JX-10 Super JX synthesizer, highlighting its role in his music production.

Mentioned at 14:25 in the Nevo Sound studio tour video.

The instrument appears on the list of instruments on official artist's website (http://olszak.pl/).