Don't know how accurate this is, from here: http://www.synthtech.com/cem/cemsynth.html ****************************************** Jupiter 6 12 CEM3340 VCO 6 CEM3360 Dual VCA ****************************************** Roland SH101 and MC202 1 CEM3340 VCO ****************************************** MKS-20 5 CEM3360 Dual VCA ****************************************** MKS-80 to Serial #511800 8 CEM3340 VCO 4 CEM3360 Dual VCA ****************************************** MKS-80 Serial #511800 up 8 IR-3R03 Roland VCO 4 CEM3360 Dual VCA 4 IR-3R05 Roland VCF/VCA ****************************************** Seems like none of the Jups used CEM/SSM VCF chips. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "drayon6" <drayon6@l...> wrote: > --- In Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "Verschut, Ricardo" <ricardo.verschut@a...> > wrote: > > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:30:00 -0700 > > From: "Cary Roberts" <cary.roberts@r...> > > Subject: MKS-80 > > > > >The MKS -80 is a Jupiter 8 not a JX-10, > > >the MKS-70 is two JX-8P's in a rack, as > > >is the JX-10, (except it's a keyboard).. > > > > No No No. The MKS80 has Jupiter 6 voice boards. It is nothing like a > > Jupiter 8 even though they have the same number of voices. Early MKS80s > > have CEM3340s for oscillators just like JP6s, and later MKS80s have Roland > > oscillators. That being said I think a rev4 is much more suitable for > > punchy bass than the rev5. You just can't go wrong with 3340s for bass > > sounds. (okay, so discrete is better, but lets not go there) > > > > -Cary > > So do the later MKS-80's (serial 511801 UP) with the custom Roland IR-3R03 VCO have > the same VCF chip as the earlier MKS-80's and JP8's? Remember ALL the MKS80's, the > JP6's and JP8's use the same VCA chips. If the JP6 uses the same VCF chip as the early > MKS then i would predict the units would sound very similar. Coincidently, my question > is raised from this....is, which VCF chips did the JP6 use? The Curtis CEM 3350 or the > custom Roland IR-3R05 VCF or some other (SSM perhaps)??
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Re: MKS-80
2003-05-12 by jauer9
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