All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: Joe (redshift) [mailto:redshift3@...] 
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 6:46 AM
To: FibrOptic7@...; analogue@...
Subject: Re: [AH] MKS-80 and Virus - apples and oranges and pears


I have a big pile of dog shit to sell, its not usefull, but its fun to own
:)
-Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: <FibrOptic7@...>
To: <analogue@...>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 8:47 PM
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