All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: ModularMoog [mailto:modularmoog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:53 AM
To: Kelly; analogue@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [AH] WAS: [AH] JP-8 and more NOW: OPINION


on 30/01/01 08:57, Kelly at controlvoltage@... wrote:

> ***CAUTION, WARNING, the following contains unadulterated OPINION***
> 
> heh heh heh.. so true.  The mask of effects sure can hide the truth of VA,
> thats why most have it built in.  I was playing an MS-2000 at the music
> store recently and, although I was only on it for about 15 minutes, I
could
> not even see how it was possible to turn the effects off.  It certainly

This is ignorant, I don´t know about the MS2000 and effects but there most
certainly is _not_ much effects with i.ex the Virus synth and certainly not
the way you describe... it´s a "regular" delay and chorus which you can
easily turn off... does nothing more good/worse to a sound than outboard
delay/chorus effects does to your analog beats.

> wasn't right up front.  I've had a few pints this eve, so I'll go ahead
and
> say what I really mean:  I started buying analog because it was easy to
use
> and I loved the sound, its unique.  Its SO good in fact, thats why virtual
> analogs even exist, if you love your _ _ _ _ (<---insert VA here) you
gotta
> thank Bob.  Analog is my favorite sound (if you haven't guessed).  Digital

Well guess we need to than mr Einstein first then?.... seriously... What did
Moog/Roland/ARP/name-a-company do in the 70/80´s ??? they copied and stole
ideas from each other all the time.... what direction did they go?... None
of the companies stayed in the analog domain... digital where the results.

Don´t get me wrong because I truely love analog synths but the VA´s do
compete these day´s.

> does not cut it, not even close.  I found the MS-2000 "interesting, looks
> good, blah blah" </niceties> lame.  I am biased though, I appreciate the
> vibrant, rich, full, lively, animated, colourful tones that only analog
can

Only Analog can do?... go check out a few of the more known VA´s today and
I´m sure you will agree that (no matter if interface sux) you will go back
on that opinion.

> provide...  my mind is open but there is nothing out there to match it.  I
> think picking on "virtual analog" is fair game.  Nobody analog made a
> virtual digital.  (pre-emptive strike:  hybrid never tried to imitate the
> sound of digital, just the ease of use/stability).  The beauty of the
whole
> "some day they will get digital to be as good" argument is that 'someday'
it
> might be 'as good', but as an imitation, it can never exceed the original,

I don´t agree... I think a few VA´s allready does things better than the
analogs (in the same class that is).

> Thanks.  This may not have been the most diplomatic announcement, but I
> just felt like singing the praises at this very moment, and you people
were
> the ones to whom it may concern, THANKS!!!  W00T!

:-O

Regards.
Henning.