All about the Roland Jupiter-series

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan McWhorter [mailto:ryanmcwhorter@...]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:20 PM
To: analogue@...
Subject: Re: [AH] Jupiters



>
> >> What are the differences between the Juptier-6 and the Juptier-8? Is it

>just
> >> polyphony? Or is there a sonic difference as well?

there's a couplo sites to check out via synth zone, like the daredevil page 
and others, as well as tons of reviews at sonic state/harmony central and 
the ah archives, but the two second version would be:

the sonic difference is due to two things IMO- the jp8 has older custom osc 
boards and the jp6 uses CEM chips, the jp8 has only a resonant LPF and the 
standard roland HPF you find on the junos whereas the jp6 has a resonant 
multimode- many (myself included) feel its the jp6's multimode that 
distinguishes it from other synths. the resonance sounds different than 
standard cem filters and then throw in the cross mod feature and the jp6 is 
really different sounding, but without the balls of the 8. really two 
different synths. lots of other features are different- you know if you 
search in hyperreal music machines i think there's an old email that a/b 
compares the two in detail. I own a jp6. r.

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