All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: FibrOptic7@... [mailto:FibrOptic7@...] 
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 3:47 AM
To: analogue@...
Subject: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - apples and oranges and pears


At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:

> At 5:13 PM -0000 3/31/00, Royce Lee wrote:
>  >I know this may seem like a tired issue, and it was to me until I came
up
>  >with around 800$ and started to think about which synths to buy.  Does
>  >anybody own both an MKS-80 and a Virus?  What are there relative
strengths
>  >and weaknesses?  If you only had the money for one, which would you go
>  >for. . .or rather, which would you go for first?

I have the original Virus tabletop and an MKS-80 with the MPG-80 programmer.

With only money for one, I would buy the Virus.  If you had $1800 to burn
and 
a repeat of all the synths you hear over and over, then go for the mks-80.  

When I got mine, I was very excited from reading everything to know of the 
unit, but sadly, was to find out the mks-80 was as thrilling as the waldorf 
pulse.  The fun is in owning an mks-80, not really how it sounds.  In having

had a Jupiter 4 and 6, it was the same issue.  Fun in having, but really, 
other than that, the sound.....snore.

Same thing goes for my MKS-70, and the MKS-50 I want to buy.
MKS-50.....juno 
in a rack....I don't need it, but it's fun having.  Know what I mean, 
jellybean?  :)

Heck, I even have a PG-800 programmer for the MKS-70.....woooohoooo....

Get a Virus.  Filters are cooler.  You can do more with it.

mike