All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: Mike Peake [mailto:peake@...] 
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 4:08 AM
To: analogue@...
Subject: Re: [AH] MKS-80, Jupiter8, Virus: Are they apples and oranges?


At 1:45 AM -0000 4/1/00, Gabe G wrote:
>Mike, I agree with what you are saying, if you are talking about the virus
>a... but the virus b is a different story.  I do know what real analogue
>sounds like, and the virus b does an absolutely amazing job of emulating
>that sound, I have even programmed similar patches (2 OSC patch, 1 saw
>and 1 pulse w. PWM) in my virus b, and in my ATC-1, and then A/B compared
>them.  Now obviously it is a subjective matter, but I personally was
>stunned at the results I got.  I've tested (and even owned at some
>point) almost all the other virtual analogues
>on the market and none of them have impressed me in this way, I used to
>own a virus a, and I would NOT have made the same statements about that
>synthesizer, as it just didn't quite have 'that' sound.  But the virus b,
>with the new "analogue boost" algorithm is just amazing sounding.

Okay, I haven't heard the B and obviously need to.

>Now, as to whether or not the virus can
>make a booming 808 or 909 kick, I can't really comment because I
>don't use the virus as a drum machine, but even if the
>virus can't do it, that doesn't mean that it can't do an amazing job of
>sounding like a real analogue synth.

This is where personal preference comes in. I like to -start- with synths
that can snap woofers like twigs. (My favorite WEAPON...)


Mike Peake, Your Psychic Friend

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