All about the Roland Jupiter-series

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From: royce [mailto:rrooyyccee@...]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:14 AM
To: david; analogue@...
Subject: Re: [AH] ehhhhhhhh...guys ?


I don't think you are imagining what you are noticing.
 The jp8 doesn't cover every sound all that well, and
I actually find myself using the jp6 a bit more. 
"Lead" probably means different things to different
people. . . but I do notice that for monophonic parts,
many monosynths in general seem to do a little better
than the jp8.

These may be empty suggestions but keeping the
resonance low, using the 12dB filter, using unison
with a very good analogue chorus, and using tube
saturation bring out some of the 8's strengths.  I
find the juptier 8's strength doesn't really lie in
its flexibility, but in the overall character of its
sounds, which you may or may not like.

royce

--- david <dj.suurland@...> wrote:
> hi there,
> well like i said i got my jupiter 8 yesterday and
> i've been fiddling with it quite a bit, the Bb5 key
> is suddenly working again (which doesnt mean its
> fixed, rather it can fail again at any given time
> probably when its most unconvenient) but i've got a
> question.
> is it me or is the jup8 not all its said to be. now
> dont get me wrong i bought it cheap and was planning
> to sell it to make a buck to put in my "cs-80
> savings account", i didnt expect anything in
> particular but after cheking the internet and seeing
> al the hype i got hyped myself too. anywyz, i love
> the strings, cross mod is cool too and it can make
> some huge  sounds too, good enough.
> but i cant seem to produce a decent lead, and when
> im programming i seem to run into the same sounds
> pretty often even though im trying all kinds of
> different modulations.
> what am i doing wrong.?? is the jup8 limited to a
> certain spectrum or am i beeing a dork, i know my
> way around a z1 pretty ok, so i dont think i lack
> imagination when it comes down to trying new ways of
> making  noise. any ideas ?
> 


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