All about the Roland Jupiter-series

Without an MKS-80 to compare it to, my JP-6 would have to be 
every bit as versatile as I would want it to be, because of one 
thing it has that the MKS nor the JP-8 have. The multimode filter. 
The band- highpass filters available allows for many more 
interesting sounds, I think.--- In 
Roland_Jupiters@yahoogroups.com, "asemcken" 
<asemcken@y...> wrote:
> Hi :
> 
> Not trying to start a flame thread here, just an observation. I've 
> been slowly programming a bunch of my JP-6 sounds into my 
rev. 5 MKS-
> 80 and a few things have come up :
> 
> 1) I can't seem to get anywhere near the same range out of the 
VCO 
> mod section on the MKS as the JP-6 gets. It seems to be 
almost a full 
> octave less.
> 2) The XMOD seems to be acting the same way. On my JP-6, I 
can XMOD 
> VCO 1 to match pitch with VCO 2 even when tuned a full octave 
lower. 
> The MKS only works as far as a fifth lower.
> 3) I have not yet been successful in getting similar-sounding 
> envelopes on both machines. The JP's seem "smoother", 
especially in 
> the transition between Attack and Decay.
> 4) The "wide" bend setting on the MKS is also nowhere near 
as wide as 
> that of the JP-6.
> 
> I've just recently calibrated the JP-6, and the MKS had the 
same 
> treatment less than 6 months ago.
> 
> Anyone else notice things like this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Adam