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Re: MKS-80

2003-05-12 by jauer9

Don't know how accurate this is, from here:
http://www.synthtech.com/cem/cemsynth.html
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Jupiter 6
12 CEM3340 VCO 
6 CEM3360 Dual VCA
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Roland SH101 and MC202
1 CEM3340 VCO 
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MKS-20
5 CEM3360 Dual VCA 
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MKS-80 to Serial #511800
8 CEM3340 VCO 
4 CEM3360 Dual VCA 
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MKS-80 Serial #511800 up
8 IR-3R03 Roland VCO 
4 CEM3360 Dual VCA 
4 IR-3R05 Roland VCF/VCA 
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Seems like none of the Jups used CEM/SSM VCF chips.
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--- 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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